Attractions (Above 50 Kms)
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In Healing Village
In Kerala
Attractions (Above 50 Kms)
Palakkad, with its diverse natural scenery and man-made wonders, has carved its place into the Kerala tourism landscape. It has become one of the most popular destinations for adventure, trekking, and getting close to nature. People from all over the world are drawn to this place. Apart from the sights found inside and near Palakkad’s borders, there are additional fantastic tourist places to visit if you are willing to venture a bit further into the wilderness.
Nelliampathy
Nelliyampathy, the ‘Queen of Palakkad Hills’, is a lovely place surrounded by wispy clouds and has a charm all its own. The beauty of this location, which is made up of orange plantations and evergreen forests, will captivate you, making it ideal for a relaxing vacation. The area is famed for its tea and coffee plantations, cardamom plantations, waterfalls, and beautiful weather. It is a small but beautiful hill station that is ideal for trekking, Jeep safaris, and bird and animal watching.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village: 75 Km
Kalamandalam
Kalamandalam, a world-renowned Kathakali training facility, is based near Cheruthuruthy hamlet. Aside from being a renowned Kathakali centre, it also offers training in other performing arts like Mohiniyattam, Koodiyattam, Thullal, and Nangiarkoothu. Training in voice and percussive instruments is also available here. Kalamandalam, founded in 1930 by Malayalam poet Vallathol Narayana Menon, reflects the simplicity, purity, and ethnic environment in which these arts have flourished over generations.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village: 70 Km
Thrithala
Thrithala, known for its medieval ruins, is of significant archeological significance. Notable cultural monuments are the ruins of a massive mud fort with a deep laterite moat and the Siva temple. The Kattil Madom Temple, a domed edifice composed of granite slabs on the Pattambi-Guruvayoor route, is a Buddhist monument thought to date from the ninth or tenth centuries. The temple most likely represents the transition from Chola to Pandya architecture.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village: 75 Km
Attappadi (Mountain Valley)
Attappadi is a large mountain valley located near the headwaters of the Bhavani River, below the Western Ghats’ Nilgiri Hills. Its limits extend from Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu in the east to Karimba, Pottassery, and Mannarghat in the west, and from the Nilgiris in the north to Palghat taluk in the south. These hills are rich in flora and wildlife, and they greet visitors with a sense of freshness and give you complete serenity and joy.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village: 80 Km
Silent Valley National Park
Silent Valley National Park is Kerala’s second-largest national park, covering a core area of 236.74 square kilometers. The park is one of the last untouched areas of the South-Western Ghats Mountains. The place is completely silent, even without the chirping of cicadas. Road transportation is only available up to Mukkali, which is 24 kilometers from the park, and the remainder of the journey must be completed by foot.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village: 80 Km
Guruvayur
Guruvayur is regarded as one of Kerala’s most important pilgrimage sites. Sree Krishna Temple is well-known for its curative qualities and attracts an incredible number of pilgrims each year. It is known as the Dwaraka of the South and is notable for its ‘Thulabharam’ offering, in which devotees are weighed against bananas, sugar, jaggery, and coconuts in proportion to their weight. The annual Guruvayur Festival, held in February-March, begins with an elephant race. The festival is unavoidable. Not to mention the Guruvayur Devaswom Elephant Sanctuary, located barely 3 kilometers from the temple and one of the world’s largest elephant sanatoriums, also known as Punnathurkotta.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village:100 Km
Parambikulam Wild Life Sanctuary
Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary is a 391-square-kilometre protected area in Chittur Taluk. It is spread throughout Anaimalai Hills and Nelliampathy Hills. The Kerala Parambikulam National Park is covered in bamboo, rosewood, and sandalwood trees, and it is home to a diverse range of animals such as leopards, wild dogs, sloths, crocodiles, civets, tigers, elephants, wild boar, barking deer, spotted deer, monkeys, langurs, porcupines, and macaques.
Distance from Ayurvedic Healing Village:100 Km
