Bodhamalai

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{{Infobox mountain
| name = '''Bodhamalai'''
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| native_name_lang = Tamil
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| elevation_m = 1100
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| range = which is part of the [[Eastern Ghats]]
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| language = Tamil
| location = [[Vennandur block]], [[Rasipuram taluk]]
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|biome = Forests

|area_km2 =180.2632
|length_km = 19.3121
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|width_km = 9.3342
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'''Bodhamalai''' is a hill in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jeyamohan.in/923#.W936KTnhU0M|title=ஒரு மலைக்கிராமம்|website=www.jeyamohan.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>

==Geography==
Keelur, Melur, Gedamalai are some hill villages of Bodhamalai.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dinamalar.com/district_detail.asp?id=2055623|title=போதமலை மலைவாழ் மக்களுக்கு பலவகை மரக்கன்று வழங்கப்படுமா?|work=Dinamalar|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
Bodhamalai is a parts of Eastern ghats in [[Salem district]] and [[Namakkal district]] of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://namakkal.nic.in/development/#vennandur|title=Development {{!}} Namakkal District, Government of Tamilnadu {{!}} Land of Poultry, Transport|website=namakkal.nic.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref> The [[Kolli Hills|Kolli]] hill is located forty kilometres south from Bodhamalai. The [[Yercaud]] or [[Shevaroy Hills]] of [[Salem district]] is located seventy kilometres north from Bodhamalai. The nearest town [[Rasipuram]] is located twenty kilometres South from Bodhamalai.
[[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] is located forty four kilometres north from Bodhamalai. The district capital [[Namakkal]] is located forty eight kilometres south from Bodhamalai. [[Mettala]] is located twenty one kilometres east from Bodhamalai. [[Vennandur]] is located thirty kilometres west from Bodhamalai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bodha+Malai,+Bhodha+Malai,+Tamil+Nadu+637407/@11.5299149,78.2565445,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3babebefa451d5b1:0xe05dbb074fb466b2|title=Bodha Malai|website=Bodha Malai|language=en|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>
Here the hill tribes live very little. All of them are displaced from Kolli hill and live here. No bus facility. You have to go for a walk.

==Mythology==
This Bodhamalai village people are believing lot of dwarf people were living in the hills. They lived with amazing super nature power and They had hidden the treasure.
Many secrets are buried here. The same thing is that the Bodhamalai hill in Namakkal district. One of the oldest man who living in hill told the hills are believed to have traces of their lives on this mountain. The quintessential housing claimed to be the home of the dwarfs is so incredible that science can not be found. Some search for the golden treasure supposed to be hidden by the dwarves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/let-s-go-trip-find-mystery-podhai-malai-001013.html|title=Travel guide|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> There are several crores of treasures that have been buried in the dungeon residence in this area. In fact, the dwarfs have no idea that this treasure should not go to the hands of the wrongdoers. Nobody has found that treasure until today. Many of the palaces of the dwarfs are found in ruins. It is not too large, since it is too high in hill.

==Herbal plants==
Several species of herbal plants grow in Bodhamalai. The local people sell herbal leaves, roots, tuber, stem, crust of herbal plant.
<ref>[http://www.wjpr.net/download/article/1410852071.pdf http://www.wjpr.net/download/article/1410852071.pdf]</ref> Some is smuggled illegally for herbal medicine productions. Nowadays Tamil Nadu government is controlling this type of illegal activities. And government promote people's needed essential in to the villages in Bodhamalai.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Eastern Ghats}}
[[Category:Eastern Ghats]]
[[Category:Hills of Tamil Nadu]]

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