View of Malampuzha hills,
Garden - shot on the
Rope way 05th
December 2015.Malampuzha Damin
Palakkad is the largest reservoir in
Kerala, located near Palakkad in south
India with the scenic hills of the
Western Ghats in the background. It is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of
220 metres.[1] The dam is 355 feet high and crosses the
Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.[2]
The dam project was begun in 1949 and completed in
1955. The total catchments area is
145 square kilometres, while the reservoir has a capacity of 8000 square meters of water.
The canal systems serve to irrigate farm land while the reservoir provides drinking water to Palakkad and surrounding villages.[2]
Location: 10 km from
Palakkad town,
North Kerala. Attractions: Dam, amusement park, boating facilities, rock garden and ropeway.
Around the reservoir of the dam are gardens and amusement parks. Boating facilities are available on the lake.Malampuzha, a little township on the foothills of the Western Ghats takes its name from the
River Malampuzha. Nurtured by this tributary of Kerala's longest river, the Bharathapuzha, Malampuzha is a lush green town is a major tourist attraction for its trekking trails and the large irrigation dam.
Around the reservoir of the dam are beautiful gardens and amusement parks. Boating facilities are available on the lake. Other attractions in the Malampuzha garden are the beautiful rock garden, the fish-shaped aquarium, the snake park, the ropeway which takes you on an aerial tour of the park, and the gigantic
Yakshi (an enchantress) sculptured by Kanai Kunhiraman, a renowned sculptor of Kerala.
The most interesting feature of the rock garden is that the whole place is made of unwanted and broken pieces of bangles, tiles, used plastic cans, tins and other waste materials. The garden is a master work of sculptor Padmasree
Neck Chand Saini. His rock garden in
Chandigarh is world famous and attracts thousands of tourists every year.
Contact details:
Ropeway, Ph: +91 491 2815129
- published: 07 Dec 2015
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