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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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'''Aravenu''' is a very small township  near [[Kotagiri]] of [[The Nilgiris District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="dictionary">{{cite book
|title=A Badaga-English Dictionary
|year=1992
|author=Paul Hockings |author2=Christiane Pilot-Raichoor
|isbn=3-11-012677-X
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a74HA_RX3rIC&pg=PA575
|page=575}}</ref>  The population is largely [[Badagas|Badaga]]<ref name="dictionary"/> and [[Tamils|Tamil]] . It is the headquarters of the Jakanarai [[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]].<ref name="dictionary"/>
It is located {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} from [[Kotagiri]] town on the [[Kotagiri]] to [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|Mettupalayam]]  [[SH15]].<ref name="dictionary"/> This is one of the [[Nilgiri Ghat Roads]]. A further road links Aravenu directly with [[Coonoor]] via [[Bandishola]].
[[Catherine Falls]] is located approximately {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} from Aravenu.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Nilgiris: a guide to the blue Mountains of South India
|year=2006
|author=Dharmalingam Venugopal
|isbn=
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWNuAAAAMAAJ&q=aravenu+%22catherine+falls%22
|page=117}}</ref>
The area is rich in wildlife.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}  Indian bison can be spotted grazing in the wooded areas. Other animals that thrive here include leopards, spotted deer and wild boar.
<gallery>
File:Catherine Falls Shola.jpg|Catherine Falls Shola
File:Amazing Valley.jpg|Amazing Valley
File:Catherine Falls 2.jpg|Catherine Falls
</gallery>
==References==
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{{Nilgiris district}}
{{coord|11|24|N|76|52|E|display=title}}
[[Category:Villages in Nilgiris district]]