Thursday, 18 April 2013

About my home town Palakkad


I would like introduce my beautiful home town "Palakkad". 


There is so many places which you may like to live or you would like to visit once in your lifetime, but the place which is always close to your heart is your's hometown. Hence i  would like to start this Blogging with my home place Palakkad.





Palakkad

            The name Palakkad means “jungle of barren land”. Palakkad is also referred as a land of palm trees and paddy fields. It is the chief granary of Kerala, often called the Gateway of Kerala. Palakkad lies at the foot of the gigantic Western ghats on the border of Kerala....










Traveling without food, sounds weird na ? ok i'l share you some of the tasty corners @ Palakkad.





1.The Ramaserry idlis 


         The idlis are the speciality of a once numerous muthaliyar family who had been comes from shinganallor a Tamil nadu village near from palakkad. who have been making this softy idlis for over 300 years from now. along with this idlis with "puttu podi"(made with rise floor's and spices),chatiny (coconut crush along with chilly etc.) and Saambar.









2. N.M.R Biriyani mess


         Biriyani lovers don't miss this place. A cheap and the best biriyani variants available in palakkad. here you can crab the dum biriyani of all variants like Chicken,mutton,beef,egg kuska's etc. The rate for biriyani's starts from Rs.35 onward's. a walk able distance from madhavi amma hospital near sulthanpett. 








3. Sindhu cool bar 






         sindhu cool bar is special for it's own grape juice. more than 30 years of serving sweetness to palakkad. you may think what specialty in a grape juice ? yup in this specially made drink along the juicy you can have the fresh skin pealed grape. it taste more while you were in the scorching march/april at palakkad.





















Places of Interest @ Palakkad

  • Palakkad fort
  • Silent Valley National Park
  • Parambikulam wild life sanctuary
  • Nelliyampathy hills
  • Seetharkundu waterfalls
  • Malampuzha Dam/park
  • Chulannur Peacock Protection Centre
  • Chittur Gurumadam
  • Dhoni waterfalls
  • Attapaddy 
  • Kalapathy Temple
  • Dams: mangalam,pothundi,meenkara,chulliyar
  • JP Smirthivanam and Deer Park etc.






some of my clicks from palakkad







A view to seethargund waterfalls




A video showing the beauty of seethargund waterfalls









The cute seethargund waterfalls








The chinganchira temple








Palakkad's typical "kalam"