Thursday, June 6, 2019

Mattupatti Dam, near Munnar, Kerala

Mattupatti dam is near Munnar hills in Kerala state. The dam was almost devoid of water when I visited it in the last week of May 2019. With rains predicted to come in about 10 days time, I could sense that the vast space of the dam was patently for the waters to flow in, to be full till its brim. There were occasional visitors and I could even see some tourists going on in boats. The beautiful contours left by the receding waters have created wonderful graphical patterns.  The sun was its peak and the heat was too much. Still, the area had a beautiful ambience. 
The water near the dam had these green algae growing giving its beautiful hues. 







The boatmen were waiting for the tourists too - may be the last set of tourists since it will all come to an end once the monssons start I suppose.




No comments:

Post a Comment

The gifts from the past.. Should'nt we pass it to the next generation?

Puducherry's Water Bodies - A gift from the past Puducherry has a fantastic system of irrigation tanks - a total of 84 of them - which d...