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Saturday, 7 July 2012

VAGAMON - KERALA


Vagamon  is a hill station located in Kottayam- Idukki border of Kerala. It is situated 1,100 meters above sea level.


It is a place with a never-ending line of lush green hills, breathtaking ravines and meandering rivulets.  The scenic valleys, beautiful green meadows, enchanting pine forests, mists, fogs, tea estates, waterfalls  provides the tourist a hearty welcome. It’s an ideal place for tea plantations, Vagamon is also known as ‘Scotland of Asia’.


It has a cool climate with the temperature between 10 and 23 °C during summer midday. The meandering road to Vagamon is cut in solid rock lined with pine forests.



The three hills of Vagamon have made this place so popular, that it is now a sacred place to three distinguished religious beliefs – Hinduism, Christianity , and Islam.  Vagamon is also a favourite spot of adventure seekers and offers trekking, rock climbing. Kurisumala Hill is home to the famous Indo-Swiss Dairy farm project. The place is completely enclosed with tea estates and lakes. Thangal Hill is the burial chamber of Sheikh Fariduddin and Murugan Hill is devoted to Hindu God Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva. The third, Kurisumala Hill has a Kurisumala Ashram, which is a religious residence that links to both Hindu and Christian faith.


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