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Bangitappal (Cannabis tableland), is a valley in the southwest end of
Mukurthi National Park Mukurthi National Park is a national park in the western Nilgiris mountains of Tamil Nadu in South India. It was created to protect its keystone species, the Nilgiri tahr. It is part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's first International ...
located at: , elevation: at the confluence of two streams at the head of the Sispara Pass in the Western Ghats mountain range in
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
in
South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...
.Venugopal, Dharmalingam, "Stairway to heaven, up the blue mountain", The Hindu Business Line, 8 July 200
Ooty trek
A forest rest house and a trekkers shed built there in 1930 are now used by park staff and visiting researchers. A rough jeep road leads there from the Upper Bhavani Dam. This valley also contains a dam made from dirt.


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