Ramakkalmedu
A grassy ridge on the Kerala border with the windiest spot in Asia, a wind farm to prove it, and the Tamil plains laid out below.
- Where
- Idukki, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.7997, 77.2372
Get the Ramakkalmedu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramakkalmedu. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ramakkalmedu
Suruli Falls 17 km
A two stage fall in the Cumbum valley, mentioned in the Silappadikaram.
Mangala Devi Temple, Idukki 22 km
A stone temple on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border opened one day a year, on Chithra Pournami.
Calvarimount 23 km
A hillock in Idukki of about two hundred metres, climbed for the view and for the shrine on it.
Kumily Spice Market 24 km
Cardamom, pepper and clove sold at the Tamil Nadu border, where the plantations begin.
Periyar National Park 25 km
A lake made by a dam in 1895, now the middle of a tiger reserve, worked by boat rather than by jeep.
Mathikettan Shola National Park 28 km
A small shola forest in Idukki whose name means the forest that confuses the mind.
Idukki Dam 29 km
A thin arch of concrete wedged between two granite hills that the local story calls Kuravan and Kurathi.
Kolukkumalai 31 km
The highest tea estate in the world at 2,400 metres, reached by jeep from Munnar over a road that is mostly rock.
More famous places to visit in Keralam
Questions
Where is Ramakkalmedu?
Ramakkalmedu is in Idukki, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Suruli Falls (17 km), Mangala Devi Temple, Idukki (22 km), Calvarimount (23 km).
How do I get the Ramakkalmedu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramakkalmedu and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ramakkalmedu before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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