Ramakkalmedu is a
hill station in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located
about 15 km from Nedumkandom on the Munnar-Thekkady route.
It provides a panoramic view of Tamil Nadu
villages and towns. It is the proposed site for power generation using winds.
It believes that or there is a folk-tale that lord 'Sree Rama', the Hindu
mythological God had set his foot on this rock and hence the name Rama-Kal-Medu
(Meaning: Rama's foot imprints). The
place has a Monument of Kuravar and Kurathi Statue.
Ramakkalmedu
stands tall in the Western Ghats at a height of 3500 feet above sea level. Here
one can move up to the tip of the rock. The strong wind that one experiences on
reaching the tip of the rock is a beautiful feeling. Wind blows at a speed
around 35 km per hour at Ramakkalmedu throughout the year irrespective of
the season and time.
The green hills that surround the place add up the
beauty. Many tourists visit the place every day. It’s a newly discovered hill
station. There is wind mill near the place, since the place receives wind on a
high rate.
The
wind gusts into the hills and recorded as maximum in Asia. The Sun rises
on the eastern hills and sets at the western mountains and the beauty of
sunrise and sunset through the mountains surrounded by green forest is a unique
view that can be experienced only at Ramakkalmedu.
However
one can say that Ramakkalmedu is breath takingly beautiful place. It’s a good ecotourism spot too.
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