Hotel Priyanga — Restaurant in Tamil Nadu

Famous for: Most magnificent manmade lake in Southern India, Hill station, Photography, Morning walks, Boating, Peace point.

Entrance fee: The parking fee is nil here. Entry fee is ₹3 per person. Apart from this, the boating charges are applied- ₹75 for rowing boat and ₹50 for pedal boat.

Visiting time: It can be visited at any time from morning 8am to evening 7pm through the seven week days.

Visiting duration: Lasts between 2-4 hours on an average.

In the foothills of the Eastern Ghats, the hill station of Yelagiri at an altitude of 1410 meters above mean sea level, lays nestled between the towns of Vaniyambadi and Jolaraipetty. It is only a little yet famous hill station with a hamlet of 14 hamlets covering a span of 29 kilometers. The Punganoor lake in the midst of these hills is a refreshing and the most magnificent manmade lake that presents with it a number of options for the tourists here. With pleasant climate all through the year, it is an extremely inviting weekend getaway for the rest of the coastal areas mostly enduring humid and hot weather through and through. The address to this lake can be very easily located as the locals here are friendly and will provide directions easily. There are a number of budget hotels as well as relaxing resorts around the place that ensure a comfortable and affordable stay...

The lake is as such small and you have pedal and rowing boats available. The cost per person on rowing boat (no self-rowing) is RS. 50. The boats can accommodate upto 8 ppl and the they take you for one round around the lake which could take about 15 mins. Yelagiri lake has water all through the year and it is about 30ft deep.

They also have pedal boats which are can accommodate 2 or 4 people. Around the lake there's a walk area and a small park. This park few rides for kids. The place is overall clean and has enough car parking space. You can also find a small road with small shops selling Yelagiri specialities. There are also some adventure sports places around the lake. Overall you can spend about...

To reach yellagiri travel to vaniyambadi by train(3hrs) From there reach ponneri by bus(20mins) and another bus to reach the the hills(1hour), starts to climb with 7 to 10 exciting hairpin bends. The road is so narrow to take pit stops,15kms from ground. The good places to stay is hotel aruvi, hotel ashok for avg budget near the don bosco after crossing the nature park. There are lot of resorts to chose from. All the fun lies in trekking small places in morning, followed by boating, food is avg. For an half day early morning get away this place is good. Not comparable to ooty or kodaikanal, this is a very small town. Other options available here are...