I am planning to go to Kerala this Summer/June/July, and I have been at a cisiting-places spree for the past 2-3 years that I have visited Kerala, so when I came across a mail with beautiful pictures of the a waterfall - claiming to be India's Niagra falls - aathirapally waterfalls - I was amazed. Is this place for true. Can anyone please tell me more about it. Is it really such a beautiful place to visit and how to get there from Kochin. Also, if there are any places around/near it that could also be visited.?
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