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Ooty (2286 m) is a popular hill station in Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. Ooty is the district headquarters of the Nilgiri district. The place name Udhagamandalam was changed durung the British rule to Ootacamund and later shortened to Ooty. Udhagamandalam is ahotened in Tamil to Udhagai. The original inhabitants of the area were Toda tribals. Toda huts can be found at Kandal Mund near Old Ooty and high areas of Botanical garden.



Mr John Sullivan, the then Governor of Coimbatore, developed the town. The rack railway and the toy train were oprational since 1908. The Mettupalayam - Ooty toy train route (Nilgiri Mountain Railway, steam locomotive) is a UNESCO World heritage Site.

Tea is cultivated in Coonoor and Kotagiri. In Ooty, homemade chocolates are popular.

Government Botanical Garden video

In this 1847 AD park, a flower show is held in every May. The garden has a 20-million-year-old fossilized tree. The park has rare trees (like the cork tree, the paper bark tree, and the monkey puzzle tree), flowering bushes and plants, ferns and orchids.



Ooty lake video

This artificial lake built by John Sullivan is 2.5 km long located near the bus stand. Boating is the major tourist attraction.



Daodabetta (2,623 m) is the highest peak in Ooty (10 km) and has road access.

Distance Chart : Ooty has frequent bus connections to nearby main cities. Nearest Rail head (broad gauge) is Coimbatore. Nearest Airport is at Coimbatore.

Ooty is 18 km from Coonoor, 78 km from Coimbatore, 155 km from Mysore (via Gudalur), 187 km from Calicut, 290 km from Bangalore.

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Mysore Dasara, 2010

The 400th Dussehra was celebrated from 8 to 17th October, 2010 at Myosre, Karnataka. Dasara literally means tenth day. The Dasara procession starts from the Mysore palace at around 4 pm and the procession takes nearly 2 hour to pass Banni Mantap point. At last comes idol of goddess Chamundi in a golden howdah on caparisoned elephant. Palace will be illuminated during the festival. Exhibition at the Doddakere grounds is a major crowd puller.



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This popular walkway in Kochi city starts from high Court junction to Rajendra Maidan. One can enjoy the breeze, fine views of Sea mouth, Vembanad lake and the harbour ships. GCDA Shopping Complex is a major shopping arcade, Rainbow bridge, boat jetty and Taj Residency Hotel are nearby.

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