I visited Palakkad, Kerala to stay at Kairali the Ayurvedic Healing Village. It is at the outskirts of the Palakkad town, a tranquil place. I also visited the local market of Palakkad for spices, chips and coffee! So this is once again, show it in pictures post!
I was sitting on a porch when I heard the cackle of the Golden Orioles. It had to be that one time when the camera bag was in my room. I ignored the birds for a few minutes. But then their call was simply irresistible. I ran back to my room, got the camera and got the bird!
Quite close to the Golden Oriole was a Shikra. Surprisingly the oriole would fly teasingly close to the Shikra, which is a bird of prey. Finally both of them got bored and flew away into the trees beyond the reach of my camera.
The magenta Frangipani was fiercely in bloom at Kairali. I have the exact same tree at home as well. It reminded me of home!
We visited the Malampuza dam near Palakkad. We skipped the garden visit as it was a blistering hot day. We went on a drive around the surrounding areas instead. In cooler weather it will make for a nice picnic spot.
While my group members waited in the car, I walked a short distance to click the bare landscape. Everyone seems to be waiting for the monsoon!
He was responsible for frying the delicious chips (I bought a few packets) at Karthik’s Chips Shop in the local Palakkad Market. And yes in his case the looks are deceptive!
Sometimes people react favorably to a camera. They took me inside the shop so I could see the place. This was the giant kadhai where the chips were fried!
I close the post with a picture of Karthik’s dad. He named the shop after his son. He was a soft spoken person, ever ready to let you taste all kind of exotic chips had! So, this is the small glimpse of Palakkad through my lens!
Awesome post. 🙂
Thank you Deepankar!
Awesome images as always, Mridula. I see you were partial to the chips (and the chips shop) this time. 😉 😀
Thank you Divya!
Awesome pictures, especially loved the pictures of birds 🙂
Thank you Purba and birds are so difficult to click because they fly away!
Beautiful pics.
Have a nice weekend 🙂
Thank you Rupam, you too have a great weekend!
Palakkad looks awesome..
and the new logo flies 🙂
Thank you Prasad! It is a blessing to have a techie brother-in-law!
In the lap of nature! Great pics.
Thank you so much Indrani!
Very pretty birds!
Thank you Amit!
You’ve captured Palakkad amazingly ! Great pics !
Thank you Atul!
Beautiful Captures 🙂 Palakkad seems interesting place to spend some quality time with nature.
Kavita thank you so much!
Awesome pictures 🙂 The Golden Oriole looks so cute!
Beautiful pictures from Palakkad . Palakkad came to know in my life when I was of 16 , I joined “save India ” organization from this place.
Nice pics there, Mridula
Thank you Prashanth!
Am planning a trip to Coimbatore and was wondering about roaming around Palakkad and silent valley national park for a few days and thats how I came here! Nice this healing place I need to look into! 😀
Thanks!
I have seen only a little but it felt serene for sure.