Sunday 10 April 2011

Kodaikanal - Princess of hill stations

Today I am going to tell you about the famous hill station, Kodaikanal located in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. Kodaikanal is otherwise called as the Princess of hill stations. It's Tamil word gives various meanings like The end of forest, The Forest of Creepers, The Forest of Summer and The Gift of the Forest. 


Earlier the Palaiyar tribes lived here, later the English people who ruled India lived here during the hot summer seasons.  Kodaikanal is situated at a height of 2133 metres from sea level. Now let us know about the various tourist places of Kodaikanal.