Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Cheruppadi mala....Destination unfolded!


Cheruppadi mala is one of the most beautiful hillstation to hangout.It situates in malappuram district of kerala.This place can be accesible easily from different parts of the district.The enthusiasts can reach this place easily as it has many roads connecting different places.The nearest places are Cherekkad,Vattapontha and Valakkuda.



Like the tourist destinations in kerala, cheruppadi mala is also rich with its natural beuaty.The road that leads to cheruppadi mala has a zig zag manner,that makes the journey funny.On both sides of road tourists can get a good veiw of the small villages that leads us to the goodness of village life.Once you reach the peak of cheruppadi mala, you will get a nice veiw of calicut airport that situates 10 km away from the spot.Tourists can get glimpses of taking offs and landing of different aircrafts.On the other side its endless and stretched beautiful valley.In winter season you might not able to see the valley because of fog hovering over them.Oorakam mala(Oorakam hills),one of the best destination of adventerous tourists in malappuram district of kerala is very near to cheruppadimala.


Cheruppadimala consists of many stone mines.Many stone mines are turned in to ponds because of heavy rain.These ponds are well managed by the people of cheruppadimala and all these ponds are the main attraction of tourists.These ponds are very suitable for adventurous swimming as they are very deep and very vast.One special occasions swimming competition is takes place in these ponds.On weekends, these ponds will be filled with people,even from distance places who like to have a great swim.






People of cheruppadimala are very generous and active.A large portion fo the people working in stone mines.Some poeple are working in gulf countries.Agriculture is the main form of revenue.

Eventhough there is a lack of educational institutions,people are having basic education.Many students depends the neighbouring places like cherekkad,kondotty,kottukara,vengara,tirurangadi and musliyarangadi for higher education.

Like the other village of malappuram district of kerala,people in cheruppadimala is also football maniac.Cheruppadimala is having a football Club called Navodaya Football Club under Nehru Yuva Kendra.The Navodaya Football Club is having many good players,and many budding players.Navodaya Football Club participates in all most all football tournaments happening in neighbour places and conducting football tournament Evey year.The club concentrates in conducting social activity programmes and social awarness programmes on different topics.
At the time of events like fifa world cup and Euro cup,People will be decorating the streets with flags of different countries and big posters of football players.People will be setting up big tents and watching football together using Projectors.
On winter season,tourists can feel the cloud as it is hovering over cheruppadi mala.
The cool breez and fresh air never make our journey futile.
There would be a flow of tourists on weekends and on festival days like onam,vishu and eid...

Most of the families from nearby towns and even from far distance would like to spend their weekends on cheruppadi mala.
Even though the journey is very risky, the roads will be very busy on weekends and festival seasons.