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Nelliyampathy hills

A quaint virgin hill, Nelliyampathy is located in Palghat district of Kerala. It gets its name from Nelli (gooseberry) trees that […]

October 26, 2025 By maverickbird
pink flowers of spring paint kodaikanal pink
India, Photo Essays, South, Tamil Nadu, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Painting Kodaikanal pink in spring

This article was originally published in the TrueJetter Issue of September-October 2017 as the Cherry Blossoms of Kodaikanal. Here I […]

January 17, 2020

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