Folded in the Palani Hills of Tamilnadu, is Kodaikanal. The meaning of the word in Tamil is ‘gift of the forest’. This scintillating land of hills is situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India. Jeweled by the dark and dense forest there is this princely city in the bottom of the country.A further more apt and reminiscent name could not have been thought for this picturesque, quaint petite hill station, where the air is exhilarating, the surroundings breathtakingly beautiful, and a tranquility rarely found in other hill stations. Embraced in the southern crown of the upper Palani Hills, in the Western Ghats, 120 km from Madurai, Kodaikanal is located 2133 m above sea level. The cold and breezy climatees of Kodai present holidaymakers relief from the sticky plains of Tamil Nadu and other neighbouring states. Covered by luxuriant slopes that are punctuated by gratifying waterfalls and pleasing cascades, Kodaikanal presents some amazing scenic views of the plains below.
