Goat is an agile, hollow-horned ruminant of the family Bovidae. It is closely related to sheep, native to rocky and mountainous regions. Goats are widely distributed wherever they are domesticated, and there are different varieties of them. In astronomy and astrology,…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Manjur
Ooty the Queen of Hills in the Indian subcontinent and the Nilgiris district in south India has many places of interest to travel. One of the places is Manjur. Manjur is one of the scenic towns in India located in…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: River Moyar (Mayar)
River Moyar (Mayar) is an east flowing river that originates in the Mudumalai, Bandipur, and Wayanad National Parks in the Western Ghats of peninsular India. It drains the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu and borders with Karnataka in southern India….
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Kalhatti Ghat Road, 36 Hairpin Bends
Ooty, the Queen of Hills in the Indian subcontinent, in the Nilgiris district is connected through five ghat roads. Most of the Nilgiris district is located in the Nilgiri Hills, which is part of the Western Ghats. The ghats roads…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: The Ghat Roads
Ooty, Kotagiri, Coonoor, and the other towns and villages in the Nilgiris district are connected to the surrounding towns of Tamil Nadu, and the states of Kerala and Karnataka, in southern Indian through five ghat roads. Most of the Nilgiris…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Lovedale Railway Station, Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Lovedale Railway Station, Nilgiri Mountain Railway Lovedale is neither a village nor a town located in the outer part of Ooty, the Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. Lovedale is one of the highest places above mean sea…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Nilgiri Mountain Railway Nilgiri Mountain Railway in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu in southern India is a metre gauge railway line (1,000 mm, 3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) built during the British colonial era in 1908. Nilgiris Mountain Railways…
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Social Protection for Citizens in the times of Covid-19: Innovations at EPFO Delhi West, India
India is a not a welfare State but the State has established some social security for its citizens. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is the Social Security desk of the Government of India. Few realize that this is amongst the…
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Story of a Learned PIG
Story of a Learned PIG by Uttam Prakash Once upon a time there lived a respected devout Hindu Brahmin in a village on the foot hills of Himalayas. He devoted all his time either in praise of the God or…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Pykara, Pykara Lake, Pykara Waterfalls, Pykara Bridge
Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Pykara, Pykara Lake, Pykara Waterfalls, Pykara Bridge Pykara Lake and Pykara Waterfalls are two of the many important places of interest in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu in southern India, and are close to the…
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