Western Ghats are one of the two mountain ranges in peninsular India that run parallel to the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, respectively. The Western Ghats are located between the western edge of the Deccean Plateau and the western coast and extends from south of the Tapi River near Gujarat-Maharashtra border to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu in further south covering a distance of 1,600 km. The east-west width of the Western Ghats is 100 km while they cover a total land area of 60,000 square kilometres. The Western Ghats mountain ranges run through the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Anamudi located at Eravikulam in Kerala is the highest peak of the Western Ghats (8,842 feet) while Palakkad Gap (also in Kerala with an elevation of 984 feet), the only break  [...]

Panchgani is a tourist destination and an all-time resting place for the weary of close cities such as Mumbai and Pune. Located at the height of 1334 m, it is surrounded by five hills of the Sahyadri ranges and is accompanied by the holy Krishna River in Maharashtra, India. The hill resort in the West India has received its name from the very existence of these five hills peaked by a volcanic plateau, the second highest plateau in Asia. This means that Panchgani means five (panch) lands or plateaus (gani). Having the Raj stamp all over it, you will be thrilled to view the thick lush trees and vegetation, rocky cliffs, murmuring birds, coastal plains on one side, and the River Krishna on the other. The hill resort is an exemplary British developed refreshing place that is depicted in  [...]