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April 9th, 2007
Periyar national park is located in Idukki district. The protected area covers an area of 777 km², out of which a 350 km² part of the main zone was made into the Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve, also known as the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Check out the following video (duration: 4 minutes) which gives [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Here is a brilliant photo taken by christine in Idukki.
While taking a scenic drive around the hills and valleys of Munnar, we caught in the corners of our eyes a family of wild elephants crossing a large valley down below. Given that finding wild elephants is a rare sight for us, we begged to pull [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Yesterday Jo reported a rumour that police in central Kerala are harassing women who wear churidars.
A colleague, whose hometown is Muvattupuzha, reported that policewomen are out on the roads in Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam and Perumbavoor (in Ernakulam district, Kerala state) to find females who wear churidars with a slit on the sides. Whenever they find someone [...]
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February 4th, 2007
Achayan (Joseph Narimattom) has started a new blog featuring adventure stories for children. He has started off with the novel “Valley of the Mountain Goddess”,
The bus was late. It screeched to a halt like a hot and panting horse. A handful of passengers got down hurriedly, the bus crew almost shoving them down into the [...]
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February 1st, 2007
Idukki arch dam is supported by two other smaller dams – one at cheruthoni and the other one at kulamavu. Ansari captures Kulamavu dam on a sunny day…
Linked via Flickr.
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January 22nd, 2007
Here are some photos from the trip.
Paddy fields at edathuva
Entering Idukki project area
First U turn at moolamattom
Idukki dam from main road
Inside idukki
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January 22nd, 2007
I went on a drive to nedumkandam (Idukki district) from trivandrum last week. I have taken the route via NH 47 since M.C. road now is in a pathetic condition. The route taken was,
Trivandrum => Kayamkulam => Harippad => Edathuva =>Thiruvalla => Kottayam => Thodupuzha => Cheruthoni => Kattappana => Nedumkandam.
Here is a summary [...]
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January 18th, 2007
Josekutty has created a decent Idukki photo album,
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January 17th, 2007
Did you know that Idukki dam is asia’s largest arch dam? Kerala will be in complete darkness without this dam! Thankfully this dam was built well before enviornmental protection lobby became strong in Kerala.
Don’t miss this dam if you visit Idukki. Now there are restrictions in visiting the dam and people are allowed only during festive seasons. If [...]
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January 11th, 2007
Arnab Mandal and team covers 2700KM in 12 days – on bike!
As we reached Idukki we decided to visit the Idukki dam. Idukki dam is famous for its twin dams. The best of the two dams being the massive arch dam. It is Asia’s biggest Arch Dam of 555 feet height proudly standing between the [...]
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January 8th, 2007
Kerala is a tourist’s paradise, that is if you know how not to get fleeced. Alappuzha backwaters is something which is a must see for anyone from outside. But if you are planning to spend time in a house boat prepare to carry loads of dollar notes!
JTR from England writes about his experiences in his [...]
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