OOTY:
Udhagamandalam (sometimes Ootacamund )sometimes abbreviated
Udhagai and better known as Ooty , is a town, a municipality, and the district
capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located
80 km north of Coimbatore. It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri
Hills. Originally occupied by the Todas, the area came under the rule of the
East India Company at the end of the 18th century. Today, the town's economy is
based on tourism and agriculture, along with manufacture of medicines and
photographic film. The town is connected to the rest of India by road and rail,
and its historic sites and natural beauty attract tourists.
TO REACH :
1.BY ROAD :
Ooty is situated on National Highway NH 67. It is connected by road to travelers from the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka via the five main accepted Nilgiri Ghat Roads. There is also a road from Mettupalayam (Coimbatore) to Ooty via Kotagiri and Manjur, which doesn't pass through Coonoor town.
Ooty, being the headquarters of Nilgiris district, has frequent buses connecting nearby towns in the district such as Coonoor, Kotagiri, and Gudalur. There are bus connections to most villages in the district via one of these three towns. There are also frequent bus connections to the nearby mainline railway stations of Mettupalayam and Coimbatore.
Ooty is well connected by good roads.
1. From Chennai (via Salem, Erode, and Coimbatore)-535 kilometers (332 mi)
2. From Coimbatore-80 kilometers (50 mi)
3. From Kodaikanal (via Coimbatore and Palani) -236 kilometers (147 mi).
4. From Mysore (via Gudalur)-155 kilometers (96 mi)
5. From Bangalore (via Mysore)-290 kilometers (180 mi)
6. From Kozhikode-187 kilometers (116 mi)
7. From Kochi (via Coimbatore and Palakkad)-281 kilometers (175 mi)
2.BY RAIL:
Ooty is connected by a lightly connecting train service. The railway station for Ooty is Udhagamandalam railway station. Mettupalayam provides the interchange between 'The Nilgiri Passenger' NMR metre gauge service and the Nilgiri Express broad gauge service. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is one of the oldest mountain railways in India. The NMR was declared by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in July 2005. This connects Ootacamund with the town of Mettupalayam, at the foothills of the Nilgiri Mountains. It is the only rack railway in India, and uses the Abt system.
TRAIN TIMINGS:
Things to Know:
The major trains between Chennai and Mettupalayam -Nilagiri Exp (12671).
3.BY AIR:
Ooty does not have a civilian airport.The nearest airports are ,
1.Coimbatore (96 kilometres (60 mi))
2.Kozhikode(141 kilometres (88 mi))
3. Bangalore (309 kilometres (192 mi))
EXPLORE OOTY:
Places To Visit in OOTY are as follows,
1.Botanical Garden
2.Rose Garden
3.Pykara Lake/ Pykara Boat House
4.Doddabetta Peak
5.Ooty Lake
6.St. Stephen's Church
7.Government Museum
