Athirampallys falls

This is the one of the best places in this area. It is featured in almost all the films and advertisements

Athirampallys falls or "Punnagaimannan" Falls in about 36 Km from Sholaiyar, Kerla. Not sure whether this place is is exactly in TN or Kerala but you can reach from both the states. I visited this falls from a place called "Kaddaam Parai" near Pollachi.

The water falls from a height of nearly 60m. The road journey from Kaddamprai to Athirampally falls is quite adventurous, where one can witness several wild species on the way. The river lies along the road and this is surely going to be an exciting journey because words cannot describe its mystic beauty nor films fully capture its incredible variety.

!!புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!

!!புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!

Coimbatore on Google maps ..

Recently visited Google maps and gave a wild search for Google maps (last time, i went to it i could see only the landscape of this area at a very high level). But this time to my surprise Coimbatore is mapped by Google at a very good level. You can see the roads of the city, but one needs to be a expert map reader or should have a good knowledge about the city the identify the place correctly. It does not take street level in search (i.e PSG Tech, Coimbatore) similar to a location in USA.

But a definite improvement over the past and thanks to Google on this service.

Real estate in Coimbatore ...

Courtesy - Vikatan.com

Real estate prices are coimbatore is shooting up, partly because Chennai is getting congested, apartments are overvalued in other places like Chennai & Bangalore. The images gives an idea of the prevaling rates in coimbatore.

Project to save Noyyal ...

Courtesy - "THE HINDU" dated Oct 15, 2006.

* Project to revive Noyyal gets advisory panel of experts
* Encroachments removed with Siruthuli's help Encroachments removed; PWD to install gauges to assess flow
* Experts visit Kooduthurai, the origin of the river
* They go along the course to study its condition

COIMBATORE: Siruthuli, a public initiative for conservation of water sources, has formed an advisory committee to implement a project for reviving the Noyyal here.

The nine-member committee has experts from non-governmental organisations, the Public Works Department, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and Bharathiar University. They visited Kooduthurai, the origin of the river, on Saturday. They went along its course to study the condition of the river along with Vanita Mohan, managing trustee of Siruthuli.

Ms. Mohan told reporters that the first phase of revival, from Kooduthurai to Singanallur tank in the city (40 km), would be in two stages. The first would be up to Perur. Till this point the river was clean.

Beyond this, effluents and sewage polluted the river. Siruthuli planned to revive the entire 160-km river course up to Noyyal in Erode where it joins the Cauvery. `Noyyalukku Nooru', a fund-raising programme, had helped to mobilise Rs.60 lakh.

The committee consists of K. Elangovan, Superintending Engineer of the Public Works Department's Water Resources Organisation, Coimbatore; K. Palanisamy, Director, the Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development for Students, TNAU; R.K. Sivanappan, former university faculty and water expert; Laxmana Perumal Samy of Bharathiar University; D.K. Manavalan, Executive Director, Action for Food Production, New Delhi; C. Vijayakumar of AFPRO; K.M. Namboodiri, Senior Technical Advisor of AREED; C. Udayashankar, Advisor of Natural Resources Management, Centre for World Solidarity; Joe S. D'Souza of Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems; and A. Raja Mohammed, a Karaikudi-based geophysicist.

Mr. Elangovan said the PWD would install water gauges at various points to assess the flow. The river's boundaries on either side would be marked. Encroachments had been removed with Siruthuli's help.

Mr. Namboodiri said there was a long gap between the previous study on the river (conducted in the late 1970s) and what was being done now. Many activities detrimental to the river had happened. Serious intervention was possible only after the data was collected. The idea of involving the community would be discussed.

Mr. Namboodiri said Siruthuli must start advising policy makers on water use and conservation. The Noyyal project was "not an exercise based on emotions but was a scientific approach."

Mr. Udayashankar said groundwater should be made common property to curb excess drawal by individuals. A State water policy would provide guidelines for community use of water.

Mr. Manavalan said time was ripe to involve the community in the project. Ms. Mohan said those who used more water had the responsibility of replenishment. The success of the first stage would inspire the second one that required a different strategy to tackle pollution.

TopSlip

Top slip is a little hamlet in Anamalai hills, where the timber would slip into the small canal, hence it got it's name.

Top slp is a deep forest area situated in this area (Near Pollachi), It is wilfelife sanctury home of evergreen teak forest. Forest check post in a place named Sethumadai(near Pollachi) is the entry point to this sanctury. Drive from Pollachi towards this place, you can feel the change in temperature and soon you can see elepants on the way during early morning or late evening. Coimbatore is the nearest airport to this sanctury (90 KM). TamilNadu Forest department has various facilities for the tourists visiting this sanctury.

Perur - Temple ...

Perur temple is one of the famous Shiva temples in Kongu area. It is belived that Karikaal cholan buit the temple around 500 CE, (Some one can write separately on the contribution of chola kings to our temples). There are evidences found inside the temple, that Chera kings made significant contributions in 13th century CE. Later this temple was taken care by Hoysala and Vijayanagar Kings, it was during this time, lot of people with Kannada and Telugu orgin settled down in and around Coimbatore area.

where did all start ...

History of this place, starts off from sangam age. Kongu means "Honey" or "Nectar of flowers". By looking at history "Kongunadu", extends from southern part of mysore to parts in present Kerala, with an elevation of 3000 feet. This land consists various hills all ranging from 1000 ft to 3000 ft. Major rivers are Kaveri, Bhavani, Nooyal and Amaravathi. Coins discovered in and around coimbatore region, clearly indicate that this land was ruled all the 3 tamil kings of Chola, Chera and Pandaya dynasty.

Map and more information on Kongunadu on this page http://www.coimbatore.com/kongunadu/home2.htm

Hey !! My first blog

Vannakam to the entire world.

i was thinking abt blogging for quiet some time, didn't get time/thoughts ?? :) (First floor empty !!). At last finally decided to blog about my place, it's culture, history, places of interest ..

To give your an overall idea where this place is located, just visit this page.

Just a start ...