Javadi Mountains
| Javadi Mountains | ||
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 View of the Javadi Mountains |
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| location | Tamil Nadu | |
| part of | Eastern Ghats | |
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 35 ′ N , 78 ° 50 ′ E | |
The Javadi Mountains or Jawadhu Mountains ( Tamil : ஜவ்வாது மலை Javvātu malai , English Javadi Hills ) are an isolated branch of the Eastern Ghats in the north of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . During the British colonial period , they also served high-ranking officials and officers as a hill station in the summer months .
location
The Javadi Mountains are located in the north of Tamil Nadu in the area of the districts Vellore and Tiruvannamalai. The ridge is about 80 km long and a maximum of 32 km wide; it reaches heights of a little over 1000 m above sea level. d. In the north, the valley of the Palar River separates the Javadi Mountains from the other foothills of the Eastern Ghats. To the west is the smaller massif of the Yelagiri Mountains . In the south, between the Javadi Mountains and the Kalrayan Mountains, lies the valley floor of the Ponnaiyar River.
population
The Javadi Mountains are predominantly populated by members of the Adivasi tribe of the Malayali ("mountain people"; not to be confused with the term "Malayali" for the speakers of Malayalam ). Overall, however, the population is rather sparse.
Attractions
There are no culturally and historically significant temples or other structures in the area of the Javadi Hills. Of the in drywall technology built mostly round stone huts ( Kullar kogai ) are only about 150 on the top of rock Valiparai .
literature
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New edition Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 84–85 , keyword: Javādi Hills .
