Parvathamalai hills is located in the thiruvanamalai district of tamilnadu , it is well known for it's Shiva statue and also people who love trekking as the trek is a long one (4kms aprrox) and the hill has an height of 4560feet making it one the highest peaks of Tamilnadu . Mostly this place is visited by the lord Shiva bhaktas and this is also known for his dangerous and adventurous trekking experience.
BEST TIME TO VISIT HERE :
As it has no specific days , the temple is opened all the year but some pooja days you can see the place crowded . I prefer not going here in the rainy season as the path becomes more slippery and dangerous for the people to climb and the place doesn't have proper medical equipments so please avoid going here in rainy days or season .
HOW TO REACH PARVATHAMALAI HILLS :
You can come to the nearby main junctions like Thiruvanamalai , Chengam or polur from there you can come here by bus as the place is so popular you can ask the locals for route .
THINGS TO CARRY :
If you are not a tourist and just you want to visit for trekking , you can just a carry a little backpack for carrying important things like water ,mobile phones and other important stuff. A trekking is preferred here that could help you climb easily and it helped me lot . wear a hat if you are going on sunny day . carrying food is your choice .
OUR EXPERIENCE :
As far as we experienced carry atleast two litres of water . but don't drink lot of water as it will slow done your activity may be causing you vomits like things . And if you bought a lot of unwanted things (inexpensive things) you can just leave it at the base camp where you can give it to shopkeepers as they are keeping it for free you can take back when you return ,but be careful as some shopkeepers don't tell you that they are gonna charge and when you ask your things return they ask for money .
Eat an hour before you climb do not eat and climb immediately that can cause you illness .
have a trekking stick I would prefer for climbing .
Don't plan it in Sunday because if you are a office person you will get the pain for the next so mostly plan in on Saturdays so you can rest on Sunday .
Another important thing is don't bring kids if you want to climb it faster . it took us 2hours 30mins to reach the top as we are capable of it . but we saw lot of women's who were climbing for almost 8 hours to reach the top so plan it well as the trek won't be easy as it seems .
a lot of people prefer a night climb as it doesn't seem it harder when you climb it in dark but remember you won't be having any lights during the night and you should carry your own light .
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