Kalikesam
| Kalikesam kalikesam(keeriparai) | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanyakumari |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Nearest city | Nagercoil |
Kalikesam, is a place in the Kanyakumari wild life sanctuary[Kanyakumari district] in Tamil Nadu, India which has the Very hot climate. There are many rubber plantations and nothing else to see. The Kali temple situated here.
How to Reach
This place is some 35 km from Nagercoil. There are buses from Nagercoil to this place but the frequency is low, and the buses may stop without notice. The best way to visit here is with your own transportation.and road going to this place is very bad. your vehicle may damaged. There is no transportation over here as well full of forest and also lonely place.
Facilities
Being a remote place which attract too much of crowd for drinking liquor and some illegal activities. There are no facilities available in this place. There is only one small shop which sells tea and biscuits.
If you are going from Kerala after Trivandrum City it is 85 km via road. After crossing the Kerala check post you have to take left from the highway for almost 35 km to reach this place. The roads are very bad throughout, be careful of the kids and cattle wandering in the road if you are driving. And forest guards will not allow any Keralites'/Malayalis' to go inside the sanctuary. They will say "If you were a Tamil, we will allow". And go to the DFO office in "Nagercoil" and bring permission from him,which is more than 20 Km from there. If you call the forest Ranger,his office is in "Azhagiapandiapuram" which is 5 Km away from "Keeriparai" he will tell you he can't do anything. There is no mobile connectivity. So you can't call anybody if anything happens to you.
It is advisable to avoid going there may be wild animals wandering about or a quick rain likely causing the river to flood in a few minutes which will cut your road from the main land.And attitude of forest guards are very bad.They don't even know the full form of DFO(Divisional Forest Officer), according to their knowledge it is District Forest Officer.
Phone Numbers: DFO (+919445468537), Ranger (+919445468545)
DISTRICT FOREST OFFICER, KANYAKUMARI DIVISION, 175, COLLEGE ROAD, MUNICIPALITY CAMPUS, NAGERCOIL 629 001 Phone : 04652-232205
