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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Ooty, the Nilgiris: Hotel Mayura Sudarshan
Ooty has a wide range of places to stay ranging from budget hotels to expensive guest houses. One of the hotels to stay is Hotel Maurya Sudarshan. It is located in the green environs of Fern Hill, and close to…
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Ooty, the Nilgris District: Lovedale
Lovedale is a little town situated in the Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. Lovedale is one of the highest places above mean sea level in the Nilgiris. It is located about 5 km from Ooty the Queen of Hills with a…
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Gundlupete (Gundlupet): The Flower Pot of Karnataka, India
Gundlupete is a small town in the Chamarajanagar district, the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It is about 200 km from Bengaluru, the state capital of Karnataka, and about 60 km from Mysore (Mysuru). It…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris Distrtict: Kodanadu View Point
Kodanadu is described as ‘the galaxy of natural beauty’. It is located at about 19 km from Kotagiri in the eastern edge of the Nilgiri Hills and about 47 km from Ooty in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu in…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Ooty Preserved by Mary Patricia ‘Mollie’ Panter-Downs
One of the chroniclers of Ooty, the headquarters of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is Mary Patricia ‘Mollie’ Panter-Downes. She is the author of ‘Ooty Preserved: A Victorian Hill Station in India’ first published in…
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