ULLAKKAI ARUVI WATERFALLS

                                               ULLAKAI ARUVI WATERFALLS

   

                        Ulakkai Aruvi is a wonderful falls on Pazhayar, near its birthplace. It is so named as it looks like a wooden utensil fit as a fiddle of hour glass. Left Keeripara in our WagonR with Senthil, a domain chief based at Keeripara, who is extremely acquainted with the part. Hit Thadikarakonam and took left for Azhagiapandiapuram along SH 45 of Tamil Nadu. Short stop at Azhagiapandiapuram for get-together light eatables and entered the restricted street to one side, coordinated towards the Western Ghats is the course from Trivandrum.

SPECIALTY IN ULLAKKAI ARUVI:

                      Ulakkai Aruvi is a natural waterfall located  in Azhagiapandipuram town. Water is accessible in this water fall even in the summer season. Numerous vacationers come here for showering and to appreciate the nature. The pathway to this waterfall lies in the Reserve Forest. So you get the exceptionally immaculate air and the spot is pin drop quiet.It is located at a distance of 40 Km from Kanyakumari. Ullakaruvi falls is around 35 km from Kanyakumari town and around 17 km 

from Nagercoil town, close Azhakiyapandiapuram town. The falls is up in the center of woods slopes  which can be achieved just by foot from the base of the slopes. A hour's trek from the base of the slopes is through rough, forested region, which is exciting in itself. (On a crisp morning, one can see the waterfalls from the base of the slopes through stripped eye, or far and away superior through binoculars/zoom lens). It is a lovely waterfall and it draws in extensive number of voyagers. 

In Tamil "Ullakarvi" truly signifies 'Ullakai + Aruvi' 'all inclusive falls'. Ullakai is an apparatus which utilized for expelling the skin from the crude rice. The name of the fall is 

"Ullakai" in light of the fact that the water will fall on our head like 'Ullakai'.Likewise in the top locale of the Rock there is a spot where the water falls on a wooden bar which is inside a round rock. It would appear that a 'Ullakai'. Along these lines the waterfall got its name.There are two falls. They are the lower falls and the higher falls. The water is essentially spring water, from the slopes close-by. The lower part of the waterfalls and the spot one spans after the trek. This is a decent excursion spot. The perspective from this spot of the greenery underneath the slopes is invigorating. A cool shower here can unwind sooth our heart. The water here is cool notwithstanding amid the hot months, in spite of the fact that the water stream is less amid the late spring months. To achieve the Higher falls, one needs to move around 200 meters tough. Solid individuals alone are suggested to visit the 'higher falls'.

VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF ULLAKKAI ARUVI

ROUTE MAP:

By Road:

Kanyakumari -----> Nagercoil -----> Puthery ----->Thittuvilai -----> Azhagiyapandiyapuram ----->Perunthalaikadu.

Till Perunthalaikadu, there is road network.From Perunthalaikadu,you have to trek for about 3 Kms inside the

forest to reach the falls.

By Train:

Nearest Railway station: Nagercoil.

By Airport:

Nearest Airport: Trivandrum