List
of places to visit near Muthanga
Muthanga, Wyanad, is the
most visited place by numerous travelers. This is a suitable place
either for newly-wedded couples or for families or friends. The best
period to trip for Muthanga is during June, July, August, September,
and October. Muthanga has a wide range of places to visit, starting
from Museums, forts, amusement parks, monuments, renowned cuisines,
and lots more. It will take only two days to visit all the famous
places in Muthanga. Each place will be of pleasant and evergreen
memory for you. Many other places are there to visit at Muthanga,
provided you put up extra days of stay at Muthanga. There are also many famous farm villas in Wayanad for good entertainment. Lets us see some
famous and eye-catching sightseeing places in Muthanga in the
following section.
Jain
temple
The
Jain temple in Muthanga is a very famous temple and a famous place to
visit. This temple was built in the 13th
century. The idols and sculptures are very minute and mind-blowing.
But the Tipu sultan army used this temple as a place to store war
weapons.
Ganapathi
temple
This
Temple was built in the 18th century and is located in Sultan Battery. Earlier Sultan Battery was
called as Ganapathivattom. Many tourists visit this temple to amaze
at the oldness of this temple.
Mariyamman
temple
This
one of the ancient temples in south India, which was built by king
Pazhassi Raja. He built this for the welfare of the people and for
thanking God to make him successfully fight against the British rule.
Almost all the tourist visits this temple in Muthanga.
Papanashini
Papanashini
is located in Tirunelveli, Tholpetty road, and can be reached from
any places through local transportations. Papanashini means
destroying all of your previous and current sins. The story behind
this cleansing stream is, once Brahma was incarnating the idol of
Lord Vishnu in this stream. Garuda was fighting to safeguard amritha
Kumba, and while flying drops of Amirtha felt in the streams of
Ujjain, Haridwar, Prayag, and Nasik, which why these streams are
known for Kumba melas. Lord Brahma finally completed Lord Vishnu's
idol, and at that garuda encircled the idol three times, and by that
time, drops of Amirtha fell into this stream. That is why this stream
bared the name of Papanashini.
Chethalayam
waterfalls
This
is one of the beautiful places in Muthanga. You have to trek for 4 km
to reach the peak point of where these waterfalls begin. But this
trekking is not very easy. But the ambiance and eye-catching are
incredible; hence you will not feel any discomfort once you reach the
peak.
Meppadi
The
Meppadi hill is one of the attractive tourist spots in Muthanga.
Meppadi town is located on Ooty-Kozhikode highway. This hill station
is famous for its trekking and hill climbing. There are few other
places near this hill station; namely, Soochipara is also known as
Sentinel Rock waterfalls, Meenmutty waterfalls, kanthanpara
waterfalls, and chembara peak. People who come to visit Meppadi will
never miss the chance of visiting these fabulous scenic places.
Wayanad
wildlife sanctuary
This place is located in Wyanad. Near to this life, sanctuary lays
Muthanga and Tholpetty. Wayanad wildlife sanctuary is considered as
the richest and best wildlife sanctuary in south India. During the
summer season, many animals, especially elephants, reside in this
park-like buffer from various other parks, namely, Nagarhole National
park, Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary, and Bandipur Tiger Reserve. This
sanctuary has a variety of wild animals, but visitors are restricted
only to 25 km of this sanctuary. The place will be consisting of
greeny trees and lawns, and river kakkayam will be streaming over
were several tigers resided. This is the residence of tigers, sloth
bears, giant elephants, and deadly cobra. This forest is composed of
444 different mammals’ species, more than a hundred bird varieties
and different types of amphibians, fishes, reptiles, and so on.
Meenangadi
Meenangadi
near Muthanga has a famous Lord Shiva temple, which is a very powerful temple. This is one of the famous pilgrimage spots in
Muthanga. The Shivalinga in this temple is self-manifested, and the
water stream always flows from the head of Shivalinga. Here they have
paddy fields and other plantations like tea, coffee, rubber, pepper,
and cardamom.
Panamaram
This
Panamaram village is the first village to witness the struggle
between India and British rule. This village bears a famous fort
known Panamaram fort, where the British Infantry was captured by
Pazhappasi Raja and his followers, Thalakkal
Chantju and Edachena Kunkan Nair. This village is surrounded by lots
of heronry trees.
Still,
there are lots of places near Muthanga, Wayanad. Muthanga is
especially famous for its forest, where you can see plenty of
elephants pass by. The elephants even cross from one end of the road
to another. Plan a trip of 5 days to cover all those places and enjoy
the mesmerizing, scenic, and fabulous places near Muthanga. Base your stay in any family resort in Wayanad when planning a trip to Muthanga, Wayanad.
