Valparai

The pollution free heavenly land. Valparai is located above the 3,500 feet from the sea level on the Anamalai mountain rangeValparai does not mean only a single town. It stands majestically with Green Spread Mountains and forest all around. Facility with kind hospitality for you is assured in Valparai. All your needs such as boarding, food, shopping can be satisfied with esteemed Lodges, Hotels and Shops. The place to visit at least once in your life span. To bring out the Joy and peace within you. Visit, enjoy the pleasure of Nature, and keep the green memories alive......

The unique grass forests, Grass Hills, is also located near Valparai. The hill sports tall grass and houses elephants, boars, cheetah and other wild animals. In addition one can drive around the mountain tea estates enjoying the pleasant climate and forget the once dense forest that have paved the way for tea bushes.
64-km drive from Pollachi to Valparai is itself an exotic experience. En route is the Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary where lion-tailed macaque, the Nilgiri and the common langur, Malabar giant squirrel, elephant, gaur, spotted deer, sambar, barking deer and wild boar reside. From Valparai you can visit the Aliyar, Sholaiyar and Nirar dams. Tunnels bored into the mountains and canals to harness the water from Parambikulam, Aliyar, Nirar, Sholaiyar Dam, and several tourist spots.

Azhiyar Park

This Park is situated on the banks of Azhiyar Dam and surrounded by western ghats in three sides. Near to this is Siddashram.

Monkey Falls

This waterfall is situated just after the Siddashram on the way to Valparai from Azhiyar Dam. This is also known as Chinna Kuttralam. Thousands of people visits this place every year.

Sholaiar dam

This is a very deep dam located at a distance of 20 km, from Valparai.

Chinnakallar

This is the second highest rain fall area in India. This area always lies greenish, misty and wet. A waterfall which sounds like a Roaring Lion also located at Chinnakallar.

Nirar dam

Dam is situated in a wonderful location covered by a dense forest. This dam is built for multipurpose project such as irrigation, Hydro electricity production. There is a waterfalls near by the dam which resembles the Cascade.

Some of the major Plantation Companies are:

Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation (TNTPC)
The Bombay Burma Trading Corporation (MUDIS Group)
Tata Tea Estates Ltd (Tata Tea)
Tea Estates India Ltd (TEIL)
Woodbriar Ltd (Stanmoore Group)
Parry Agro Ltd
N.E.P.C Tea Ltd
Jayshree Tea Industries Ltd (Birla Group)
Periya Karamalai Tea Estates Ltd
Puthuthottam Tea Estate Ltd
Watersfalls Tea Estate Ltd.

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Sirumalai

SIRUMALAI (DINDIGUL): Sirumalai hill will soon find a prominent place in tourists' map of Tamil Nadu as the State government has plans to set up one of the five genetic heritage gardens (Mullai Thottam) here mirroring tradition and culture of Tamil people as spelt out in the Sangam poetry.

This hill station is not yet tapped by tourism. Still it has its Virgin forest and stands green. It has good scenary, pleasant climate, misty mornings/evenings, spices, fruits, cool temperature, natural agriculture, good roads and many more.

Sirumalai is a small hill station 20 Km away from Dindigul on the Natham Road. The place has a lot of birds and animals and the youngsters can go for trekking and mountaineering here.

The place is mentioned in the ancient Ayurvedic books as a place abundant with many medicinal plants. The Siddha form of healing has been developed on these hills by the sages a thousand years back. The hill has a cool climate.


The hills can be reached from Madurai also. The farming methods are completely organic here on these hills. The place is cheap and convenient compared to other hill stations. It is 1,200 metres high and spreads over 60,000 acres. A third of this greenery is private revenue land on which grows coffee, cardamom, black pepper, banana and lemon.

Sirumalai will be declared a reserved forest area soon, which means restricted entry. Rosewood trees, besides silver oak, nellikai and katakai trees, grow in these thick forests.

Hill Resort - This is an economical Hill resort and a picnic spot for weary travellers. This is on the way to Natham 25 kms from Dindigul city. This place is accessible from Madurai also. Though the uphill journey is for a brief time, the 18 hair pin bends provide the real thrilling experience, characteristic of a trip to a hill station. The entire locale is green and lush and the climate is cool / warm. Sirumalai provides an opportunity to go on trekking and hiking. Beautiful scenic view of saathiyar river basin and Dindigul town delight the visitors. Vellimalai Temple, which is recently renovated, is the famous destination for devotees. Sanjeevi Hills, famous in Indian Epic Ramayana is also in the vicinity. Bus service and private cabs are available from Dindigul city.

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