Coffins & caskets
Plain hardwood through to hand-carved and fully lined — a full range on the floor at Payyampally and at Chennalode, day and night. Come and see them, or tell us the measurement on the phone and we will bring what you choose to the house.
24/7
Both shops, every day
What we keep
Stock turns over constantly and finishes vary with what the workshop has on hand, so these are families of coffins rather than fixed models. Call before you travel and we will tell you exactly what is on the floor at each shop.
Most requestedThe simple, traditional choice
A clean six-sided coffin in solid local hardwood, finished with a light polish and a cross fixed to the lid. This is the coffin most families in Wayanad choose — unfussy, dignified, and entirely appropriate for a parish funeral or a burial at the family ground.
For an open farewell at the house
A polished coffin with an inlaid cross running the length of the lid and a glass viewing panel at the head, so the face stays visible while the body rests at home or in the parish hall. The panel section lifts clear for the final rites.
When the family wants something finer
Hand-carved mouldings, garland and vine work along the sides, and a deep mirror polish. These take the most work in the workshop and are what families choose when they want the coffin itself to carry some of the honour of the occasion.
Rectangular casket with a tufted interior
The rectangular casket style, with a lid split across the middle so the upper half opens on its own. The interior is fully upholstered in tufted cream satin with a raised pillow and an overlay throw. Suited to a church service where the casket stays open through the visitation.
Pale wood, minimal ornament
Lighter-toned teak and natural-finish coffins for families who prefer restraint — no heavy carving, no dark polish, just the grain of the wood and a plain cross. They photograph gently and sit well in a bright church.
Sizes outside the standard run
Standard coffins do not fit every person. We keep compact and child sizes at both shops, and we can have an oversize or extra-length coffin made and delivered quickly when the measurement calls for it. Tell us the measurement on the phone and we will confirm what is on the floor straight away.
Nothing sold separately
You are not assembling a funeral from parts. Choose the coffin and the rest follows it out of the shop on the same vehicle, at the hour the parish has set.
The carried cross that leads the coffin into the church, supplied with the coffin at no separate arrangement.
Interior cloth, a raised head pillow, and an overlay throw, fitted before the coffin leaves the shop.
Side handles sized for six pallbearers, and a name plate engraved on request while you wait.
Candle stands, wreaths, and the floral arrangement for the coffin and the vehicle, arranged together.
A mortuary freezer box delivered to the same address on rent, so the body can rest at home until the service.
Our own enclosed hearse van carries the coffin from the house to the church and on to the burial ground.
A plain coffin carried by six people who loved the person is not a lesser funeral.
Four decisions
Most people choose a coffin once in their lives, in a hurry, in a room full of them. Taking it in this order makes the whole thing shorter and a great deal calmer.
Height and build are all we need. Call from wherever you are — we will tell you which sizes are on the floor at Payyampally and at Chennalode before you travel anywhere.
If the face is to stay visible while the body rests at home, you want a coffin with a viewing panel. If the coffin will be closed, that choice opens up the plainer and the carved ranges both.
Plain hardwood, pale teak, deep-polished rosewood, or carved. This is where cost mostly moves, and it is entirely the family's call — no range here is more correct than another.
Give us the house or the parish hall and the hour the priest has set. The coffin, the cross, the candles, and the vehicle are arranged around that time, not the other way round.
We give a clear figure on the phone before anything is arranged, and nothing is added to it afterwards. If a range costs more than the family can carry, say so plainly — there is always something appropriate at a different price, and being asked does not embarrass anyone here.
Arranged on the same call
If a son is flying in from the Gulf or a daughter is driving up from Bengaluru, the body has to be kept — and it can be kept at home rather than at a hospital mortuary. We deliver the unit, set it up on an ordinary domestic connection, and collect it once the rites are done. Charged by the day, with no minimum hire.
Coffin questions
Cost, sizes, delivery time, and what happens if nobody can be spared to come and look. Straight answers to the ones that come up on the phone every week.
At either of our two shops. One is at Payyampally in Mananthavady taluk, covering north Wayanad; the other is at Chennalode in Vythiri taluk, just north of Kalpetta, covering the centre and south of the district. Both keep a full range of coffins on the floor, and both are open 24 hours. If travelling is difficult, call us and we will send photographs of what is in stock over WhatsApp.
It depends on the size, the wood, the finish, and the fittings — a plain hardwood coffin and a hand-carved polished one are very different pieces of work. We give you a clear figure on the phone, before anything is arranged, and nothing is added to it afterwards. Call any of our numbers and we will talk it through plainly.
Yes. Within Wayanad a coffin usually reaches the house or the parish hall within the hour, wherever the size you need is on the floor. Both shops are stocked and staffed around the clock, including Sundays and festival days, so a call at 2am is answered the same way a call at 2pm is.
Christian funeral arrangements are our main work. Our coffins come with a processional cross, and the lid cross can be a plain metal fixing, a carved wooden cross, or a full-length inlay. We coordinate directly with the parish priest over timings so the coffin arrives at the church when the service is ready to begin. We serve families of every denomination, and families of other faiths just as readily.
Please do. Both shops keep the range on display, and you are welcome at whichever is nearer at any hour. Most families send one person to look while the rest stay at the house — that is entirely normal, and we will not hurry anyone through it.
Compact and child sizes are held in stock at both shops. Oversize and extra-length coffins we have made and delivered quickly — tell us the measurement on the phone and we will confirm what can be done and by when, straight away.
Yes, and most families do. A mobile mortuary freezer box is delivered to the same address, set up by our team, and collected once the rites are done, so the body can rest at home until the service. It is charged by the day with no minimum hire, and it is arranged on the same call as the coffin.
Come and see them
North Wayanad
Available 24 hours, every day
Our Mananthavady-taluk shop, serving Mananthavady town, Panamaram, Kattikulam, Thirunelli, Vellamunda, and the northern panchayats.
+91 95956 16843Central & south Wayanad
Available 24 hours, every day
Our Vythiri-taluk shop just north of Kalpetta, serving Kalpetta, Vythiri, Meppadi, Muttil, and on towards Sulthan Bathery.
+91 95956 16843Cannot travel? Send a message on WhatsApp and we will send photographs of what is on the floor right now, at either shop.
