Introduction Yercaud Tamil Nadu Tours
Yeracaud Situated 1,515 metres high in the Shevaroy Hills, in the state of Tamil Nadu, Yercaud is quiet little hill station on the Eastern ghats is the only one of its kind in northern Tamil Nadu.
Location Yercaud Tamil Nadu Tours
Yercaud : Area : 383 sq.km.
Altitude : 1515 meters
Languages : Tamil and English
Best Time to Visit : Throughout the year
State : Tamil Nadu
STD Code : 04281.
About Yercaud
Yercaud in the Servaroyan hills (Shevaroy Range) of Salem District is a quiet and restful hill stationin Tamil Nadu. The Servaroyan Hills as a whole, provide many beautiful vistas and panoramic views. Yercaud itself is a pretty hill station with a pleasant cool climate. Yercaud's temperature never rises above 30°C or falls below 13°C. This is one hill station where one does not feel the biting cold of winter. With such a salubrious climate, Yercaud can be visited round the year. It is an hour's drive from Salem and is the least expensive hill station in India.
How to Reach Yercaud Tamil Nadu Tours
By Air : The nearest airport to Yeracud is at Tiruchirapalli. The other airports are at Coimbatore and Bangalore.
By Rail : The nearest railway station is at the Salem Junction and the Salem Town.
By Road : Yeracud is well connected by road with the towns of Salem, Cheney, Tricky, Madera, Bangalore and Coimbatore. Salem is well linked with Cochin, Erode, Trivandrum and Mangalore.
Places to Visit in Yeracud
Holy Trinity Church : It is one of several churches in Yercaud, and is reminder of British rule. Below the church is the club where planters still meet, particularly on Thursdays.
The Grange : The castle like building built by the then Collector of Salem, Mr. M.D. Cockburn, who first introduced coffee from Arabia and apples and other fruits fron South Africa between 1820 A.D. and 1829 A.D. Yercaud is said to have played an important role in the revolt of 1857 A.D.
Servaroyan Temple : A top the Servaroyan Hill, the third highest hill in the range, is the Servaroyan Temple , a cave temple with a modern facade. Another temple is
Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple.
Churches : There are many Churches like Sacred Heart Church, The Retreat Church, St. Joseph's Church, Holy trinity Church, CSI Church and Lutheran Church.
Yercaud Lake : It is a picturesque place surrounded by lush vegetation. Boating at the lake is both refreshing and enjoyable. Here 4-seater and 2-seater pedal boats and 4-seater rowing boats are available.
Lady's Seat : has a telescope house with a panoramic view of distant Salem and the winding road up. At dusk when Salem's lights twinkle, they look like jewels scattered on velvet.
Yeracaud Yercaud Hill State Tours
Yercaud presents a welcome contrast with its cool climate where temperature never rises above 30 º C and dip below 13 º C . It is also a less expensive place than either Udhagamandalam or Kodaikkanal the peaceful Yercaud Hill State Tours nestles among coffee plantations and thickly forested slopes and is a good place for trekking and boating. Some people believe that Yercaud Hill State Tours were part of the ancient megalith-builders' domain which stretched from Cornwall through Brittany and Iberia to India.
Clearly visitors have been streaming into Yercaud from well before recorded history Sightseeing (Yercaud) Before getting into this coffee-plantation hamlet, you have to drive through the textile town of Salem. If you browse around the shops, you might pick up bright handloom fabrics at half the price you would pay elsewhere. Just before the road begins to climb up the mountains to Yercaud, do look out for an interesting group of brightly coloured idols to the left of the road. These guardian deities, found only in Tamil Nadu, are worshipped as protectors of villages and are often known as Aiyanars.
On the way up the winding hill road with its 20 hairpin bends, stop at a thatched wayside stall selling 'Fresh Garden Produce': packets of cloves and pepper. Then come the coffee plantations before entering cottage-dotted Yercaud. You can amble around leisurely, or do a tandem tour of the lake in a pedal boat, or hire a taxi to 'do' the sights. 3 km away is the rocky escarpment overlooking the plains. It is known as Lady's Seat and some wag has named another viewpoint as Gent's Seat. Pyramid point, 3 km away, has cairns of stones and was once a Stone Age fortress shrine before the new temple was built. 7 km from the lake is the Servaroyan Temple with a modern, striped, facade leading to an old cave temple.
Once you get into this soothing, lake-centred, quiet and undisturbed green place, you don't have to do anything but unwind .
Weather Yercaud experiences salubrious climate and is pleasant to be visited any time of the year.
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