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Photo: Ezhuttukari, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A viewpoint, according to legend one of the many hiding places of the Pandavas and Panchali. From a pond known as Panchalikkulam, the Makarajyothi, the divine flame lit during the pilgrimage season in Sabarimala, can be seen.
Panchalimedu is a hill station and view point near Kuttikkanam in Peerumedu tehsil of Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. On the Makar Sankranti day, many Ayyappa devotees camps there to witness the sacred Makaravilakku that appears in the Ponnambalamedu near Sabarimala temple.
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