Hill
Stations in Kerala
Devikulam
Hill Station
Irresistibly
green slopes touching the sky at a thousand meters. A lovely, little lake hidden
within the rolling hills. This is Devikulam.
A dainty town sixteen kilometres
southwest of Munnar. A perfect picture of fairy- tale enchantment . The old wiv's
tale has is that once Sita Devi, the holy consort of Lord Rama, came down to frolic
in the lake and the place came to be spoken about as 'Devikulam' (meaning the
lake of the goddess), ever since.
SIDELIGHTS Chinnar
Wildlife Sanctuary: North of Devikulm, around 60 lms away (travel timle:
90 min), sprawls the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. With a sandalwood forest ofn
the nearer end, it falls away as a thorny, rain-shadowed scrub jungle found nohere
else in Kerala.
This is where you could find the highly endangered species
of both the grizzled giant squirrel (last worldwide count : less than 200) and
the star tortoise, iln addition to large population of gaur.
Deep withiln
th sanctuary you will come across the massive Thkoovanam falls on the river Chinnar.
Recently erected watch towers rise high above the vegetation and permit a fascinating
view of the game.
GETTING THERE The ascent to Devikulam
from Cochin takes 4 ½ hours (149kms), while from Kottaym you are there
in just under4 hours (132 kms).
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