MADRAS REGIMENTAL CENTER

                                                   

                                                 MADRAS REGIMENTAL CENTER

MRC Wellington Camp is located near Coonoor. The Military College also located next to it.The training including shooting will be given to the people who are all selected for the South Indian Army.The morphological toys of army soldiers have set at the entrance of this place.

Since the summer season has begun in Ooty, the tourists coming from other states including Kerala and Karnataka who travel to Coonoor Sims Park via MRC Center are very eager to visit the morphological toys of soldiers which were set at the entrance.

The special arrangements have been made here for the tourists.The tourists are permitted to take the photographs in this place.They are also allowed to visit the Army Camp from the road.The visitor's number has been increasing day by day.The tourists show more interest to take photography in this place.

FAMOUS RELIGIOUS PLACES IN OOTY

                                               
                                          FAMOUS RELIGIOUS PLACES IN OOTY


The most wonderful temples and churches you can visit during your trip to this popular hill town. A shine is not just a place of worship, rather it is also the place where you can spend some time in complete serenity and find the nobility of living through spiritual insights. Although Ooty is mostly taken as a cozy retreat in the proximity of nature, it has its share of the holy places as well. visiting a temple in the hills can prove out to be very relaxing indeed. In Ooty the most visited sacred place is the Kandal cross Shine, Annamalai Temple at Kil Kundha post, it is little outside the main hill town, but nevertheless, devotes keep coming here in a large number.Other notable temples in Ooty are Toda temple in Vannarapetai, Murugan Temple on Elk Hill, Stephen church etc.

KANDAL CROSS SHINE

Kandal Church is a popular and very holy place of worship in Ooty. This Roman Catholic church is considered a Holy Sine and is also the Calvary of Tamil Nadu. Kandal Church is also called the Jerusalem of the East.  Kandal church to be the powerful place where people's wishes will come true. It attracts people from all spiritual. It is also believed that if you pray here, you can be cured of illnesses. The church is believed to be very holy among the Roman Catholics. They believe that it showers holy blessing on the pilgrims and tourists who visit the shrine.




ANNAMALAI TEMPLE

Annamalai Ashram Temple was founded by Guru Krishanandaji, where people of all classes, castes, and nationality do " Anna- Dana" to the people who come for worshiping Lord  Murugan during Karthigai days every month. There is a waiting list of over hundred people to do "Anna - Dana". It is crustacean, serene and picturesque location with pure fresh air surrounded by the tea estates planted with silver oak trees making it a suitable and congenial places from practicing meditation.The Annamalai Temple is a place of great importance and religious significance among the worshipers of Lord  Murugan.




MURUGAN TEMPLE  ELK HILL 

Elk Hill Murugan Temple is set on Elk Hill which is considered one of the most beautiful hills in Ooty. The temple is dedicated to Lord Muruga who is well known as the revered warrior god. Set amid a picturesque backdrop, Elk Hill Murugan Temple is the star attraction of Ooty. The temple offers a panoramic view of the valley which promises to leave every visitor amazed. The temple is known to feature brilliant architecture. Elk Hill Murugan Temple is known to feature brilliant architecture. Elk Hill Murugan Temple is one among the most revered temples of the town.


TODA  TEMPLE 

The  Toda People are a small pastoral tribal community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in the hill country of southern India. Before the 18th century and British Colonization the Toda coexisted locally with other ethnic communities, including the Kota, Baduga, and Kuruba, in a loose cast- like society, in which the today was the top ranking During the 20th century, the toad population has hovered in the range 700-900.  It has fabulous designs in nearby stores- all at one places today temple, wherever as it also has good architecture and also culture verses from other religions. 


ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH 

St. Stephen's church of Ooty, dates back to the 19th Century. It is one of the churches built under British Raj. Stephen  Rumbold Lushingtone, who was the Governor of Madras, laid the foundation for the church on April 23, 1829, Captain  Johne James Underwood was the architect in charge of the construction of the Church the entire church was build using high-quality wood.The timber was taken from Tipu Sultan's place on the island of Sirangapatna, after the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the hands of Britishers.After Independence, the church came under the control of  CSI  church of south India. It is interesting to note that the church does not show any wear and tear even after so many years.

GRAND MERCHANDISES OF OOTY

                                                       GRAND MERCHANDISES OF OOTY


One of the most popular tourist places in India. The charming hill station of Ooty is frequented by a large number of tourists all around the year. People visit Ooty not only for its beauty and also for the famous pieces.


                                                                                                  ACRES WILD

Acres wild cheese farm is located in Coonoor where it is a small hill station in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu State in South India. It is about 20 km from Ooty. Making gourmet or artisan cheese from the milk of our hybrid Jersey and Holstein cows is a key activity at the farm. Gourmet or artisan cheese is handmade nature- rind cheese, the outcome of months of painstaking care and nurturing. Each of these cheeses has an independent flavor, and unlike processed cheeses, they carry the flavors of their natural habits. Depending on the period of aging, the texture and flavor of these cheeses beat from mild and soft to sharp, dry, and hard.All the cheeses are made of microbial rennet and therefore 100% vegetarian

                                                                                              THE GREEN SHOP

 Fresh, organically grown strawberries or avocados can be obtained in the green shop. Green Shop sells fruits and vegetables organically grown by locals. Fruits and vegetables sold here are exotic and sometimes rare. They also sell fresh honey here. whereas you can find best Epicures can also get fresh spices like cloves, nutmeg, pepper, and cardamom from The Green Shop in Ooty. Part of a chain of stores, this is an initiative of the Keystone Foundation, a fair trade organization that works with indigenous communities in the Nilgiris. The shop also stocks organic products like honey and shawls and bags made by tribals

                                                                                   HAND MADE CHOCOLATES

                                                                                 There, some  unspoken connection between Ooty and homemade chocolates and fudge . You can't out it into words, It's just one of those things , One of the most popular places to visit in Ooty is Charing Cross .Walk into any decent or even half decent bakery or conveniences store and you'll find them, shopping in Ooty is incomplete without boxes of chocolates from everyone you known .Milk chocolates ,dark chocolates , while chocolates , with almonds , cashews ,walnut,raisins, strawberries, if you're lucky enough to know someone locally it is inevitable that either ther or some they known in the neighborhood definitely makes chocolates at home 

                                                                                   
                                                                                           

OOTY TEA ESTATE

                                                             OOTY TEA ESTATE

Ooty is known as "Queen Of Hills" by its beautiful picture frames of nature.whereas half of the beauty is occupied by the tea plantations in the Niligir. You can find best tea dust of Ooty all over India. Every movie will have at least one photocopy of Ooty tea estates.The hill station is known to have some of the grand and visual pleasing tea plantation of the country.A parentage of different tea types is produced in India and also exported from India to countries like U.K and U.S.A.The plantation of  Ooty not only provide ethereal viewpoints to the visitors it also source of huge revenue of the country.

Nilgiri tea plantations are represented by the Nilgiri Planters' Association, which is an organizational member of the United Planters Association of South India (UPASI), headquartered in Coonoor. UPASI is the peak body representing plantation owners in South India. However, plantations only account for around 30% of tea production in Nilgiri District. The vast majority of production is undertaken by small growers, who typically own less than one hectare each. The majority of Nilgiri tea small growers are the Badagas, a local community of agriculturists.

The acreage under tea grew every year as more sholas and grasslands came under cultivation.  The planter’s lifestyle which was once austere became lavish. Beautiful bungalows overlooking pristine valleys, waterfalls and mountain peaks were built to accommodate the managers.  The estate gardens became a category in itself as managers’ wives vied with each other to bag the prize for the best estate garden at the Ooty Flower Show.

ORIGIN OF UDAGAMANDALAM

                                                        THE ORIGIN OF UDAGAMANDALAM


The origin of the name Udagamandalam is obscure. The name probably changed under British rules to Udagamandalam from Ootacamund, and later was shortened to Ooty. Ooty is situated in the Nilgiri hills.The tribes were the first to occupy Ooty.

The beautiful botanical paradise was first brought to the public eye by John Sullivan, Collector of Coimbatore district in 1819. But prior to this in 1812, the first Englishmen who were sent up the Nilgiris by the Collector of Coimbatore, were Mr. Keys, Assistant Revenue Surveyor, and his Assistant, McMahon. They made their way via Dananayakan Kottai to Arcade and the existing village of Dead, and penetrated as far as Kallatti, the lower level of North Ooty, but never set their eyes on the beautiful valley in which Ooty lay. After Keys' visit, there was no further expedition until 1818 when J.C.Whish and N.W.Kindersly (Asst. and second Asst. to the Collector of Coimbatore respectively) went up by the Dananayakan Kottai-Dead route, crossed the plateau in a south-western direction and descended by the Sundapatti pass from Manjakombai to the Bhavani valley and then went back to Coimbatore.

Ooty is rightly described as "QUEEN OF HILLS" by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, now sprawls over an area of 36 sq km with a number of tall buildings cluttering its hill slopes.It is situated at an altitude of 2,204 meters above sea level. Ooty still woos people from all over India as well as foreign countries right through summer, and sometimes in the winter months too. An added attraction for the mountain train journey on a ratchet and pinion track.

TOY TRAIN OOTY

                                                          TOY TRAIN OOTY

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) IS A 1,000 mm meter gauge railway in Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908, and is operated by the Southern Railways.NMR is the only rack railway in India.The railway relies on its fleet of steam locomotives, For the past several years diesel locomotives have taken over from steam on the section between Connor and Udhagamandalam. Local people and tourists have led a campaign to return to the use of steam locomotives in this section.

In July 2005, UNESCO added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the World Heritage Site of  Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the site then became known as mountain railways of India.The Nilgiri Mountain Railway toy train is the highlight of a visit to the popular hill settlement of Ooty, in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu.Established in the early 19th Century by the British as the summer heat.

Although the railway was proposed in 1854, it wasn't complete until 1908 as the rocky terrain and thickly forested hills made the work difficult.An additional train service sometimes runs during the peak summer tourist season from April to June.

TRIBES IN OOTY

                                                            TRIBES IN OOTY

The major tribes of Nilgiris are are the Toda,  Badaga, Kota, Irula, and Kurumba. The old Tamil work Silappadikram states that the Chera king senguttavan, who ruled during the 2nd century CE, on this way to the Himalayas in the north, stayed in the Nilgiris and witnessed the dance of the Kannadigas. After that Ooty was fully occupied by the Toda along with other hill tries who coexisted through sensationalists with the trade. The Toda people were known for raising water buffalo.


The Region was ruled by various dynasties like Satavahanas, Kadambas, Rashtrakutas, Cheras, Gangas, Cholas, Hoysalas, the Vijayanagara empire and the Rajas of Ummaattur, In the eighteenth century.The region was captured by Tipu Sultan, before the lands were ceded to the British East Indian Company, according to the British empire Ooty was the summer capital of Madras Presidency, Today the nearby town of Wellington is home to the Madras Regiment of the Indian Army.

The people of Ooty totals to a population of 762,141 residents according to the survey of 2001 with 59.65% of urban dwellings. The literacy rate of Ooty is 81.44% considered as one of the highest in the State of Tamil Nadu. The various tribes that maintained and preserved their own distinct cultures and traditions constitute the real wealth of the nigiri and add to be the beauty of the hills.

HINDUSTAN PHOTO FILIMS

                                                    HINDUSTAN PHOTO FILMS

   Hindustan photo films is an Indian -based public sector manufacture of photographic films, cine films, X-ray films.It constituted in 1960 with the prime aim to make the country autonomous in the field of Photosensitized goods.The Hindustan Photo Films is known to be the only unified manufacture of Photosensitized products in the entire South East Asia Continent. This is the only Industrial   Units that the house of technology to manufacture the principal products for the medical sector, photographic sector, Defense Sector and Digital market sector by using International standards of fabrications.

The Hindustan Photo Films was officially inaugurated on January 1967 by Mrs. Indra Gandhi, the former and First Lady Prime Minster of India, Presently, the Hindustan Photo Films plant produce varied type Indu Roll Films that helps in Photography purpose and is used in the photographic sector.

Accommodations are given to employers and to their families nearby of the factory, whereas it is situated near the lake. Accusations are provided to the staff members. Hindustan Photo Films is an Ideal of Ooty.

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OOTY

Kendriya Vidyalaya H.P.F is located at Indunagar Ooty in the Nilgiris   " The Queen of Hills". It was started in 1977 catering to 823 students from class I to XII. Vidyalaya has maintained with good academic standards since its intercepted as a one of the best school in Ooty. The infrastructure and activities develop the student in all-around personality with the good and beautiful environment using modern technology. 

INDOOR ACTIVITIES

A number of activities are conducted for the students to develop their skills in the various fields. The activities are allocated month wise at the beginning of each academic year.Students can choose their own clubs based on their interest and talents.Each club will have a captain among students as well as the faculties. Every Friday of the week students will have activities like Dancing, singing, speech, drawing, and writing, Drama etc to prove the talents of the students.The prizes will be given based on the marks of each performance in way of encouraging all the students.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

The school students have won many cups and medals in all outdoor games. Kendriya Vidyalaya contains the number of athletes, sports men's and women's.Football players and also cricket players who have given the pride to the school. Camps are conducted by the scout and guides in all over India.Olympiads are conducted for the students in national level to improve the knowledge of students. Medals and pride are won by the students in National level science resets and competition.


The syllabus of the Kendriya Vidyalaya is CBSE, which makes students to face any other difficult exams outer.Each student is well trained in both English and Hindi.were extra languages like French, German and Sanskrit are trained to the students.Smart class is provided to make the students understand well.Teaches are the back bone of the students which makes the talents of the students to achieve their victory path.

CLIMATE OF OOTY

                                                             CLIMATE OF OOTY

Ooty is not only famous for Tourist spots whereas it is also famous for its cold climate.If you are a nature freak, then you don't have to bother about the climate conditions of Ooty. Truly speaking this climate conditions remain mild in pleasing climate throughout the year.The weather  condition will be pleasant in the summer whereas winters cool, and monsoon are enticing, Nonetheless, the best time to visit Ooty is from October to June.But when you plan the trip with your family to Ooty it is better to be aware of the best time of Ooty.

The temperature in Ooty in October will be between 15 degrees to 20 degrees whereas the bracing November bears the temperature of 12 degrees and 15 degrees. Ooty peak winter will be in the month of December and January dwells in range of 5 degrees and 10 degrees whereas it hopes to be spring.The temperature in February and March will be 15 degrees to 22 degrees.

You can enjoy the pleasant climate in the months of April and May when rest of India is reviving the heat of summer.The temperature will 22  degrees to a maximum of 27 degrees from June, after the first shower the temperature reduces to   17 degrees. But the nature lovers can enjoy the green fresh look beautiful places in Monsoon season.