Cumbum Valley, also called Kambam Valley, is a valley in the Theni district of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

state in

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near the

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state border. This is the most fertile valley in south India, The valley includes lands between Thekkadi Hills,

Varusanadu Varusanadu is a village panchayat (code: 232202) in Theni District of Tamil Nadu, which is located in the bank of Vaigai River. This village comes under Kadamalaigundu - Mayiladumparai Panchayat union and Andipatti Taluk. The valley around ...

Hills, and

Kodaikanal Kodaikanal () is a hill station which is located in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long ...

Hills. It is one of the few places in Tamil Nadu producing

grapes A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...

. Cumbum valley produces about 90,000 tonnes of

muscat grape The Muscat family of grapes includes over 200 grape varieties belonging to the ''Vitis vinifera'' species that have been used in wine production and as raisin and table grapes around the globe for many centuries. Their Wine color, colors range ...

s and 10,000 tonnes of Thomson seedless grapes every year.Times of India, 23 June 2008
Cumbum Valley in Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India

Places

# Cumbum # Chinnamanur # Gudalur # Lower Camp # Surulipatti # Kamaya Koundan Patti # Hanumanthanpatty # Pudupatty # Rayappanpatty # Anaimalayanpatty # Ramasamynayakkanpatti # Paramathevanpatti

References

Theni district Valleys of India Landforms of Tamil Nadu {{Theni-geo-stub