Panchalimedu
A high viewpoint in Idukki where Ayyappa devotees camp to watch for the Makaravilakku flame.
- Where
- Idukki, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.5708, 77.0144
Get the Panchalimedu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Panchalimedu. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Panchalimedu
Kuttikkanam 4.6 km
A tea and cardamom station on the Kottayam road at 1,000 metres, with mist most mornings and a summer palace the Travancore raja built.
Mullaperiyar Dam 15 km
A masonry dam high in the Cardamom Hills, holding the Periyar at nearly 900 metres above the sea.
Kumily Spice Market 16 km
Cardamom, pepper and clove sold at the Tamil Nadu border, where the plantations begin.
Sabarimala 17 km
Forty one days of vows, and eighteen steps.
Vagamon 18 km
Meadows, pine and a paragliding season.
Periyar National Park 18 km
A lake made by a dam in 1895, now the middle of a tiger reserve, worked by boat rather than by jeep.
Gavi 22 km
A forest village inside the Periyar reserve, reached by one permit and one road, with a lake, a dam and no mobile signal.
Mangala Devi Temple, Idukki 23 km
A stone temple on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border opened one day a year, on Chithra Pournami.
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Questions
Where is Panchalimedu?
Panchalimedu is in Idukki, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kuttikkanam (4.6 km), Mullaperiyar Dam (15 km), Kumily Spice Market (16 km).
How do I get the Panchalimedu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Panchalimedu and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Panchalimedu before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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