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: 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 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…
Read MoreOoty, 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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