Healing Waters

I just returned from a short vacation in the deep South of India. Agasthiya Malai is a protected forest which is the home of tigers. The picture shows the gate at the entrance of the bio-diversity hot spot.

The picture above is that of the big waterfalls at Courtallam. The streams in this region flow through the thick forests of the Western Ghats before they cascade down to the lowlands. The waters of these falls are believed to have medicinal properties , since they flow among so many rare medicinal herbs. People stand under the cascading water and enjoy the falling water pounding their backs.Fortunately for us, these places were not crowded as it was overcast.

This is the Banateertham Falls. Although this falls also is credited with healing powers, it is not crowded, as one has to travel a long distance in the wild, tiger country before you get to there.

The Kariyar lake was shrouded in mist when we went there, making it seem mysterious. We went for a boat ride round the lake , which is bordered with thick forests of the Agasthya Malai, a bio-diversity hot spot. The forest guard's dog followed our boat for miles on land, barking all the while. Our boatman said that the tigers catch the dogs now as the deer have become less in the forest. All our entreaties to the dog to go back home were not heeded. I hope he got home safely.

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