Palani Hills

The Palani Hills are a mountain range in Kodaikanal the states of Tamil Nadu in South India. The Palani Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats tiers, which run parallel to the west coast of India. The Palani Hills adjoin the excessive Anamalai range Kerala at the west, and extend east into the plains of Tamil Nadu, overlaying an area of 2,068 rectangular kilometres  The maximum part of the variety is inside the southwest, and reaches 1,800-2,500 metres elevation; the jap extension of the range is made from hills 1,000-1,500 m high.

It is likewise home to one of the shrines of Lord Karthikeyan or Murugan, who is worshipped because the number one god in Tamil Nadu. The Palani Hills are presently challenge to increasing development pressure. The Palani Hills Conservation Council, a non-governmental company based in Kodaikanal, became founded in 1985. In the early 90s the Tamil Nadu Forest Department proposed to the Tamil Nadu kingdom authorities that plenty of the range be granted blanketed popularity as a natural world sanctuary or Palani Hills Wildlife .