Coonoor Chronicles : Kodanad View Point

State : Tamil Nadu
Google Map : 11.524722, 76.915833 [Copy/Paste in Google Maps]


This point is about 45 mins to 1 hr drive from Coonoor town and boasts one of the most virgin views in Nilgiris where on both sides you're greeted by tea estates & partial forest lands & shola ranges. The place is known to house the most fortified estates of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister & AIADMK Leader "Jayalalita". One gets a view of her estate with crisply laid tarred roads & well groomed tea plantations around it.


I visited this place during the sunset which I then realized is the most 'wrong' timings of all to go. One needs to visit the place would be late afternoon with evening mist falling on you. I'll be here soon & that's for sure.

Click below on to get a Panoramic View of the place. Brilliant Pic  !!!!!!!!!!!


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Geographical Significance of the place is the fact that this is home to the "Meeting Point" or Intersection of Plains of Nilgiri & Starting of Deccan Plateau. One can view the gradual plane of elevation from the plain lands onto the plateau. The view towards left horizon is Karanataka range of Deccan Plateau towns E.g. Mallavalli, Kollegala  & other towns on Sathyamangalam route.


Another prime spot here would be the "Rangaswamy Peak & Pillar".





A view of this mysterious looking peak or pillar suggests its a prime landmark and has history behind it. This peak is famous for the infamous plane crash in 1970's which left all of the passengers dead & rescue teams found bodies of the crew almost half eaten by wild animals.