Siruvani – View from kerala...

Well, not all the same… Unleashing views of the siruvani forest reserves from Kerala; the other richly forested side could be a lot more interesting and apprehensible to trekkers and travel analysts… With years of preserving nature, the Singappara forest area tending to Siruvani cascade and that finally transforms into a river and serves water to the entire Coimbatore city; developing with a keen rationality to technology and science…

So, from Kerala things are altogether different… You get to enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature with Nilgiri Biosphere reserves on a panorama… It can be breath taking with all rights to go trekking with less strenuous paths and farther ideas to move towards reserves that house some of the best medicinal herbs and plants… animals you can see are literally lots…besides it’s the rarest spot which has the vastest species for bird watching… I bet it’s a treat and could serve a great sphere for ornithologists…. Sources say that there are no larger groups of trekkers and analysts flooding the locative mapping by tagging it the richest ground for bird discoveries with lesser nature lovers accessing it every year… You’ll find records telling you there are around 44 new birds discovered until now… Remember one important line… It isn’t that easy if you want to go deep down the forests to camp or trek… Huh… Yeah… you should get procedures done which aren’t simpler but YES with a lot more possible access to what needs to be operated on over the Tamil Nadu side… I’ve told you already … Siruvani in Tamil Nadu is a drinking water supply… So you can’t get in with all ease… It’s a core protected spot…

Further east, when you head from Mannarkad to Palakkayam, all you’ll find are the hills with thick vegetation on two sides with a narrower road in between… It could be quite intimidating if its summer because you’ll halt with a brake on notice of a semi wild animal… contrary to what happens in hill areas it isn’t a BIG danger if you see a lone male elephant on the roads walking towards you… however they depend largely on hill slopes and not roads furthermore a keen sense to humans that come nearby so that they move way…

So you’ll reach Singappara Forest reserves once heading miles east from Mannarkad… driving through the thick forests, you should be getting a letter signed from the forest officials if you want to stay overnight.. The forest officials would direct you to the Pattiyar Bungalow… It does look like a Cottage and quite don’t except things to be luxurious and a more of a RESORT… just a small three roomed cottage with power for strictly three hours a day; chief dependence on solar power… So if its summer, things are favorable... if not, it could be quite not OKAY… Nevertheless, there are always winds blowing towards the cottage and this should keep the place cooler and nature near…

Once you decide to visit the Siruvani Dam, make it earlier in the morning so that you don’t miss the conveyance that comes until a restricted area… For now, I’ve heard people saying that the cottage is closed because there are ideas for renovation… Even then, its OKAY… taking a one day trip is all the more prudent and fine if you want to visit the dam and less forested areas… I’m not sure what possibly applies on a procedure for trekking inside the forest for three or four days… Procedures are changed for now… Lot of reasons; truly for ensuring lesser exploiting of forests and also to maintain a richer reserve is what tops the list…

Anyways don’t forget one major view… From the Siruvani dam, if there’s no much mist, you’ll get a spectacular look at the Coimbatore City...

Siruvani

Yeah… I am sure you should know where Siruvani or சிறுவாணி is… it’s a completely galvanizing thrill if you’re taking chances to visit the dam or waterfalls or whatever is around the hill reposing area… Cornucopia of tastiest water, lush vegetation and an unimaginable weather Siruvani forms the appropriate locative spot to hike, trek and bath….

With all convincing potentialities, this place is surrounded by green forests housing lot more than wildlife and trees… Siruvani is located 37 west from Coimbatore with the route mapping areas including Perur-Madampatti-Saadivayal(பேரூர் -மாதம்பட்டி-சாடிவயல் )checkpost and finally Siruvani… I am putting it in the regional language just to ensure at least you comprehend letter shapes from how it’s written on the boards there if on a trip… Siruvani hills, a part of which is Kerala, directs water to Coimbatore with standing best largest water source and supply to the city….

So you could be wondering what makes Siruvani’s water a lot tastier than any other source that travels downhill and serves supply… Undeniable, you’ll find hundreds and thousands of Indian Gooseberry trees if you get to trek uphill on an exceptional permit letter from the collector, you can’t move further until then…I’ve once trekked Siruvani hills with an authorization… well, far neater, I found something amazing with a simpler answer to a Million Dollar question… Incredibly factual, I saw gooseberries all rotting and decomposing over the trees… that was totally phooey… but this rotten stuff was oozing from the trees, falling into the river stream… disgusting though, the official around told me this is what is converting the “all ordinary” siruvani water to the second best tasting water over the world..felt like “mission Accomplished” to me.. People in the foothill villages could know this but not those at far near the main city like me…

You don’t have to feel bad if you aren’t allowed to trek uphill… There’s something more to fathom here…As conventional, it’s to keep the forests and the hill area safe with not lots of trekkers pouring in, exploiting the area and most importantly forest departments never want to provide tourists unsafe travel times… Quite selfish, but an inevitable implement… besides you can’t travel to the Siruvani dam, so don’t tell your trek group that you’re going down to the dam and having fun… With not easier measures you can reach the dam… Needs demanding procedures… Possibly if allowed, tourist traffic can dirty the dam water eventually dirtying the drinking water reserve that moves facing the city…

With all potential explanations, make yourself clear before you decide to trek here… Villages alongside foothills are just amazing… Food tastes a lot tastier than the water you are hunting to know about… I should make a vital mention about this with no bigger description… The water chamber in Siruvani Dam is almost kerala… Such an edge of the border… You can move to kerela with just a 5 minute journey and if you’ve gotten to travel there, you’re the luckiest trekker or discoverer to me… You can see a place called Pattivasal- start of kerala state with fewer settlements that have exclusive rights to come over to the dam… also moving towards the dam from tamil nadu , you’ll locate a handful of villages with tribal people proving dependence on farming…Jot " KOVAI KUTRALAM"- a sure visit... its the falls that come from Siruvani hills(a part of Siruvani water resource)... cascading down the smooth green thickly forested mountain ranges..