Visit To The Beautiful Town Of Valparai
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Valparai Tea Plantation (Photo Credit: Mcasankar / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Valparai is a Taluk and hill station in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. The major portions of the land are owned by private tea companies and large forest areas. Valparai is a mid-elevation hill station. The tea plantations are surrounded by evergreen forest.
![40 Hairpin Bends In Valparai Hills](http://cdn.allrefer.com/reference/facts/uploads/2015/04/1280px-valparai-ghatroad-640x480.jpg)
40 Hairpin Bends In Valparai Hills (Photo Credit: Dilli2040 / CC BY-SA 3.0)
There are 40 hairpin bends on the way up to Valparai from Azhiyar. The region is also a rich elephant tract and is known to have many leopards. The scenic drive to the town from Pollachi passes through the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary noted for elephants, boars, lion-tailed macaques, gaur, spotted deer, sambar and giant squirrels.
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Great Hornbill (Photo Credit: Kalyanvarma / CC BY-SA 3.0)
The area is also rich in birds including the great hornbill. Water bodies at Monkey Falls and Aliyar Dam are also seen in route. A famous place of worship, Balaji Temple also attracts pilgrims. The Valparai range is also habitat to the Nilgiri tahr, a wild goat.
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Gaur, Valparai (Photo Credit: Prithvi1989 / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Places to Visit in Valparai are Solaiyar Dam, Balaji Temple, Pancha Mugha Vinayakar Temple, Monkey Falls, Aaliyar Dam, Athirampalli Falls, Chinnakallar dam, waterfalls etc.
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Dam Site On The Way To Valparai (Photo Credit: Sujithvv / CC BY-SA 3.0)