Rangaswamy Peak and Pillar
11°27′39″N 76°59′13″E / 11.460833°N 76.986944°E
Rangaswamy Peak and Pillar is a rocky column in Kotagiri, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. It is located at a distance of 20 km from Kotagiri.
Rangaswamy Peak
[edit]The height of Rangaswamy Peak is above 5,885 ft (1,794 m) and it is visible from Kodanad View Point.[1][2][3] This is the most sacred place for the Irulas who hold it as the home of the deity Rangaswamy. It is also known as Rangabottu and hosts an annual harvest-fertility festival.[4] It was in this region that a DC-3 Air India plane carrying the statistician Abraham Wald crashed on 13 December 1950.[5]
Rangaswamy Pillar
[edit]Rangaswamy Pillar is found on the northwest side of Rangaswamy Peak. The height of the pillar is about 400 feet.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kotagiri". visitindia.org.in. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Kotagiri". www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "RANGASWAMY PEAK". ecoheritage.cpreec.org. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ Zvelebil, Kamil V. (2000). "Toga: Ndra Name Ka: Ppa: Ttaṇõ: May the Gods Protect Us: A Contribution to Nilgiri Religious Infrastructure". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 120 (2): 178–189. doi:10.2307/605021. ISSN 0003-0279.
- ^ Incident record
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