Nelliyampathy (also spelled as Nelliampathi) is a hill station, located from

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated munici ...

, state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

, India.''

Geography

* Nelliampathy is surrounded by tea and

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plantations. * The village has its own

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

and forms a part of the

Chittur Chittur-Thathamangalam is a town and municipality in Palakkad district of Kerala State, India. It is the headquarters of Chittur taluk, south-east of Palakkad, on the banks of the Kannadipuzha, a major headstream of the Bharathapuzha, the seco ...

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Pothundi Dam Pothundi Dam is an irrigation dam near Pothundi village in the Palakkad district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the 19th century, it is considered one of the oldest dams in India. It provides irrigation to an area of in the Palakkad dist ...

, which was constructed in the 19th century, is the entrance to Nelliyampathy.

Seetharkundu

A viewpoint called Seethargund is situated 8 km away from Nelliyampathy. Seethargund, according to beliefs is the place where Lord Rama,

Laxmana Lakshmana ( sa, लक्ष्मण, lit=the fortunate one, translit=Lakṣmaṇa), also spelled as Laxmana, is the younger brother of Rama and his loyalist in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He bears the epithets of Saumitra () and Ramanuja (). ...

and

Seetha Sita (; ) also called as Janaki and Vaidehi is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic, ''Ramayana''. She is the consort of Rama, the avatar of the god Vishnu, and is regarded as a form of Vishnu's consort, Lakshmi. She ...

rested during their exile.

Kesavan Rock

Another attraction of Nelliyampathy is

Kesavanpara Kesavanpara is a small place in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is 30 km from Nemmara village. Geography Kesavanpara is home to the Nelliampathi mountains, and offers a panoramic view of the land below. It is near ...

viewpoint. The film Mrigaya starring Mammootty was shot here.

Demographics

India

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, Nelliyampathy had a population of 8,718 with 4,358 males and 4360 females.

Gallery

File:Sithar Kundu View Point 01.jpg, Sitharkundu viewpoint File:A mountain stream.JPG, A mountain stream File:Nelliyampathy03.JPG, Hill view File:Nelliyampathy Hill Station (14992548986).jpg File:Nelliampathi Sitharkundu viewpoint.jpg, Another view of Sitharkundu viewpoint

References

External links

Silent Valley model eco-tourism proposed to save Nelliampathy Hills
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