Kodaikanal - The Gift of the Forest - Travel Film HD

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A short Film of one of my latest trip to Kodaikanal. Its truly one of the beautiful hill stations I've seen. Kodaikanal is also called as , 'Switzerland of the East'. Shot with CANON EOS 550D. Lens - 18-55 mm ,50mm f/1.8 Editing software - Sony vegas pro Places covered in this video. * Kodaikanal Lake * Bryant Park * Green Valley View * Pillar Rocks * Guna caves Music by Life In Reverse by Eyes Half Closed For more details, do have a look at the links below. https://www.facebook.com/eyeshalfclosedmusic http://www.youtube.com/user/eyeshalfclosed https://soundcloud.com/eyes-half-closed Cinematography and Editing Dilip Bharadwaj For more details, do have a look at the links below. https://www.facebook.com/Imdilipbharadwaj http://instagram.com/dilip_photography https://twitter.com/Dilip_Bharadwaj https://www.facebook.com/DilipBharadwajPhotography Subscribe this youtube channel for more travel videos. Kodaikanal is a city in the hills of the taluk division of the Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long history as a retreat and popular tourist destination. Kodaikanal was established in 1845 as a refuge from the high temperatures and tropical diseases of the plains. Much of the local economy is based on the hospitality industry serving tourism. The word Kodaikanal is actually an amalgamation of two words: Kodai and Kanal. And the Tamil language has at least four possible interpretations of the name "Kodaikanal". By pronouncing the first syllable of Kodaikanal with a long Tamil 'O', as in koe-dei, it means summer, whilst the final two syllables: kanal, in Tamil can mean to see, rendering 'Kodaikanal' as a 'place to see in Summer'. Kodaikanal is a summer forest, and it is also a place that the first missionaries to settle used as a refuge to escape the overbearing and mosquito-ridden heat of the plains - a place that they would have counted on seeing in the summer! Time to visit. Season Months Peak Season April--June Low Season Feb-March; July--September Second Season October--January Places of interest Kodaikanal Lake, Bryant Park, Coaker's Walk, Bear Shola Falls, Green Valley View, Pine forests, Shembaganur Museum of Natural History, Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Pillar Rocks, Guna caves, Silver Cascade, Dolphin's Nose, Pambar falls, Kurinji Andavar Murugan temple, Berijam Lake. Source - Wikipedia