7th Picnic to Munnar on 05-06-11 [Sunday]

Picnic, social gathering at which each participant generally brings food to be shared, a group of fashionable people for purposes of entertainment. Each member was expected to provide a share of the entertainment and of the refreshments, and this idea of mutual sharing or cooperation was fundamental to the original significance of the picnic. Later the word took on the additional meaning of an outdoor pleasure party.


* 02:30 pm [04-06-11 Sat] – We start our Picnic, we accomplish with Chithambaram, Mani, Pojaraj, Pragash, Sakthivel, Saravanan, Shampu and Anandan.

* 05:00 am [05-06-11 Sun]- Udumalaipettai.

* 06:00 am [05-06-11 Sun]- Chinnar Check Post.

* 07:00 am - Thoovanam Falls.

* 07:15 am - Karumutty Fall with nice Bath.

* 08:15 am - Lakkam Falls.

* 09:30 am - 10:00 am - Munnar - Break-fast.


* 11:00 am - 12.00 pm - Top station.

which is about 27 km from Munnar is at a height of 1700 m above sea level. It is the highest point on the Munnar-Kodaikanal road. Travellers to Munnar make it a point to visit Top Station to enjoy the panoramic view it offers of the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the spots in Munnar to enjoy the Neelakurunji flowers blooming over a vast area.


* 12:00 pm - 01.00 pm - Kundala Dam.

Kundala Dam is an artificial reservior lying about 20 Km from Munnar.
The dam benefits the Kundala town - a charming town in Idukki District of
Kerala. Kundala Dam is relatively a small dam having curved shape.
Narrow road on the top of the dam offers a panoramic view of the catchment area of the Kundala Dam.

* 01:00 pm - 01.15 pm - Binacular Point.


* 01:45 pm - 02.30 pm - Mettupatty Dam.

Mattupatti Dam is constructed near Munnar in Idukki
District in Kerala. The dam is a storage stone network dam built in the mountain of Kerala, India to preserve water for Hydroelectricity [Indo-Swiss]. Mattupatti Dam has proved vital source of power in the state, yielding along with other such dams, huge profit to the states.

* 03:00 pm - 03.30 pm - Mummar Lunch.

* 09:00 pm - 09.20 pm - Tiruppur Dinner and Windup.

* 10:30 pm - respective Home.


So far,

1. 00-00-2002 [Sunday] – Ooty & Then Thiruppathi
2. 27-05-2003 [Sunday] – Kodaikanal & Palani
3. 30-05-2004 [Sunday] – Guruvayoor & Thiruchur
4. 22-05-2005 [Sunday] – Thekkadi, Suruli Falls, Kutchnur Saneshwar Kovil
5. 29-04-2006 [Sunday] – Samundeshwar Kovil, Mysore & Krishnaraja sekar Dam
6. 27-06-2010 [Sunday] - Yercaud & 1008 shivalinghas