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.