SNIPPETS FROM MY TRAVEL DIARY; PAGE 7 - A HANGING BRIDGE IN A VILLAGE

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I am continuing with my travel series on a daily basis as I believe there is enough materials for covering many months from now. So for a change I am moving from Northern part of the country to a cool and refreshing Southern states and my today blog is about a visit to a village. Please read on..

Bridges are common, but hanging bridges are not. Imagine a place not far away from a State Highway connecting two cities and that particular place is deprived of access during heavy rainy season, a place with a history as old as 1500 years in the form of a temple, a structure as modern as a Hanging bridge, a river in the name of Periyar through which a boat ride is possible to the unknown areas of a jungle associated with the Asia’s biggest arch dam. All these sums up why visiting this place with amazing landscape is highly recommendable to any travel enthusiasts.

As we stepped outside from the car less than two kilometers from the main road it looked like were in an Indian village rather than enjoying in a tourist place. A feast for eyes and a refreshment for the artistic sense of any human beings who loves nature in its pure form.

What we had seen was live view of old portraits hanged on many walls since long time back - a small bridge on a foot path over a small stream, the stream that is widened at the far end which looks like a lake, a traditional boat moving on the lake, domestic untied cows wandering in the lush greenery, women washing clothes on the banks of the lake, gravel roads naturally formed due to people walking regularly and adding to all these was a long hanging (suspension) bridge on the air,– which made me to think that why this place is never seen in the list of places to be visited in Kerala.

Hanging bridge was the real attraction which looks like a huge structure floating in the sky. It is the longest suspension bridge in Kerala with a length of 200 meters constructed across two panchayats.

During monsoons or whenever there is heavy rains continuous for few days the entire area would be submerged along with the surplus water from Idukki Dam

Some fun moments over the brige as everyone wants to capture the pictursque beauty of this special peice of village.

A walk along the bridge to cross over to other side was a fun altogether, did it seemed to be oscillating at the midway, thought so. Many people from kids to grownups were seen enjoying this never seen type of construction.

The walk over the bridge becomes special as the views of landscape on both sides were a treat to watch with each step over it with greenery all around on the right side to an extent wherever the eyes had gone with nothing for obstruction of the vision.

Another Information related to this place was a real fun cum reality. There exists a king ruling over a particular area even in this 21st century. A tribal category inside this forest area which consists of approximately 3000 families is still governed by a king supported by ministers and councils. It was also fascinated to realize that the present King was a graduate from a city college too, a kind of exposure to the level of education in Kerala of course.

Finallly before saying good bye to the village, it was another welcome change to have some hot coffee and some tastly local evening snacks from the 5 stool hotel (Check the word it is 5 Stool not 5 star..) was brought the day to an end.

Hope you all enjoyed this trip..

If you would like to visit my previous 4 blogs on this series please visit.

1. Kotla Fort 1, Delhi Click

2. Kotla Fort 2, Delhi Click

3. National Gallery Of Modern Art, Delhi Click

4. Qutab Minar, Delhi Click

5. Nainital (1) - Click

6. Nainital (2) - Click

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