Aliyar Reservoir
A reservoir at the foot of the Valparai road, under the Anaimalai hills.
- Where
- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 10.4739, 76.9728
Get the Aliyar Reservoir stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Aliyar Reservoir. 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 Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Aliyar Reservoir
Masānī Ammān 12 km
The chief temple of Masani Amman at Anaimalai, a household goddess to families across the Coimbatore country.
Valparai 17 km
Tea estates at thirteen hundred metres reached by forty hairpin bends, with lion tailed macaques in the shade trees.
Anaimalai Tiger Reserve 20 km
Shola forest and grassland in the Anamalais, formerly Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary.
Malakkappara 25 km
A plantation settlement in the Thrissur hills, right on the Tamil Nadu border.
Palakkad Gap 29 km
The thirty kilometre break in the Western Ghats that lets the rain, the trains and the wind through.
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 29 km
Thorn forest in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, with the grizzled giant squirrel.
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve 31 km
Teak forest between the Anamalais and Nelliampathy, with the oldest teak tree anybody has dated.
Nelliampathi 31 km
A hill station in the Western Ghats, sixty kilometres from Palakkad.
More offbeat places in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Aliyar Reservoir?
Aliyar Reservoir is in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Masānī Ammān (12 km), Valparai (17 km), Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (20 km).
How do I get the Aliyar Reservoir stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Aliyar Reservoir and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Aliyar Reservoir before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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