Praveen Chandrasekaran

Mostly clean except a few water bottles. Areas around the temples at lower heights are littered but the summit temple area is clean mostly. Monkeys at the summit near temple - wouldn't recommend to open anything to eat there as monkeys sit in front of you expecting something. We took a slightly different start point adjacent to temple steps to avoid entering temple area with shoes. Ample parking at the temple. No places to eat near the base as its small villages except coffee stops. Better to finish the trek early and head back to the highway for a well deserved breakfast. The railings were pretty hot on descent by 930 already. So would recommend to start the trek as early as possible. Multiple other trails branch out here there that need exploration later.