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Thalai Malai Sanjeeva Raya Perumal.

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  Thalaimalai Sanjeeva Raya Perumal Temple: A Trekker's Guide   During the pandemic, many trekking places were closed, including some of my favorites. Now that things have opened up, I'm excited to share my recent adventure to Thalaimalai Sanjeeva Raya Perumal Temple. This temple is located in the Thalaimalai Reserve Forest, situated between the Namakkal and Musiri highway. To help you plan your own trek, I've organized this blog post into several sections:   1. Location   The temple is perched on the highest peak of the Thalaimalai Reserve Forest. You can reach it by taking a right turn from either Erumaipatti or Varagur village if you're coming from Namakkal. From Musiri, turn right at Manalmedu or go directly through Thumbalam village. Namakkal is about an hour's drive away (33 km), while Musiri is a shorter 45-minute drive (23 km). If you're looking for accommodations, Namakkal offers more options as it's the district headquarters.   2. L
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Kodachadri - 10th highest peak of Karnataka, India.

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Having given you the taste of Sunrise trek to Skandagiri in my previous blog, I thought I should give you the feeling of a sunset trek to Kodachadri peak.  As it was cloudy except sunset I enjoyed the rest of the trekking.  I am appending herein below a table which is giving the peaks in Karnataka and their height in metres. Please note that this was the trek undertaken on 29.2.2020.   Sl No. Name of the Peak Height in Metres 1 Mullayanagiri 1930 2 Kudremukh 1894 2 Bababudangiri ranges 1894 3 Tadiandamol 1748 4 Pushpagiri or Kumaraparvata 1712 5 Merthi Gudda 1676 6 Kotebetta 1620 7 Brahmagiri 1608 8 Nandi Hills 1478 9 Himavada Gopalakrishna
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