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Thursday, July 14, 2011

THE HINDU-Rise in tourist arrivals at Yelagiri Hills - Serena Josephine. M



Rise in tourist arrivals at Yelagiri Hills -
Serena Josephine. M TIRUPATTUR: Yelagiri Hills witnessed a substantial rise in tourist arrivals this May. Other than tourists from surrounding areas, Chennai and Bangalore, adventure enthusiasts poured into Yelagiri during the summer vacation for trekking and paragliding.
According to the Tourist Information Centre at Yelagiri, around 1.5 lakh tourists visited Yelagiri in May alone. This was an increase from one lakh tourists in May 2010. On the last Sunday of the month – May 29 – the hills received nearly 10,000 tourists.
“There were about 5,000 tourists in April. But May was the peak season with huge inflow of tourists due to the school holidays. At least 75 per cent of the tourists came to Yelagiri during the weekends. There was heavy crowd on May 29,” said Tourist Information Officer G. Sudhagar.
Persons from local areas including Tirupattur, Vaniyambadi and Ambur thronged Yelagiri for the summer vacation. Tourists from Chennai and Bangalore were also found in large number and the hotels were full for nearly two months, he added.
The boat house, Murugan temple, Nature park and musical fountain turned to be a huge hit among the tourists. In fact, many adventure lovers turned up for the vacation to go on trekking here, he said, adding, “We received at least 600 persons including from Chennai for trekking trips during April and May. Many of them trekked to Swamimalai and Sunset point.”
With Yelagiri turning into a hotspot for adventure sports activities, particularly paragliding, year after year, the summer vacation also saw a number of paragliding pilots visiting the hills. “There are three take-off sites for paragliding at Yelagiri. Pilots register at the tourism office for a year and receive passes, ” he said.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

VILLAGES AT YELAGIRI-sudhagar


There are 14 villages and the names of them are as follow:
1.Muthanoor
2.Kottaiyur
3.Punganoor
4.Athannavoor
5.Kottur
6.Pallakkaniyur
7.Mettukkaniyur
8.Nilavoor
9.Royaneri.
10.Paduvanoor.
11.Puthoor
12.Thayaloor.
13.Mangalam
14.Manchangkolli pudoor.

HAIR PIN BENDS


Among the creations of nature, The Princess of Hills – Yelagiri stands as an unique range of hills full of greenery.There is a marvelous pillar standing at ponnery Cross Road, giving a brief on Yelagiri.
To reach the Hill, we need to travel through 14 Hairpin Bends. When we pass through these bends,the names that are engraved in the curves are of renowned great seven personalities and the seven great Tamil Poets. The names are as follows………..
1.Pavender………   Hairpin Bend………428 mtrs
2.Barathiyar……..   Hairpin Bend………485 mtrs
3.Thiruvalluvar…..   Hairpin Bend………524 mtrs
4.Illango…………… Hairpin Bend………574 mtrs
5.kambar…………. Hairpin Bend………624 mtrs
6.Kabilar…………. Hairpin Bend………664 mtrs
7.Avvaiyar……… ..Hairpin Bend……….683 mtrs
8.Paari……………. Hairpin Bend…….. 724 mtrs
9.Kaari…………… Hairpin Bend………760 mtrs
10.Orri…………….Hairpin Bend……….888 mtrs
11.Aaaye………….Hairpin Bend……..  907 mtrs
12.Adhiyaman……Hairpin Bend…….   913 mtrs
13.Nalli……………Hairpin Bend……  1002 mtrs
14.Baegan………  Hairpin Bend……. 1017 mtrs
   The 7th bend has a unique of its own.It has such a viewpoint to view the full greenery and the slopes of hills. The Yelagiri is also known as “the Ooty of the poor people.” It is the hill of those who cannot afford to go to Ooty or kodaikanal.

THE ARCHITECTS OF YELAGIRI ROAD-sudhagar


01.Shri.V.Chinnanasi Gounder
02.shri.C.G.Jagannathan
Shri.Venkatesan and shri.Nachi are those who passed away during the construction of this road-Year 1960 to 1964

A BIRD- EYE VIEW OF THE HILLS-sudhagar


ü Country  India
ü State   TamilNadu
ü District   Vellore
ü Division  Tirupattur Taluk
ü Panchayat Union-Jolarpet
ü Union’s Name – Tirupattur Union
ü Population – 7992
ü Male – 4218
ü Fe Male – 3774
ü Hill Domiciles – 6957
ü Adi Dravidars – 210
ü Other sects of people – 825
ü Number of people having franchise to vote-3736
ü No.of wards-09
ü Voting Centres – 05
ü Spread Area- 29.2 square km.
ü No of total villages -14
ü Weather forecast –summer :29c  winter :9 c
ü Appropriate time to visit Hill – Throughout the year
ü The rate of rainfall-34-35 dept.m.m
ü Religion-Hinuism
ü Other religion-Christianity&Islam
ü Languages spoken-tamil
ü Occupation-Agriculture, Dailywages, Mason works, Carpenters, Painters &quarry works.
ü Cash Crops –Coffee,Sugarcane,Gingerly(Indian sesame) Coriander,Banana,Pepper,Gallnut,Mustard and etc……………
ü Food grains-Paddy,Samai,Raghi and etc…..
ü Grams – Red-gram,Beans,Black –gram, Horse-gram
ü Type of houses/residence- Thatched house/RC House.