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Kiliyur Falls is a waterfall on the Periyaaru river in the Servarayan hill range in the Eastern Ghats, Tamil nadu, India. The waters overflowing the Yercaud Lake fall 91 m (300 ft) into the Kiliyur Valley. [1] People need to walk down 200–250 steep steps from the nearest road to reach this waterfall. [citation needed]
It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. [1] Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. [1] [2] Nallur is also famous for being the historical capital of the old Jaffna Kingdom and birthplace of renowned philosopher and theologian, Arumuka Navalar. [3] [4]
Another water stream originates from the west side of the Yercaud Hills in Kurumbapatty and merges with the Thirumanimutharu River to the north of Nethimedu in The Kannimar Stream originates from the northern side of the Jarugumalai Reserved Forest ( 11°37′34.4″N 78°12′21.0″E / 11.626222°N 78.205833°E / 11.626222; 78. ...
The Periyaaru river originates from Pattipadi, Yercaud and is fed from many small streams along the way as it flows westwards. It creates the Kiliyur waterfalls at Kiliyur before reaching the Vattakaadu Eri weir. The river then continues to flow westwards, before joining the Sarabanga river.
Yercaud, also spelt Erkad, [note 1] is a town and hill station in Salem District in Tamil Nadu, India. Located in Servarayan Hills in the Eastern Ghats , it is situated at an altitude of 1,515 m (4,970 ft).
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Yelagiri is located in Tirupathur district of Tamil Nadu. [18] Located at an altitude of 1,410 m (4,630 ft), it forms a part of the Eastern Ghats mountain range. [19] The hills consist of 14 hamlets spread across an area of 72 km 2 (28 sq mi). [20] [1] Punganoor lake is a man-made lake covering 56.71 m 2 (610.4 sq ft) in the hills. [21]
According to the 2011 census of India, Nallur had a population of 8714 people and was classified as a gram panchayat.This included 4393 males and 4321 females. The village had an overall literacy rate of 72.68% with male literacy and female literacy standing at 80.85% and 64.37%, respectively.