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 At Agraharam
Cottages picnic,
pilgrimage and history intertwine.
The beauty of the green landscape, crystalline streams, mist-clad mountains and
the silent atmosphere are some of the “luxuries” that you get at Thirunelli
Agraharam Cottages. You can eat the most declicious food from its multi-cuisine
restaurant, looking at the ravishing beauty of hills and dales. Indeed it is a
rendezvous with nature, an excellent miniature of Kerala, the God’s own country.
Here, the cottages are situated inside the forest, but only 85 mts from the main
road that bifurcates the thick forest. The above 85 mts look like a canopy. The
resort area is fully protected by barbed wire fencing and power fencing. The
Naalukettu restaurant and some of the cottages are facing the reserve forest.
The drive to the resort from Kattikulam town (Kerala) or Kutta town (Karnataka)
is also through the forest which takes less than an hour. Also important tourist
attractions like Kuruva Island, Tholpetty Forest, Pakshipathalam Mount, Irippu
Waterfall and Kalindi River are nearby.
The resort is very near to Thirunelli Temple which has been a witness to
thousands of years of history and a solace to thousands of pilgrims in prayers.
The belief is that if you make a visit to Thirunelli temple you will get the
same benefit of a pilgrimage made to Kashi. Therefore it is called Thenkashi
which means Southern Kashi.
The Papanasini River (extinguisher of sins) is on the western side of the
temple. The belief is that if we immerse here the ashes of the dead, they get
the same benefit that they get at Gaya.
Thirunelli is an inseparable part in the writing of history of Wayanad and
Kerala. There are two copper plate inscriptions, pertaining to the temple, which
date back to 10th century. The stone aqueduct that reaches the temple is also
hundreds of years old. Thirunelli has also been made famous by the old Malayalam
travelogues “Unniyachi Charitham” and "Kokila Sandesham" (Message through
Cuckoo).
In short, Agraharam Cottages and Thirunelli, collectively rejuvenate your body,
enliven your soul and enrich your knowledge.
Distance from Agraharam
Calicut Railway station -137
kms
Mysore Railway station -120
kms
Calicut (Karippur) airport -
161 kms
Bangalore airport -
260 kms
How to reach Thirunelli
Bangalore (Sriranga Patanam - Hunsur - Kutta -
Resort) -
250 kms
Bangalore (Mysore - Handpost - Bavali -
Kattikulam - Resort) -
260 kms
Mysore ( Hunsur - Kutta - Resort) -
120 kms
Mysore (Handpost
- Bavali - Kattikulam - Resort) - 129
kms
Sulthanbathery (Beenachi
- Kenichira - Nadavayal - Panamaram - Mananthavady - Resort) -
69 kms
Calicut (Kalpetta - Panamaram -
Valliyurkav - Mananthavadi - Resort) -
135 kms
Calicut (Kalpetta - Panamaram - 4th
mile- Mananthavadi - Resort) -
141 kms
Tellichery (Koothuparamba - Nedumpoyil -
Periya - Mananthavadi - Resort) -
110 kms
Kannur (Koothuparamba - Nedumpoyil -
Periya - Mananthavadi - Resort) -
121 kms
Madikkeri (Gonikuppa
- Kutta - Resort)-
108 kms
Gonikuppa (Kutta - Resort) -
58 kms
Salem (Chamaraja Nagar - Gundalpet -
Sulthan Bathery - Resort) -
325 kms
Ootty (Gudalur - Sulthan Bathery -
Resort) -
165 kms
Coimbathore (Palakkad - Calicut -
Resort) -
313 kms
Cochin (Trichur
- Calicut - Resort)-
324 kms.
Facilities
Cottages:
cottages and Twin cottage. Cottages are designed in such a way
that almost all of them get a close view of either the mountains or the forest.
All the cottages are built up of echo-friendly materials. Tiled roof, wooden
ceiling and laterite walls provide them a Malabar touch. There are 8 Non A.C
Deluxe cottages (Sauparnika, Ashokavani, Parnashala, Sreeshylam, Kamyakam,
Indeevaram, Nikunjam, Chitrakoodam ), 2 A.C Deluxe cottages (Panchavadi &
Chaithram), 2 suite cottages (Aranyam and Haritham) and a twin cottage (AlakaNanda).
8 Non A.C and 2 A.C cottages are alike, and each has two single cots (size
6'x3'). In all these 10 cottages one or two additional beds can be provided.
Map
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