Nature & WildlifeWeir and waterfalls

Viripara Weir

Diversion weir at Mankulam in Idukki district, a picnic spot with the Viripara and Nakshathrakuthu falls nearby

Photo: KSEB · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

01 — The story

Viripara Weir is a low masonry diversion weir across the Upper Kallar river, a tributary of the Pooyankutty, in Mankulam village, Idukki district. Completed in 1961 to boost the Neriamangalam Hydroelectric Project, it sends water from the Upper Kallar through a short tunnel into the Kallarkutty reservoir.

The site is a favourite picnic spot, and two waterfalls are found here, Viripara Falls and Nakshathrakuthu Falls.

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02 — About

Coming soon

We’re still writing about Viripara Weir: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.