Varayadumotta

Varayadumotta (

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: വരയാടുമൊട്ട) is the tallest peak in the

Ponmudi Ponmudi (the Golden Peak) is a hill station in the Peringamala gramapanchayath of Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala in India. It is located 22km west of Vithura town, 53 km north-east of Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram City, ...

mountain range (Western ghats),

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taluk,

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, India. As its name come from Nilgiri tahr / Varayadu. It is one of the isolated place which is favourable home for mountain goats (

Nilgiri Tahr The Nilgiri tahr (''Nilgiritragus hylocrius'') is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the only species in th ...

) in acute population. These mountain range is also known as Varayadumudi and Varayattumutti. Ponmudi view

It stands about a height of about 1100 m. Varying elevation and peculiar shape of these hill is unique in the world. It is a protected mountain ridge situated in between Ponmudi hills,

Palode Palode is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. Palode town is from Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram city and from Nedumangad municipality. Thenmala Dam is from Palode, and the Ponmudi hills are 35 km. ...

(Brimore) hills and Kallar valley. It includes 13 peaks and the second peak is the highest peak in Varayadumotta. It is third adventurous trekking in South India after Meesapulimala and Agastyarkoodam. Popular tourist spots near to Varayadumotta peak include Kallar river, Ponmudi, Meenmutty waterfalls, Manakayam waterfalls and Brimore estate. It is 40 km away from

city. Geography of Thiruvananthapuram district {{Thiruvananthapuram-geo-stub