Kodaikanal (TN)

Tam: கொடைக்கானல் koṭaikkāṉal  ‘Forest of Creepers’ Hill Station,  Tamil Nadu From Tam: koṭi , ‘creeper’, ‘vine’; and kāṉal a forest on a hill-slope.  Kodaikanal was founded by American missionaries in the 19thC as an escape from the hot, dusty Tamil climate. It was...