Aliyar Dam - Park
Aliyar Dam - Foot hills of Valparai
Alyar Dam "The Best Picnic Spot" is located above 918 feet (280 m) from the Mean sea level on the Anamalai mountain range and in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve. It stands majestically with Green Spread Mountains and forest all around.
In Aliyar Dam there is a park, garden, aquarium, play area, Boat House Park. Monkey Falls and The Temple of Consciousness are the tourist attactions.
The Temple of Consciousness @ Aliyar
In 1958 Shri Vethathiri Maharishi founded the World Community Service Centre (WCSC), a non-profit registered society with a view to work towards World Peace through individual peace. As of today, more than 200 trusts and about 1000 meditation centers have been registered and affiliated to WCSC in India, and thousands of people have benefited physically, mentally, socially and spiritually from the teachings and practices. In Aliar The Temple of Consciousness is very famous in Meditation practice.
Reaching Topslip and Parambikulam
Reaching Topslip from Pollachi and then by road to Top Slip (35 km), the entry point to Topslip and Parambikulam. There are regular buses from Pollachi at 6 am and 3 pm. The bus returns to Pollachi at 8 am and 6 pm. Hired cars/taxis are also available at Pollachi.
Reaching Topslip from Valparai is abut 70 kms. Via Aliyar Dam, Annamalai Town and Sethumadai, Valparai to Topslip is itself an exotic
experience. En route is the Anamalai Tiger Reserve Sanctuary
where lion-tailed macaque, the Nilgiri and the common langur, Malabar giant squirrel,
elephant, gaur, spotted deer, sambar, barking deer and wild boar reside. you can also
visit the Monkey Falls, Aliyar Dam, Park, and several tourist spots. (
Via Aliyar and Sethumadai)
Reaching Aliyar Dam
Aliyar Dam is located in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. It is about 65 kilometres from Coimbatore in Valparai Mainroad. From Pollachi is about 25kms. and From Valparai is about 40 Kms.
The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is highly diverse in its topography, altitude, rainfall, climate and
temperature. Therefore, it naturally supports a wide variety of flora and fauna including
several rare, endemic and endangered species of plants and animals. Diversity of landscape
and its components enchants one and all alike be he a tourist, a trekker, an anthropologist,
a wildlifer or a naturalist.
Valparai, Topslip and Parambikulam
Topslip to Valparai is about 65 Kms. (via Aliyar Dam) The two small Places with in the (958 km2)
Anamalai Tiger Reserve (formerly Indira Gandhi National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary) lies in the
Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. at the southern part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in the
Anamalai Hills. Separated from the Nilgiri Hills by the Palghat Gap on the north, the Park is
contiguous to the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) to its west and to the Eravikulam National
Park (Kerala) and Chinnar Wild life santuary.
Aliyar Dam
Aliyar Dam receives water from Upper Aliyar Reservoir of Valparai through the hydroelectric power station in Navamali and the Parambikulam reservoir through a contour canal. Aliyar dam, built as a part of Parambikulam aliyar project (PAP), retains a large reservoir. The dam is around 2 kilometers in length.
Parambikulam Aliyar project consists of a series of dams Aliyar, Parambikulam, Thunakadavu Dam, Peruvaripallam Dam, Sholayar Dam, Upper Nirar Dam, Lower Nirar Dam and Thirumoorthy Dam are interconnected by tunnels and canals forirrigation and power generation. The scheme is an outstanding example of engineering skill.
Aliyar Aquarium
Aliyar Dam Aqurium is maintained by th Tamilnadu Fisheries Department. Here major all variety colorfull fishes are avilable.
Valparai Accomodations
Aliyar - Monkey Falls (Presently Closed)
Monkey Falls is located few Kms away from the Aliyar dam next to Arutperunjothi Nagar in Valparai Main Road, Next to forest Department Checkpost. Entry fee Rs.15/head.
