What Lies Beneath
Plans are afoot to rejuvenate Kodaikanal Lake, but they are all missing a crucial need: improving water quality. The Kodai Chronicle dives deeper for answers.…
A Dispatch from the Mountains
Rock of Vision: Richard Keithahn, Kodai’s American satyagrahi
Ramachandra Guha on RR Keithahn, the American freedom fighter and social reformer who held summer retreats in Kodaikanal…
ISSUE 6: WATER, GLORIOUS WATER
Kodai’s very own Pity Paati solves your problems, one question at a time…
A member of the Palaiyar tribe gives us an inside look into an annual forest ritual, the…
Kodai classic: Israel Bhooshi came to Kodai in 1980 and created a space for its dreamers with…
The prime position of Villa Retreat, a 5–7-minute walk from Seven Roads Junction, speaks to its 150…
Kodaikanal is a unique mountain ecosystem. Set in the Western Ghats, this landscape of Shola forest and…
When we live in harmony with nature and those around us, everything tastes a little sweeter, especially…
With Reena Raghavamoorthy Want to take home a little mountain magic with you? We’ve rounded up the…
A good book read in the right frame of mind can yield a more intimate knowledge of…
Kodai is known for its fine weather and misty mountain views, but rarely do people return with…
Dramatic lake views, old churches, towering pine groves and dense Shola forests—there is much to experience in…