Saturday, 21 June 2014

Marayoor - Near Munnar - Idukki

Marayoor
Marayoor, we can call heaven on earth. Marayoor is located 44 km from Munnar and 55 km from Idukki. The meaning of MArayoor in Malayalam is hidden village. Exotic and unspoiled, Marayoor is a unique place. Here natural beauty meets adventure.

Marayoor offers diversity in every aspect of its land, beauty and culture. Marayoor is the only place in Kerala that has a natural growth of sandalwoods trees. 

There is sandalwood factory run by forest department is the attraction of Marayoor. Another attractions is Muniyaras, Childerns park lies under a Banyan tree (it cover hectors of land) and Thoovanam waterfalls.

Marayoor occupies a vast area on the slopes of the Western Ghats in Idukki district and is an importat pre-historic site in Kerala. Apart from the Dolmenoid cists (Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by the fifth one called the cap stone) in Muniyara.

We can see lush green tea estates in the road from Munnar to Marayoor, and also we can see waterfalls and sandalwood forest.

The relics of the new stone –age culture, consisting of caves, paintings and the underground tunnels, together with places connected with the legendary wanderings of Rama and Sita of Ramayana and the Pandavas of the Mahabharatha make this place archeologically prominent.

Marayoor is known for its tribal culture. We can see cardamom plantations, coffee plantation and Orange grove wild Greek on the way to Marayoor.


In Marayoor, we can see lot of things, we cannot say that to words, you come and enjoy the natural beauty and cultre.

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