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Velliangiri - The Southern Kailash

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Being a traveller for a long time and enjoy my travelling days, I thought why not put my experiences of travelling into black and white.  My travels are mainly to places of nature and religious.  Fortunately for the Tamils, Lord Muruga resides only on the hills.   My actual trip would be for the hill but colours many times as a religious tour by others.  It is perception and I don't want to differ. This time also I had selected Velliangiri Hills in the Western Ghats bordering Kerala and Tamilnadu near Coimbatore.  For a long long time it was my wish to trek this beautiful pristine Ghats. Of course the ending of the trek is the sight of Lord Shiva at the peak.  So you can either colour it as religious or nature as you see it. Before going into details let me brief what this place is about and where it is. Legendary story goes a young maiden wished to reach the peak of Velliangiri before sunrise so that she will wed Lord Shiva.  Once Shiva got married probably he may not return i