Harini's Dairies

My Courtallam diaries

As I stepped into the picturesque town of Courtallam, In the morning when we visited the five falls, there was a long queue to get under the falls in turns. So we went to the five falls in the night and it was free and we had the falls all for ourselves for sometime. Of the five falls, three falls were active. Two in the left were for women and a bigger one in the right was for men. We enjoyed the five falls a lot. 

Our next visit was to the Gundar Dam falls near Kannupulimettu, which was a private falls mainly reserved for VIPs. We were lucky to get a chance to visit the falls. The road uphill to the falls was very bumpy and filled with rocks. The jeep drivers maneuvered the ride with great skill and helped us reach the falls up safely. From the changing room place area, a flight of steps go down towards the falls and there was a red carpet welcome to the falls area. The falls was the best of the private falls we visited in courtallam. The surroundings of the falls area were beautiful. The road downhill was another bumpy ride.We visited another private falls in Mekkarai estate. This falls area was wider than the Gundar dam falls area with a large plunge pool area. But the water flow was lesser than the Gundar dam falls. Occasionally, some marine algae fell on her heads from the falls, but it was a minor issue as the water helped us to wash it away.We visited the Thirumalai Kumaraswamy Temple on top of the hills. The uphill route to the temple was scenic and beautiful.We also visited the 1000 year old Kasi Viswanathar temple. One peculiar but good thing was the forceful and good breeze outside all the temple entrances. It was wonderful to enjoy the breeze.There was a place where lot of pots and other mud vessels were sold. 

My friends bought the vessel to make fish curry  and the water jug with medicinal values. I bought a tumbler and a small vessel for keeping my lucky charm bamboo plant.The original courtallam Border Rahmath shop is in Tenkasi. We met the son of the founder and took a snap with him. They are famous for their parota,salna (gravy), gun chicken, and pichi pota chicken. They were making paan with various stuffings in Rahmath Beeda stall outside Border Rahmath hotel and it tasted good.As I left courtallam on my final day, I felt a sense of sadness. I had fallen in love with the town, and I didn't want to leave. But I knew that I would return, and that courtallam would always hold a special place in my heart.