Tamil Nadu’s First Dark Sky Park: Stargazing Magic Unveiled in Kolli Hills (Opened 27 February 2026)
A Gateway to the Cosmos: Tamil Nadu’s Newest Sanctuary for the Stars | Blog By Ravi Gopal I magine standing 1,350 meters above the plains on a clear February night in 2026. The cool mountain air carries the faint scent of wild jasmine and eucalyptus. As your eyes slowly adapt to the darkness over the next 20 minutes, the sky ignites into a breathtaking spectacle not just a few twinkling points, but thousands upon thousands of stars. The majestic Milky Way arches overhead like a glittering river of diamonds, the faint spiral arms of the Andromeda Galaxy become visible to the naked eye, and the glowing clouds of the Orion Nebula shimmer softly. This is not a faraway dream. This is the everyday reality at Tamil Nadu’s first Dark Sky Park , officially inaugurated on 27 February 2026 at the pristine Ariyur Shola Reserve Forest in Kolli Hills, Namakkal district. Forest Minister R.S. Rajakannappan inaugurated the ₹1 crore project remotely from Chennai in the presen...