Kolukkumalai is a small village/hamlet in

Bodinayakanur Bodinayakanur (also shortened to Bodi) is a Town and a municipality in Theni district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In early days, it was called by the name Thenkasiyampathi (Tamil: தென்காசியம்பதி). ...

Taluk in the Theni district of the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. It is home to the highest tea plantations in the world with the tea grown here possessing a special flavour and freshness because of the high altitude. It is situated near Munnar.

Geography

Kolukkumalai is about above sea level and lies some from

Munnar Munnar () is a town and hill station in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. Munnar is also called the "Kashmir of South Indi ...

. The hill top village is accessible only by jeep due to rugged and rain drenched roads covering up to 17 km. It is about a one and a half hour journey from Munnar town. The exact location of kolukkumalai is in Theni district (Tamil Nadu) . The approach road is via

Suryanelli Suryanelli is a resort settlement in the Chinnakanal village in Idukki district, Kerala, bordering Tamil Nadu, India. Situated 40 km South East of the popular tourist location of Munnar. It is surrounded by tea plantations and many resor ...

near

in Idukki district of Kerala.

Tourism

The Stary Sunrise View from Kolukkumalai, Munnar

Visitor attractions include: *

Devikulam Devikulam () is a Grama Panchayat and small hill station of about from Munnar in the Idukki District of Kerala State, India. It lies above sea level. Etymology The name Devikulam is a conjunction of the words ''Devi'', from the goddess Devi a ...

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km north of Marayoor on State Highway 17 in the Marayoor and Kanthalloor panchayats of Devikulam taluk in the Idukki district of Kerala state in South India. It is one of 18 wildlife sanctuaries a ...

* Idukki *

Thekkadi Thekkady( Idukki district) is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. The name Thekkady is derived from the word "thekku" which means teak. Temperatures are lowest in the months of Dec ...

Theni Theni is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located in a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, c ...

Meesapulimala Meesapulimala is an Indian peak, the next south of the second highest peak (Manna Malai ) of the Western Ghats on the border of Idukki district, Kerala state. Its peak is above sea level. The name derives from its appearance from the southwes ...

Kambam Cumbum or Kambam (), is a town and municipality in Theni district (in the western part of the Madurai Region), an Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography and Climate Cumbum is located at . It has an average elevation of 391meters (1282 feet). O ...

Colleges

* Cardamom Planters' Associations College, Bodinayakanur * Government Engineering College, Bodinayakanur

Schools

* P.U. Primary School Kurangani

Administration and Politics

This place belongs to Kottagudi Panchayath of Bodinayakanur taluk. It had 139 voters as on 2014. This village belongs to Bodinayakanur assembly seat. A TNSTC bus starts at 4 am in Theni towards Suryanelli which is the only bus from the state it belongs to. KSRTC buses run regularly to Suryanelli Panoramic View from the Kolukkumalai of the Theni Valley, Munnar

Panoramic View from the Kolukkumalai of the Theni Valley, Munnar

References

External links

* {{Commons category-inline, Kolukkumalai Villages in Theni district Hill stations in Tamil Nadu