On Independence day Weekend We planned to be free from this noisy and poluted city life and escaped to a short trip to Palani, Udumalai and Munnar.
We first Reached Dindigul by Train from Chennai and there we catch a bus (Dindigul to palani by Bus Rs,20/-per person)to Palani on 14th August. It is about 57 km and reached there by 8.00 am. It is sunday and long weekend so the hotel rooms were full. somehow we found a decent room with Rs.500/- Rent by 9.30am. We freshen up ourselves and started to Temple by Auto(Rs.40) to reach a foothill to climp up by rope car(only 4 cabins can accomodate 4 persons). But there also we found lot of crowd and the temple person said it will take 2-3 hours to reach up the hill by rope car.(There is winch also is there, and we heard there is also crowd will be there) So we decided to go by steps to climb up.
On the way to Palani Temple Rope car
There are 2 types of steps are there. One is elephant steps and another is hill steps. In this elephant steps is easy to climb and take long way. Hill steps is too steep so older people cannot climb easily. We reached Temple by 12.30 and the dharsan was stopped due to some pooja. So we waited upto 1.00 pm, by the time the sun was very hot we can't able to wait in the queue. We somehow managed and taken dharsan in Rs.100/- queue and finished by 3.00 pm and came down by 4.00 pm. We taken rest in the room some time and by 7.00 pm we proceeded to Udumalaipet. Palani to Udumalai is 37km and went by bus. (Charge by express Rs.12 per person)
We Planned for Munnar next day and my car driver was not came by time so we decided local trip. We saw Amaravathi Dam (20km distance from Udumalai), Tirumoorthy Hills and Falls(20km distance from Udumalai) and Aliyar Dam (30km distance from Udumalai).
The Next day we started earlier by 7.40am and reached Munnar by 12am.(100 km from Udumalai).The route was through a part of Jungle and was very nice. The entire stretch was greenery with Teak, Coconut trees and Tea Gardens. Also lot of small small water falls on the way. Everyone cannot miss the chance to go by this route by own vehicle.
Thoovanam Falls New Marayaar - way to Munnar
