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Monday, August 31, 2009

Valparai - Tamilnadu

Valparai is one of the hill station in Tamilnadu. It is located above 3500 feets from the sea level. The climate of valparai will be very chill. It stands with green spread mountains. The main cultivation of the living people in valparai is Tea and coffee plants. These tea leaves exports to foreign countries also. Topslip forest is one of the highest peak in south india. We can see panther elephants in topslip forest. Main spots to visit in valparai as follows;- 1. Topslip 2. Aliyar Dam 3. Sholaiyar Dam 4. Nirar Dam 5. Parmbikulam 6. Monkey falls etc., If we want to reach valparai, 64 kms drive from pollachi by bus. By train, we can go upto coimbatore. From there roadways is the only possibility to reach valparai.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Ooty - Queen of Hill Stations, Tamilnadu

Ooty is also known as Udagamandalam and it is the queen of hill stations in India. Ooty is located in Nilgiris District in Tamilnadu. It is one of the most popular tourist resort in Tamilnadu. It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level. Main Cultivation of ooty is Tea, coffee and vegetables. And also ooty has an addition attraction for the tourists is train journey from Mettupalayam to Udagamandalam. Ooty train commences from kallar and it en-route many hair raising curves and fearful tunnels. While traveling by hill train, you can see tea and coffee estates around the hills. For accommodations, Stars Hotels and Lodges are available in ooty for tourists. The loveliest spots of ooty are follows:- Botanical Garden is one of the best tourist attraction place which attract the tourist from all over the world. This garden is spread over 22 hectares ascending the slopes on the hill. Ooty Lake is located just behind the Central Bus Stand. This lake looks like irregular "L" shape and its for about 2.75 kms distance. Rose Garden is situated in the heart of ooty town and its laid on 10 acres of land. All types of rose flowers are planted in this garden. Doddabetta Peak stands at an altitude of 2,623 meters high from sea level. And its located 10 kms far away from ooty town. It is the highest peak in the district. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is an adventures spot in nilgiris. Its around 32,155 hectares broad in area. Its locates between Kerala and Karnataka State. Within the sanctuary, there is an elephant camp called Theppakkadu. Pykara Lake is the clean and scenic lake in between the hills. Its an isolated lake free from pollution. Boating facilities are available here. Apart from these spot, Avalanche, Emerald Lake, Shooting Spot, Glenmorgan, Kalhatty Water Falls, Ketti Valley View, Mukkurthi Peak are also beautiful locations locates in ooty. There are various routes to travel ooty. By airways, have to land in Coimbatore airport and then you can take cab to reach the hills. By Train, We can reach upto Mettupalayam, then we can catch Hill train or cab.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu

Kodaikanal is one of the most beautiful hill resort in Tamilnadu. It is located on the southern crest of the upper palani hills in Dindigul District. Its around 500kms far away from Chennai and around 120 kms far away from Madurai. We can see Strobilanthus Kunthanus, a botanical name of kurunji flower in kodaikanal. This flower will blossom once in 12 year. Its was happened in kodaikanal in the year of 2004, again it will blossom only in 2016. Tea and coffee plants are the main cultivation in kodaikanal. Apart from that, they are cultivating fruits and vegetables. Kodaikanal is situated at an altitude of about 2133 metres high from sea level and its covers an area of 21.45 sq.kms. Each and every spot in kodaikanal has rich climate. The following locations are the tourist spots in kodaikanal, 1. Kodaikanal Lake 2. Briyant Park 3. Silver Cascade Falls 4. Kurinji Andavar Temple 5. Upper Lake View 6. Coakers Walk 7. Guna Cave 8. Pine Forest 9. Green Valley View 10.Bear Shola Falls 11.Silent Valley View 12.Pillar Rocks 13.Trekking 14.Flora and Fauna Museum 15.Devil's Kitchen 16.Jewel Box View and 17.Berijam Lake Berijam Lake is one of the Beautiful location and its 20 kms distance from kodaikanal. This Lake gives water to the surrounding towns and villages and it has natural pure water too. Kodaikanal can be reach by train upto kodai road from other cities, then we have take cab to go kodaikanal. From kodai road, journey times takes 1 hour approximately. By bus, we can go up to kodaikanal directly from other cities. By airways we have to land in madurai airport and have to take cab or bus to reach the destination. Kodaikanal has many adventures and beautiful locations. So, every human has to see the beauty of kodaikanal once in their life.

Chennai - Capital of Tamilnadu

Chennai formally known as Madras, is of the Metro Politan city of India. It is the capital of Tamilnadu State. The city is widely spread about 181 Sq. kms. There are many tourist places to visit. Mamallapuram, Marina Beach, Eliots Beach, Chennai Museum, Muttukad Resort, Kovalam Beach, Kabaleeswar Temple, Vadalapani Murugan Temple etc., Mamallapuram is located 60 kms far away from Chennai. It was a 7th century port city in south indian dynasty. Mamallapuram has many historical monuments and sculpture. Mamallapuram was ruled by Pallava kings. So we can see so many Pallava Sculptures in Mamallapuram. We can see many single rock sculpture which was made by Pallava Kings. Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world. The distance of Marina beach is about 12 kms. Every weekend people will spend their time in this beach. Marina is the coastal area of Bay of Bengal. Chennai Museum is located in Egmore, chennai near Egmore railway station. Lot of Ancient Statues, Historic memorials are stored there. Muttukad resort is one of the fascinating spot to spend our leisure time by boating. Its a backwater of Bay of Bengal. Its located en-route of Mahabalipuram. There are trains available from all the cities from india to Central and Egmore Railways Station. If you want to fly to Chennai, there are many air services (Jet Airways, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Paramount, Indian Airlines) from all the cities to Chennai Meenambakkam Airport.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Taj Mahal - Agra

Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world and also one of the three world heritage sites in Agra. Taj Mahal is the symbol of Love which was built by mughal emperor "Shah Jahan". Taj Mahal is a memorial place of "Mumtaj" (Wife of Shah Jahan). It was fully finished in marbles and it took 22 years to built with 20,000 workers. Building began in 1631 and completed in 1653. People from other countries are visiting Taj Mahal very often. Around 2 to 4 million domestic and foreign visitors coming to see the fascinating place.If we see Taj Mahal in a full moon night, will be very beautiful. The ground is open for 6 days a week, heavy luggage will not permitted inside the campus for security purpose. Only we can take purse, tiny camera, water bottles with us. There are so many trains facilities from other cities in India. And also you can fly to Agra Kheria Airport from other cities. At the same time there are some nearest place to visit from Taj Mahal like Agra fort and Jaipur fort.