Imagine lying beneath a dark rural sky, surrounded by the sounds of nature, watching streaks of light cross the heavens while staying on an organic farm. We are exploring the possibility of hosting a small group (maximum 8 participants) at Vaanavil Farm Stay during the peak of the Perseids Meteor Shower in August 2026. This…
Category: Experiences
Vaanavil diaries : April 2026
The poromboke pond has dried up fully and the land is thirsty for rains. Dawn and dusk are the only parts of the day one can comfortably spend outdoors without sweating. Fresh batch of Cacao Powder from Kaabaay arrived this month. We like to test out all batches before shipping to customers. And the cacao…
Vaanavil Diaries: March 2026
I will let the photo captions do all the explanation this month ๐ Regards Sudhakar
Summer VaanaVizha Immersion 2026 – A Farm Experience for Families
This summer, we are opening Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest to families with children aged 8โ15 for a very special 4-day farm experience. ๐ Friday morning to Monday evening ยท 4 days, 3 nights ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง 2 families per batch ยท Maximum 8 participants, Minimum 6 participants๐ Hosted at Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest, Vikramasingapuram, Tirunelveli…
Vaanavil Diaries : February 2026
Happenings and thoughts from Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest, Vikramasingapuram, Tirunelveli District I will let the photos do rest of the talking for our February story. Regards Sudhakar
A Taste of Farm Life: Experiences from 2 Hours to 2 Days at Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest
When people arrive at Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest, the first thing they say is, โThis doesnโt feel like a resortโฆ it feels like someoneโs home.โ And thatโs exactly what we want it to be. Most people see farms as places that produce food. But for us, Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest is a living…
Rising from the Rain : Our Compost Toilet Chronicles! December 2023
We lost our compost toilet’s walls, partially, and roof to the torrential downpour over the session that lasted 36+ hours in our farm between 16th December evening to 18th December noon. The deluge that occurred in Tirunelveli and neighbouring districts has been atrributed to cyclonic storm near Sri Lanka. We had transplanted our rice saplings…
Karadi Tales from in and around Vaanavil
Karadi | เฎเฎฐเฎเฎฟ (noun | Tamil) A horrendous incident involving a sloth bear and villagers occurred in a village less than 10 kms from our farm this month. A sloth bear had attacked a man riding on his bike and then mauled the faces of couple of men who came to his rescue. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/nov/07/sloth-bear-attacks-three-in-tenkasi-two-left-critical-2515727.html (Trigger…
Obituaries of the Wild around Vaanavil
~ 10 minute read Trigger warning : couple of photos in the blog include pictures of dead animals. We keep posting a lot of happy stories about the farm life and the domesticated animals we rear. But the complete picture is more uglier than the image social media prods us to create. We want to…
Introducing Vanya and our childbirth story
When Noushadya found out she was missing her periods in the month of May last year, she took a home pregnancy test. To be extra sure, she took it twice and then we informed our parents. To confirm the pregnancy, we visited a nursing home at Ambasamudram. And that’s how we had embarked on the…
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