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2023-02-21 04:45:21
Athirapilly Falls, is situated in Athirapilly Panchayat in Chalakudy Taluk of Thrissur District in Kerala, India on the Chalakudy River, which originates from the upper reaches of the Western Ghats at the entrance to the Sholayar ranges. It is the largest waterfall in Kerala, which stands tall at 81.5 feet. Just a short drive from Athirapilly to the Vazhachal falls, which is close to dense green forests that are home to many endangered and endemic species of flora and fauna. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-20 07:02:27
Chaliyar River is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar is also known as Chulika River, Nilambur River or Beypore River as it nears the sea. Pothukal, Chungathara, Nilambur, Mampad, Edavanna, Kavanoor, Perakamanna, Areekode, Kizhuparamba, Elamaram, Cheekkode, Vazhakkad, Vazhayur, Cheruvadi, Edavannappara, Mavoor, Peruvayal, Feroke and Beypore are some of the towns/villages situated along the banks of Chaliyar. It mainly flows through Malappuram district. Its tributaries flow through both the districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode. The bank of river Chaliyar at Nilambur region is also known for natural Gold fields. Explorations done at the valley of the river Chaliyar in Nilambur have shown reserves of the order of 2.5 million cubic meters of placers with 0.1 gram per cubic meter of gold. It originates at Ilambaleri hills of Nilgiri Mountains in Nilgiris district (Ooty district), which is also near Wayanad-Malappuram district border. It flows mainly through the erstwhile region of Eranad (present-day Malappuram district), and finally empties into the Arabian Sea at Beypore port, opposite to Chaliyam harbour. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-19 06:48:22
Thommankuthu is a waterfall located in Thodupuzha Thaluk in Idukki District of the southern state of Kerala, India. It is a popular tourist spot in the state and one of the major centres of eco-tourism in Kerala. It is situated in the southern part of Western Ghats mountain range. Thomankoothu waterfalls is not a single waterfall but a series of 12 falls over a distance of 5 km. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-18 04:48:50
Vazhachal Falls is situated in Athirappilly Panchayath of Thrissur district in Kerala on the southwest coast of India. Located on the west-flowing Chalakudy River near the Vazhachal Forest Division and at the edge of the Sholayar ranges, it is just 5 km from the entrance of Athirappilly Falls. It is located 36 km from Chalakudy. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-17 06:05:58
Kakkayam is a dam site located at Koorachundu in Kozhikode, Kerala. Kakkayam is on the outskirts of the Western Ghats, and Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, a 7,421-hectare (18,340-acre) abode of wild animals including elephants and bison. Kakkayam has an abundant wildlife population and is also a trekking and rock climbing destination.
This reservoir is part of the Kuttiyadi Hydro Electric Project & is located at a height of about 750 m (2,460 ft) above sea level. The pen stock runs down from the dam site and goes through various tunnels and hills to the Kuttiyadi Main power house at Kakkayam with an installed capacity of 225MW. Water coming out of this power house is diverted to two small hydro electric projects namely Kuttiyadi Tail Race power house and kakkayam small hydro electric project with an installed capacity of 3.75 MW and 3 MW Respectively.After this the tail water joins the river and is utilized for Peruvannamoozhi Irrigation Project. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-16 05:22:26
Kappad, or Kappakadavu locally, is a beach and village near Koyilandy, in the district of Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
A stone monument installed by the government commemorates the "landing" by Vasco da Gama with the inscription, 'Vasco da Gama landed here, Kappakadavu, in the year 1498'. In 2007, a Rs. 1.5 crore program to beautify the beach was launched by Kerala Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. It is now completed and Kappad beach has a corniche and park. The park includes a restroom, restaurant and seating.
The nearest major railway station is Koyilandy, about 10 km away from Kappad. The nearest airport is Calicut International Airport (CCJ), which is about 25 km from the town of Kozhikode. Private transport buses are available from the main bus stand, or visitors can reach the beach by stopping at Thiruvangoor on National Highway 66 between Kozhikode and Vadakara. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-15 05:48:41
The Cheruthoni Dam, located in Idukki District, Kerala, India, is a 138m tall concrete gravity dam. This dam was constructed in 1976 as part of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project along with two other dams Idukki and Kulamavu. The Government of Canada aided the Project with long-term loans and grants. The dam was constructed by HCC (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.) and the consultant was S.N.C.Inc., Canada.
The water impounded by these three dams of Idukki, Cheruthoni & Kulamavu has formed a single reservoir spread over 60 km² at a height of 2300 ft above Mean Sea Level. The Idukki Dam is a double curvature arch dam constructed across Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills and is the tallest double curvature arch dam in Asia. Cheruthoni Dam is located 1 km west of Idukki dam. The spill way of the Idukki Reservoir is in the Cheruthoni dam. Kulamavu Dam was constructed to prevent the water from escaping through a rivulet called Kilivally, 30 km west to Idukki Arch Dam. It is a 100 metres tall Masonry gravity dam. Construction of this Cheruthoni Dam, Idukki Arch Dam and Kulamavu Dam created an artificial lake of 60 km² and the water stored, is used for electricity generation at the Idukki power station. Located at Moolamattom, it is the biggest underground power station in India and the pressure shaft is the largest in the country. Cheruthoni is the largest and highest gravity dam in Kerala. Storage of water in Idukki Reservoir started in February, 1973. Idukki power station was Commissioned in February 1976 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-14 04:56:09
Achankovil River is a river in the southern state of Kerala, India, originating in the Western Ghats and flowing into the Arabian Sea. The river is known for its scenic beauty, including waterfalls such as Thirparappu and Palaruvi Falls. It also holds cultural and religious significance for both Hindu and Muslim communities and is an important source of irrigation and water for domestic and industrial purposes. The Achankovil River is an important resource for the people of Kerala and a popular destination for tourists seeking to experience its natural beauty and cultural significance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-13 05:46:17
Vavar Juma Masjid is a mosque near the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, India. It is dedicated to Vavar Swamy, a Muslim warrior considered a friend of Lord Ayyappa, the deity worshipped at Sabarimala. The mosque is a symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony and is revered by both Hindu and Muslim devotees visiting Sabarimala. Pilgrims often stop at the mosque to offer prayers and pay respects to Vavar Swamy. The mosque is a small structure with traditional architecture, located in the forest near the Sabarimala Temple, accessible by a steep trek. Vavar Juma Masjid is a testimony to India's rich cultural heritage and religious tolerance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
2023-02-12 06:17:30
Achankovil River is a river in the southern state of Kerala, India, originating in the Western Ghats and flowing into the Arabian Sea. The river is known for its scenic beauty, including waterfalls such as Thirparappu and Palaruvi Falls. It also holds cultural and religious significance for both Hindu and Muslim communities and is an important source of irrigation and water for domestic and industrial purposes. The Achankovil River is an important resource for the people of Kerala and a popular destination for tourists seeking to experience its natural beauty and cultural significance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @Kerala | @Malayalam
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