Went to Pulicat lake with Kaushik and Bala (Kaushik's colleague in office)this weekend.The lake is unique in a way that the maximum depth is about 6 feet. Its not a tourist spot as such so the crowd was not there and place was much cleaner as well. The water is clear as can been seen in some pics. Spent around 4 hours travelling around in a boat hired for Rs 600. The lake is close to Chennai- around 70Km ....on bike it took around 1.5 hrs to reach the place. On the way there is good scenery around as paddy farming all along the road stretch.We were lucky enough to spot the "Big Fish " which happen to enter the lake by mistake. If the slideshow is not running one can view the pics here.
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hey am from chennai. planning to make a trip to the lake tomorow. how is the place unique and different?
Hi Sindhiya,dont have regular net connectivity hence delayed response. In case you are yet to visit the place. Here are some of the features of place:
1. No crowd
2. The depth of lake is only 6 feet so you can see people just walking along in lake ( mostly for fishing)
3. Water is quite clean and transparent near the small islands
4. We were lucky to spot a big fish.....you might get lucky as well :)
5. The road to the lake is calm and with lot of trees. If no sun...even more pleasent experience.
hey thanks for thr info. i went to pulicat last sunday. must make another visit next week. since we went on a sunday (market day) it was pretty crowded, not with tourists but the locals. dint go into the islands cause of lack of time. shall do tat again. neways, thanks a lot. keeping my fingers crossed for the big fish!
Great! Hope your next visit was better and with less crowd :).
Hello Parsh,
Thank you a lot for posting your blog regarding such a nice place.........inspired to see the place by the photoes posted.
Planning to visit the place soon and hope to see the fish again........
Hello Parsh, thanks alot for the interesting info :) small world with the internet, im from Denmark (Skandinavia) me and my friend are planning to visit Tamilnadu on our trip to Asia, we have only 17 days and wants to make the best of it! Maby you can tell me where to go? we arrive in Tiruchirapalli June 11th 2009. Like to se some of the famous tempels, wildlife maby national parks. Can you name a few good places to go? I know you are not a travel agency and please let me know if you dont want to :)
best regards
Jan & Rehne
Hi Friends,
yes its a good place to visit. But also be aware of the danger there.
Be careful while going for a boat ride.My friend, his brother and nephew lost thier lives in the waters of pulicat on 12-04-09.
As the boatman was new he did not give any warnings to tourists. My friends wanted to take bath as the water was less,so they got down from the boat after 10kms from the shore. All of a sudden those who were trying to bath were pulled deep inside by the under water cyclone or something....
All the three from the same family is dead now. The boatmen did not know boating. Please be cautious, dont try to take bath in the waters. Please dont take risk.
Hi Jan,
Greetings from India. Yah internet has made world really small :). Denmark interesting.
I have not lived long in south India but can recommend few places.
1. Auroville (near Pondicherry).It is very different from usual places so would be interesting for you.
(http://parshwadeep.blogspot.com/2007/09/travel-to-pondicherry.html)
2. Tirupathi temple...If you are in Tamilnadu you cannot afford to miss it. It is the richest temple in India. (http://parshwadeep.blogspot.com/2007/08/tirupathi-temple-visit.html)
3. Golden Temple in Vellore
4. Mahabalipuram
Hope it helps.I will try to get info from local folks here on more temples information. Let me know your email so I can forward the information to you.
Thanks Deepa for posting the alert. It is sad to hear about what happened to your friends.
Hey!
We're a group of 9 people who would like to visit Pulicat tomorrow! By some stroke of luck if you read this in time, can you give us details of what we can do in a day, average expenses per person and the food options available in Pulicat.
Thanks!
Hi Khushi,
It has been almost 1.5 yrs since I had been there.We did not eat anything when I was there so it would be hard to comment on that part.Hire a boat or 2 boats ride for 4-5 hours and enjoy the lake. Easily available.You may find very few people around as it's a weekday. You can try going to the islands on extreme right of the lake. It has very clear water and u will a variety of shells( if you are interested in collection of same). Enjoy your trip !!
hai,
i plan to go pulicat lake with my grlfrnd ,she is like very much that place ,she wish to c there, so i need small qery .if there have any theft and roggers.how is that place.can v go together to that place ,is that safety place,please tell me.is there any bus available from chennai to pulicut.hoe long it take travelling time.
Hi
We plan a family visit to the pulicat lake.As many have said we think of a early start around 7:00am from the city.
Do we have any decent restaurants around the lake fit for a family, ladies
Hi Sakthi, not sure if responsing back in time. I dont recall seeing any good restaurants nearby the lake so not sure if you will get any. It has been 2 years since I went so you might find one.
Hello,
I have planned to travel to Pulicat Lake, but I heard its in AP and I have TN Bike will it cause anything there.
Thanks
Avinash
Hello, can anyone tell me will it cause to ride by bike over there as Lake comes under AP region and my Bike if Chennai (TN)
Not a problem at all... until u r into illegal activities... :D
You seem to have enjoyed well. Just came across yours searching for Pulicat blog posts... Nice one.
I just ventured there. Do visit mine...
My Travelogue - Pazhaverkadu aka Pulicat Lake
Can someone respond to dilip's request on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:32:00 PM.
The question is about the safety at Pulicate lake when we go with girlfriend/spouse.
Go in a group. Going alone with gf is not recommended.
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