Munnar, Kerala Travel Guide

If you are familiar with Idukki District of Kerala, the town of Munnar is found within the district,which is also situated south of India. To get a closer look, Munnar is in the southern Western Ghats wherein you can check the wide jungle, which has a cold weather throughout the year. Munnar is known to be the summer capital of the British Government of South India. The land area is above sea level at a range of 1600m or 5400 ft. The town is joined with three rivers namely the Madupetti, Nallathanni and Periayaru. But Munnar in Malayalam as well as Tamil represents three rivers.
You can also check within the region, the blue flower called Neelakurinji where the flowers only bloom once every twelve years. As from the record, it once blooms last December 2006. The highest peak of South India, Anamudi, was also found in Munnar and it stands 2695m. Most people hanging around and consider it as hill station due to vast tea plantations and holiday amenities implanted within the vicinity.
Munnar was greatly influenced by the custom and traditions from Kerala and Tamilnadu. Most of the people living in Munnar are immigrants from Tamil. The tea plantation started even during the time of the British Empire when it ruled over India. It was that time then that people learn to cultivate the land to plant tea, as they were hired as laborers. Originally, Munnar was inhabited mostly with Tamilians and less of Malayalis.
The bungalows built within the Munnar area were for the used of British officers. They prefer this place because of the cold weather and even consider it as their hill station. Only two education institutes were established as well as few accessible hospitals.
Some region in Munnar can be distinguished through height range, some obtain 1,600 meters and some have 1,800 meters above sea level. The wholesome climate it has was one of the reasons why people loved the place. It has a climate range of 0 °C (32 °F) and +10 °C (50 °F) during winter and +15 °C (59 °F) and +25 °C (77 °F) when on summer. Because of this, the place is mostly visited with tourist during the month of August to May. You can also enjoy the romantic monsoon view along with the streams and rivers within the place.
The Tata Tea largely owned the rich land of Munnar, also owned by Tata Group of Companies. During April of 2005, Tata Group had their removed their rights and ownership over the tea plantation and sold it to the employees who are cultivating the land. The employees who purchase the plantation eventually continue running at it is now was known to be the Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited.
High employment percentage was from the tourism establishments, which eventually considered Munnar as the tourist location for the Kerala Government. The wildlife attraction and hill resort are the key spots that draws tourist to visit the place and it helps boost the business of hotels, restaurants and transport.