Kannamaly

Kannamaly is coastal suburb of Kochi situated near Chellanam in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It comes under the Kochi taluk.
Geography.
Kannamaly is situated in the coast of Arabian Sea. The village shares its boarder with Arabian sea in west, "Kannamali kayal" in east, "Kandakadam" in south and "Cheriyakadavu" in north.
History.
This place was a seaport in ancient times. There were telescopes in the highest points of the seaport for detecting the ships arriving to the port.
Etymology.
The word Kannamaly is a combination of two words "Kannu" and "Maly." The word Kannu means eye and maly means seaport.