Showing posts with label pristine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pristine. Show all posts

6 September 2007

Countryside Excursion

A friend and I decided to go on a countryside excursion. It was a beautiful day and as we left the crush of Tiruvannamalai we were quickly able to experience the charms of outlying pristine rural areas.


Our intended destination a chain of hills about 12 miles southeast of Arunachala.




Its astonishing just how easy it is to get 'far away from the madding crowd' and crush of Tiruvannamalai.






The below photograph shows Arunachala from a different and unique vantage point.



In the next photograph, looking in another direction one can see a chain of more hills far away in the distance.




Below, an inviting road winding through the beginning of the reserve forest area which leads further into the quiet of the countryside.




Over the last several months we have been visiting land within a 12 kilometre radius of Arunachala and have discovered serene, pristine countryside land far from the urban sprawl of Tiruvannamalai. We will be posting regular updates of both urban and countryside land in our Blog, however if you have specific questions about the possibility of purchasing land in an area such as this, please feel free to get in touch to:

In the next photograph the comforting presence of the silent sentinel Arunachala. Somehow in the wonderful peace and silence of undisturbed countryside, the beauty and power of the Hill seems even more pronounced.




It was a beautiful day and we agreed to soon return.

30 April 2007

Devanandal Farm


Shanti Vanam Trust of Tiruvannamalai have asked Arunachala Grace to give information about a farm under their control that they wish to sell. I have already posted this information on the May Arunachala Grace News which goes out this evening, but am posting additional photos of the farm on this Blog. If the farm is not sold to a private party, eventually it will get sold to a developer who will break it up for individual plot sales.

Anyhow, the area of the farm is northside of Arunachala near Devanandal village. As you can see it is in a undeveloped, unspoilt area with a spectacular view of Arunachala, which is probably about 3 kms distance.




The below photograph is of the small fruit plantation on the farm.




The farm has been well maintained and the soil is in good condition. The land is mostly flat with an excellent water supply.



This is one of the two agricultural water tanks on the land. Again everything in pristine and well maintained fashion. There is even a small rustic cottage on the land near the banana plantation.





Here the land is on an elevation and is well populated with indigenous trees. Again a spectacular darshan of Arunachala.





The below is of the protected water reservoir which is around 250 acres large. In the photograph there is not much water left in the reservoir, but it will get well filled during the next monsoon. As it is a natural water collector, development for building purposes will not occur, thus giving the pristine 11 acre farm an adjacent 250 acres of unspoilt land that will remain undeveloped.




If you are interested in finding out more about this farm, please get in touch with the Shanti Vanam trust at: