Madupetty Dam (also referred to as Mattupetty Dam) is located near Munnar. The construction of the dam began in 1949 and was completed in 1953. Its a concrete gravity dam with a length of 237.75m, height of 85.34m. The catchment area is 60.5 sq km, provides water to Madupetty Power house and Pallivasal Power House […]
The Munnar Headworks Dam – is a masonry type diversion weir (a small check dam) also known as R. A. Headworks or Ramaswamy Aiyar Headworks was built in 1940’s and was named after C P Ramaswami Iyer. It was constructed for collecting water for Pallivasal Hydro Electric project. The water collected in the dam is
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St. Antony’s Church located in Ammadam – a village in the Paralam Panchayath, in Thrissur district, Kerala State, South India. The church is around 10 km away from Thrissur town, reachable via Palakkal. Its around 14km from Triprayar via Chazhoor. The Church established in 1803 (the church you see in pictures is reconstructed a few
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Malampuzha Dam is located around 10km from Palakkad town. The construction of the dam began post independence in 1949 and was completed in 1955 (which is a kind of record). 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 making
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Banasura Sagar Dam named after Banasura (the son of Mahabali, the mythical ruler of Kerala) is situated at the foot of the Banasura Hill in Padinjarathara, Wayanad district, Kerala State, South India. This is the largest earthen dam (the dam is made up of massive stacks of stones, rocks, boulders, soil) in India and the
Little Flower Church is located in Poochinnipadam, on the way from Thrissur to Irinjalakuda. Its around 11 km away from Thrissur town, around 6 km away from Ollur, around 12 km from Irinjalakuda. Photos of Little Flower Church Poochinnipadam These photos or pictures were taken on 26th Nov 2016 during the Thirunal or Perunal festival.
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Yesterday I was thinking of spending the day developing mobileshots.org and give a visit to see my friends in Accel. But my friends Amal Raj and Harish came to my home. Amal was keen on visiting Asurankundu Dam. So we stated out from our home by about 12:30 pm. We didn’t take in lunch thinking
These days I am desperate.. These damn electricity failures have been haunting me, I can’t get online much without electricity.. My UPS lasts only about 10 min… Looks like I am going to need a generartor.. more pollution – so may be not.
Cherpu Bhagavathy Temple is located in the Thrissur district, Kerala State and is one of the most ancient temples in India. This is said to be one of the 108 Durga Temples built by Lord Parasurama. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga or Bhagavathy in the form of Bhoomi Devi, the consort of Lord
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The Vagamon Orchidarium and Floriculture project is up on Elappara – Pullikkanam road. This is a unique venture by Kerala Forest Development Corporation Limited. There is a large collection of varieties of orchids and varieties of roses. They are all well arranged in a vast area of land – around 15 hectares. This is a