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Devikulam Hillstation
Devikulam Hillstation
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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