Tadiandamol or Thadiyandamol is the highest mountain of Madikeri taluk Kodagu district, Karnataka, India. It is the third highest peak in Karnataka, after Mullayyanagiri & Kudremukha.[1] It is located Western Ghats range, and reaches an elevation of 1,748 m. The mountain has patches of shola forests in the valleys.
The Nalaknad (also known as Nalnad - meaning 4 villages) palace at the foothills is an important historical landmark. This was one of the landmarks mapped during the Great Trigonometric Survey.
It is a place of interest for trekkers and naturalists. The climb to the top and back can be completed as a day hike(within 5hrs) and the entry is closed at 5:00 pm; camping is banned since December 2016.The best time to visit the peak is July-end to September(after monsoon) as greenery is observed well in these months.
Etymology
The name Tadiandamol literally means largest base (thadi = broad, large, huge; anda = belonging to (possessive) in Kodava; mol = hill, base, peak). It loosely means Tallest Mount,[2] and the name also could translate as Broad Hill.[3]
Gallery
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View from Tadiandamol Peak during august end -
View from Tadiandamol Peak -
Greenery seen from Tadiandamol Peak -
View From Second Topmost hill during Tadiandamol trekking -
checkpost and starting point of Tadiandamol Trek -
checkpost and starting point of Tadiandamol Trek pic 2 -
Tadiandamol Trekking starting point view from Resort -
Tadiandamol Trek View from 2nd viewpoint
See also
References
- ^ "Trekking These Highest Karnataka Peaks Will Make Your Friends Envy".
- ^ "Codagu.org".
- ^ Surendra Rao, B. (1998). "Google books".
External links
Media related to Tadiandamol at Wikimedia Commons
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