Kodaikanal - A beautiful hill station

Breath taking veiw at kodai

During my last annual vacation in december, we instantly decided to visit Kodaikanal for a spiritual retreat . The name kodaikanal had a certain kind of attraction to my heart and chose this place for our spiritual retreat. The purpose was to do meditation in a very natural environment of peace and tranquil along with charity to allow us an opportunity of a new environment for few days. We booked a hotel for initial 2 days from Bangalore and the idea was to search for a suitable place after 2 days. We booked a bus from KSRTC from Bangalore to Kodaikanal. There is only one bus plying between Bangalore and Kodai daily. The journey is usually, overnight if you start from Bangalore around at 10:00 pm, you would reach kodaikanal next day morning at 9:00 am. As per the plan, we stayed for two days in a hotel which we booked online and after that we could find a very beautiful and eco friendly budget hotel right in front of a beautiful mountain surrounded by clouds.

The place is called Greenland which offered us the most beautiful view of mountains right in front of the room.

Please watch a video which i have taken standing right in front of this room and a waterfall nearby

Nonetheless, we failed to do kriya for 3 weeks as per the plan and had to cut short our trip and return to our native place as we received the message of my mother's death . She died peacefully on Dec 22nd in a sleep.

Kodaikanal is a hill station having a very cool climate through out the year and situated at 2100 metres above sea level. During, December it will be very cold between 7-9 degree celcius during day times and mercury further dips during nights. So, plan well and carry some warm clothes if you're planning to visit Kodai during Nov to Jan months.

There are many attractions for a visitor in Kodaikanal. It has many trekking routes which can be arranged by a local guide. We booked a forest trekking for a day. During forest trekking you would have to trek through the forest. The forest trekking path is dotted with pure water streams, water falls, beautiful mountain views. Some spots in Kodai, offers you a breathtaking views of mountains covered with mists.

Apart from the natural beauty, near the main city center there is a lake which offers both boatng and cycling around the lake. You can hire a cycle for few hours and cycle around.

Among others, the famous places are: Bryant Park, Cocker's walk, Greenfield valley, Pillar rock sight, Pinewood farm all of which is worth visiting.