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Palakkad

This small town in the gently undulating landscape of the Nilgiri Hills occupies an important pass between the plains of Tamil Nadu and the west coast of Kerala. Tipu Sultan's father, Hyder Ali, built a granite fort here in 1766 (you can still visit) to improve communications to the coast. It was besieged and occupied by the British in 1784. One of the most charming things about Palakkad is its hinterland; green paddy fields, misty blue hills, villages with ricks of rice straw, bamboo fences and whitewashed houses with deep thatched roofs. It's an enchanting rural landscape, wonderful for strolling.

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