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 Sirumalai is a small hill station 20 Km away from Dindigul on the
Natham Road. The place has a lot of birds and animals and the
youngsters can go for trekking and mountaineering here.
The
place is mentioned in the ancient Ayurvedic books as a place
abundant with many medicinal plants. The Siddha form of healing has
been developed on these hills by the sages a thousand years back.
The hill has a cool climate.
The hills can be reached from Madurai also. The farming methods are
completely organic here on these hills. The place is cheap and
convenient compared to other hill stations. It is 1,200 metres high
and spreads over 60,000 acres. A third of this greenery is private
revenue land on which grows coffee, cardamom, black pepper, banana
and lemon.
Sirumalai will be declared a reserved forest area soon, which means
restricted entry. Rosewood trees, besides silver oak, nellikai and
katakai trees, grow in these thick forests.
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