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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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Pykara Dam, River Pykara
Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Pykara Dam, River Pykara Pykara is a village and river about 19 kilometres from Ooty or Udhagamandalam, the headquarters of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The journey to the village presents views…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: The Nilgiri Library, 1859
Ooty, the Nilgiris District: The Nilgiri Library, 1859 One of the colourful two-storeyed buildings in Ooty is The Nilgiri Library. The Victorian building in the Nilgiris district is daubed in terracotta-red and white. It has a high-ceilinged central reading room…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: The Lawrence School
Ooty is not only a tourist destination for some but for few it is the destination for boarding schools. Two of the well-known schools are The Lawrence School in Lovedale and Good Shepherd International School. The school focuses not only…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Good Shepherd International School
Good Shepherd International School is a full-time residential school located in Ooty, or Ootacamund in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu in south India. It has a 188-hectare campus with indoor sports complexes, rifle ranges, fields and courts for tennis, football,…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Karnataka Siri Horticulture Garden
One of the newest gardens worthwhile to visit in Ooty is Karnataka Siri Horticulture Garden (KSHG). It is developed next to Hotel Maurya Sudarshan on Fern Hill in Ooty by the Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka, India. The garden…
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