Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Thoovanam Waterfalls

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During my travel to Munnar, through Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, we got to see this awesome waterfall from the road we are traveling between Udumalpet and Marayoor and it was flowing gracefully down the valley covered in dense forest. Thoovanam, meaning drizzling sky, is one of the beautiful waterfalls I have seen and though it flows far from where we stood watching its majesty, we could hear the rushing water cascading from a height of 82 feet.

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Thoovanam could not stop us from thinking about Athirapally, the largest waterfall in Kerala on the Chalakudy River, which we checked while staying from Valparai in 2008. Though Thoovanam isn’t big as Athirapally, the way it looks resembles. Actually we missed a stop earlier on road, where we would have got a whole view of the waterfalls, but I was truly content from the location we stopped to watch and take photos as it gave a bit near view.

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Thoovanam waterfalls from on the Pambar River that run down along the valley between the hills and dense forest, and the highway between Udumalapet and Munnar travels along the river which supposed to be originated at Anaimudi, the tallest peak of  South India. The Chinnar wildlife sanctuary offers trekking to the waterfall and the forest guided trek takes about 2-3 hours to cover 4km of stretch through wild forest and hills.

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The valley view where the Pambar river winding through thick forest after magnificently fall as Thoovanam
Apt. to the name of waterfalls (Thoovanam) the weather was drizzling sky as we passed the mountain Ghats. Though our entire trip to Munnar in November was drizzling, rainy and foggy for the most gave far refreshing sight of many waterfalls and cool weather along our travel, Thoovanam as it flows through a pristine cover of forest green is spectacular to be watched again and again.

12 comments:

Sandi said...

So beautiful, Jeevan.

George said...

What a gorgeous waterfall! Thank you for sharing it with us. The entire area is absolutely beautiful.

Polly said...

Wow, stunning photos. The area looks beautiful.

L. D. said...

It is a marvelous water fall shot. The whole area is beautiful.

Twilight Man said...

Wow! I love that huge waterfalls. I wish I could sit beneath the splashing waters over my head and do so0me meditation. Nice!

Destination Infinity said...

I loved the waterfall photo and the photo of the forest above it :)

Destination Infinity

Nancy Chan said...

Beautiful view of the waterfall! The valley view is also beautiful! Have a wonderful day!

Anonymous said...

These waterfalls are truly something to behold. All that lush greenery make it that much more beautiful. I can't wait for all of that to return to our area again. Of course, I don't have a waterfall, but I do have the ocean.

Elsie

Lady Fi said...

Wow - so beautiful!

carol l mckenna said...

What a place and beautiful photography!

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eileeninmd said...

Hello, pretty waterfalls and gorgeous views. Lovely photos. I hope you are well, take care. Have a happy day and weekend!

GreenComotion said...

Beautiful views of the greenery and the falls.
Have a Happy WE!
Peace :)