Ooty, the Queen of Hill Stations, is a paradise for nature lovers, adventure seekers, and those looking for a tranquil escape. However, there's a catch – it can get incredibly crowded during the Ajutha Pooja long holidays. With thousands of tourists flocking to this serene destination, the demand for accommodations, transportation, and activities skyrockets. In this blog, we'll discuss the challenges you might face when visiting Ooty during these peak times and why prior bo

Dasara Holiday Crowd in Ooty: A Vibrant Blend of Festivity and Serenity - Book Ooty Cabs in Advance to Avoid Last-Minute Unavailability

Ooty, also known as Udhagamandalam, is a charming hill station nestled in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. It is renowned for its lush greenery, serene landscapes, and a tranquil atmosphere that attracts tourists throughout the year. However, during the festive season of Dasara, this picturesque hill station co

Planning any Ooty Trip? If so, then this article would help you to know about the procedure to be followed for travel during this lockdown.

Update on 3rd July

No Epass Required to enter Ooty from 5th of July, with 50% occupancy all hotels and sightseeing places will be opened

Partial Market vendors are asked to open thier shops in random wise

Nilgiris district recorded a very heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday and witnessed many landslips along the road from Mettupalayam to Coonoor. Due to the uprooted trees and landslip, there was a heavy traffic problem near Marapalam.

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway was also delayed due to the heavy downpour. Many trees were uprooted by the strong winds near Nondimedu and Burliar. Due to the traffic problem, the vehicles were rerouted via Kotagiri. Traffic to Manjo

Todas are the ancient tribals of the Nilgiris and they are renowned and famous for their hand-woven embroidery and handicraft products. Most of the tourists visiting Ooty are interested in buying the Toda's embroidery products including the handkerchief, shawls, bags, carpets and other hand-woven products.

Now a days, due to the growth of the online shopping and marketing, many of the embroidery products designed by the Toda artisans are copied by non-triba

Nilgiris is famous for its green dense forest and cool weather condition all round the year. Ooty has many sightseeing places like Ooty Botanical garden, Rose garden, Boat house, Dodabetta peak, Pykara falls, Shooting spot, and Pine forest to attract the tourists.

The number of local and foreign tourists visiting Ooty increases year by year. Due to the continuous holidays for schools, colleges and industries on behalf of vinayaka chathurthi, large number of tou

Ooty is usually overcrowded with tourists from various parts of the states during the peak season in April and May and during second season from September to December, but this time before the onset of the second season, thousands of tourists thronged the Ooty town due to the continuous holidays for the Independence Day.

The various sightseeing attractions such as Government Botanical Garden, Ooty Rose Garden, Pykara and Theppakadu Reception Center in Mudumalai

Ooty has become a hotspot for the adventurous activities of the tourists. The reserve forest areas in and around Avalanche, Mukurthi National Park, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, and Silent Valley are main attractions for the tourists preferring adventurous activities such as camping, trekking, cycling and hiking.

Even though the entry of tourists into reserve forest area is strictly prohibited, some of the tour

The 13th vintage car show was flagged off at the YMCA ground in Ooty on 6th August, to welcome the second season starting from September to December. Nearly 60 cars and 40 motorcycles participated in the car show rally in Ooty.

The car show was flagged off by the Collector Innocent Divya at the Tamizhagam Bungalow. Huge crowd gathered to have a look at the cars such as Fiat 500 Topolino, Humber Hawk, Austin A30 and A40, Morris Minor and Chevys, and motorcycles

The Forest department of Nilgiris has initiated a search operation to find and capture a lion-tailed macaque which has bit two children in Manjacombai village in Kundah Forest Range. The District Forest Officer of Nilgiris South Division has ordered the forest staff to capture the macaque quickly. The cages with fruits have been placed in several places in the village to trap the animal.

The macaque is one of the most endangered primates and it usually lives on

A simple hand-held device is now being used by Gudalur forest department to chase away elephants. The device known as PVC gun is safe for both the staff and the elephants. The gun uses calcium carbide which is mixed with water, to produce gas which is triggered to produce a loud bang sound to drive away the elephants roaming inside the villages into the forest area.

Since calcium carbide is very cheaper, the gun is less expensive to produce. The gun is being us

Nilgiris district witnessed heavy rainfall with storm that uprooted many trees in almost all parts of the district yesterday. A huge tree fell down at Khandal near Ooty at the early morning due to strong wind during the rainfall.

Many trees have fallen on the road at Naduvattam, Ooty to Manjoor road, Ooty to Pykara road and Parson's Valley.

The fire and rescue department of the district were alerted to remove the trees on the ro

The tea factories in the Nilgiris have announced to stop operation of the factory from 15th July 2017, due to the payment settlement issue between the buyers and sellers. After the implementation of GST, the large tea buyers have been demanding to use old transaction method between buyers and sellers via the brokers.

As the tea producers have objected to the payment system being made through the brokers, the large tea buyers have stopped the purchase of tea fro

Nilgiris district usually receives heavy rainfall during northeast and southwest monsoons, so that the dams, waterfalls and rivers receive more water flow during these rainy season. But in the last two years, the district received only less rainfall which is below the normal rainfall level. This caused drying up of many lakes, rivers and waterfalls.

More specially, the kalhatti falls located on the Ooty to Mysore road, is dried up due to the insufficient rainfa

Mr.P.Sankar, the present collector of Nilgiris was replaced by a new collector Ms. Innocent Divya, who is a 2009 batch IAS officer. She was appointed as a new collector of the Nilgiris on July 10, 2017.

Ms. Divya was previously working as a special officer at Chief Minister's cell and in Chennai Corporation and as Deputy Secretary of the Food and Consumer Protection Department.

She addressed the press and told that her main aim

For the first time, a rarest species of 'white tiger' was spotted in Nilgiris by a wildlife photographer - Mr.Nilanjan Ray. The picture of the white tiger with pale white color skin has kindled the interest among the conservationists and forest department to find whether the skin color is due to genetic mutation or not.

The photographer has spotted the white tiger during his trip to Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. The picture of the white tiger was reviewed

Due to insufficient food and water in the forest, many wild animals including elephants and deer enter the cultivated and agricultural lands in the villages near the border between gudalur and mudumalai tiger reserve. These animals move from forest and enter the village during the evening or night time, in search of food and this has caused panic among the village residents.

The wild animals have destroyed the banana, coconut and palm trees in the agricultural

Nilgiris district has been witnessing heavy rainfall from the starting of June month. Even though the heavy downpour has made the farmers happy, it has also caused some havoc to ooty and gudalur. Landslides and tree fall are most common problems occurring during the rainy season. This year also, many areas in ooty and gudalur are mainly affected by landslides.

Pandalur, one of the small town in gudalur is worst affected by landslide. Due to the continuous rainfall and landslide,

Numerous vehicles hit the tourist destination-Ooty every day, as thousands of tourists from local and outstation visit Ooty. Due to the lack of adequate parking lot in Ooty, many tourists and public leave their vehicle on the sides of the road.

Many vehicles have been parked in a long queue along the sides of the road near Ooty racecourse. Due to the vehicle parking problem, traffic congestion and accidents have become common in Ooty.

Moreover vehicles parked on the f

The officials of the food safety department conducted a sudden inspection in various shopping complexes, bakeries, hotels and restaurants in gudalur in Nilgiris district, based on the complaints regarding sale of expired food products and cool drinks.

During the inspection, many expired food items, bakery items, snacks, and unpreserved meat and fish were seized by the district officer of food safety department.

The officials seized Rs.50,000 worth expired food product

The usage of plastic bags was banned in the Nilgiris district a few years ago, to prevent the environmental pollution in the hill station. Ever since the ban, frequent inspection of the tourist's vehicle is being carried out to check the usage of plastic bags by the tourists. An amount of Rs. 2000 has been fined as penalty to the tourists carrying plastic bags in their vehicle.

Most of the tourists visiting the Ooty botanical garden, Rose garden,

Due to the onset of the southwest monsoon in the Nilgiris district, the district collector of Nilgiris, Mr.Shankar has announced to set up the control rooms in 6 taluks in the Nilgiris districts, to help the public during any emergency in the rainy season.

A meeting was held in the Tribal cultural center in the Nilgiris district, to discuss about the precautionary steps to be taken during the southwest monsoon season. The collector said that around 466 schools and community cent

The forest department of Nilgiris conducts the bird count in the Nilgiris district every year, to know about the different kinds of birds and the number of birds inhabiting the Queen of Hills.

This year, the Wildlife Association of Kotagiri performed the bird count survey in the mountainous slopes of Nilgiris and found that the bird count has drastically increased compared to the last year, due to the perfect weather condition prevailing in the Nilgir

One of the oldest ponds is located at Masinagudi Bazar in Mudumalai. The water level was less during last year due to less rainfall. The wildlife animals and birds were suffered due to lack of drinking water. But now there is a continuous rain for the past two weeks in this area. This greatly benefited the wildlife animals and birds.

The pond in lush green surroundings and a Blue Mounta

In the early stage, the people are dependent on a Mountain Train in order to travel from Mettupalayam to Ooty.The Mountain Train was established during the British period.It is still operating from Mettupalayam to Ooty.The distance of the railway track is 46.61 kilometres.There are totally 212 bends, 16 tunnels and 31 large bridges and 219 small bridges present in this railway path.

The first train has been starting at morning 7.15 am from Mettupalaya

William Graham McIvor (1824-8 June 1876) was a Scottish gardener and superintendent of the Neilgherry Cinchona plantations in Ooty, India who was responsible for the successful launching of cinchona plants in the Nilgiris in the 1860s.

He established the Botanical Garden at Ootacamund and served there until his death.He built a park at Charingcross in Ooty.He planted various plan

The death anniversary of Mr. J. W. Breeks, the first commissioner of the Nilgiris was observed on 6th June by the government officials at the graveyard in St. Stephen's church near the collector office of Ooty.

Mr. Venugopal, the Director of Nilgiris Documentation Centre, and Mr. E.M. Murali Kumar, president of Nilgiris Hotels and Restaurants Association participated in t

There was a severe drought for the last three months in Mudumalai Forest Area. There was a shortage of food and water for wild animals due to drought. The wild animals have entered the lands and damaged the crops while in searching of water. The farmers and civilians were affected by all sides. Since there was a frequent summer rain poured in Mudumalai which reduces the summer heat and glowing climate prevailed in this place. Also, south-west monsoon rain started at Nilgiri District which

The Honourable Minister went to Ooty Boat House and visited that spot. The Nilgiri District Collector Mr Shankar also went with him. Minister Velamandi Natarajan told the officials to take steps to set up preventive fences in order prevent the plastic and Lotus wastages mix into the lake water.

He said to the reporters," Full effort will be taken to start a Helicopter Service in Ooty. The action will

The summer festival has started on a good step with the inauguration of a vegetable show in Kotagiri. The Rose show was held on 13th May in Ooty Rose Garden.

The flower show has begun today (19th May 2017) and will be held till May 21.Our Tamilnadu Chief Minister Mr Edappadi Palaniswamy has inaugurated the function.

The flowers are blossoming at different colours in Ooty Botanical Garden which gives a visual treat to the eyes .Every

Since the summer festival had already begun in Ooty, the number of visitors also more to Ooty. The tourists are kept enjoying the seasonal shows in the Nilgiri District. The summer seasonal shows include Vegetable Show, Rose Show, Boat Race, Flower Show and Fruit Show. All the seasonal shows will be mostly held on weekends. The vegetable show and rose show were held on last two weekends. Yesterday the boat race has been held at Ooty Boat

        The opening and closing time is 7.00 am and 6.30 pm respectively. Entry fee is Rs 30/- for adults and Rs 15/- for kids(Below 10 yrs), Camera Fee: Rs 50, Video Camera: Rs 100. The number of visitors will be more on these dates so go as early as possible to avoid wasting the time by standing in a long queue. The police helping station is located just opposite to t

The opening ceremony of photo exhibition was held on 07th May 2017. The Nilgiri District Collector Mr Sankar inaugurated the function. The rare pictures of wild animals and old ancient photos of Nilgiris were displayed for the tourists in this exhibition.

“The photo exhibition was organised for tourists to know about the Nilgiri District. The various photos of the Nilgiris were displayed in this exhibition. This photo exhibition will be held till 31st of May”, The Ni

MRC Wellington Camp is located near Coonoor.The Miltary 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 t

The world famous Ooty Summer Festival - 2017 is held annually in the Queen of Hills - Ooty during the month of May. The Summer Festival which includes flower show, fruit show, vegetable show, rose show and spice show, attracts a huge number of tourists to Ooty. Different verities of flowers, fruits and vegetables, and several images of animals and birds decorated with flowers are displayed during the Summer Festival to provide a visual treat to the tourists.

Ooty Rose Garden is one of the best rose parks in India.It was opened on 100th Anniversary Day of Flower Show.There were only 700 varieties of flower plants present in the Rose Garden during an opening ceremony.

Currently, this park has 36,000 rose plants with 4,000 different varieties.The roses which will bloom in different colours such as blue, red, yellow, white and black.Ooty rose gard

Every year Horse Race starts on the Tamil New Year Day(14th April) in Ooty. It has been conducted in Ooty from the British period. This Horse Race is being enjoyed by the tourists.

This year Horse Race was started yesterday. Eight races have taken place yesterday. This Horse Racing will be taking place till the mid of June month (June 16th, 2017).

The Horses were running at a

Kallatti road becomes one of the important roads of Nilgiri Mountain. Every day thousands of vehicles are coming and going through this path. This road is very helpful for the tourists who are all coming from Karnataka, Kerala and from the north tourists. So the tourists prefer this path for their trip to the Nilgiri District.

This Kallatty mountain road is located in the midst of the forest. Kallatti falls

The Nilgiri District also known as Queen of hill station has a pleasant climate throughout the year.As it is situated at the trijunction of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu states, there are numerous tourists are visiting this charming hill station.

The tourists who come here will be visiting the key attraction places including Ooty Botanical garden, Read more

There are various birds found in the Kern Hill Forest.Suspension bridge formed between the trees and View Point Tower are other specialities of this place.In addition, Wild Animal Exhibition Gallery also set up at this place.The photographs of various bird species keep at the museum and also setup has made like one can hear the sound of that bird when touching that particular picture of the bird.

As most of the tourists are not aware of this tourist s

Coonoor Sim’s Park which is run by the Horticulture Department.It is one of the major tourist destination in Coonoor.There is an Orchard situated near to this park.The wild Bison which frequently comes to the Orchard and destroys the plants of the field and electric fences also damaged by the Wild Bison.So the director of  Horticulture Department Mrs.Archana Patnayak did a research yesterday.

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Yearly there are a numerous number of tourists came to Ooty during summer season i.e., in April and May month.The tourist and horticulture department organises various events in order to entertain the tourists.Especially World famous Flower show which is being held at Ooty Botanical Garden on every May Month.There are several numbe

Last year, the locals found it difficult if they want to go to a place located halfway between Ooty and Coonoor as they had to take the route via Kotagiri, which was a way round about. "The police personnel deputed at traffic places may not know who is a local or a tourist. Hence they had to take the round about way for a shorter distance," said Rambha. He also said, "So considering the locals' plea and to minimise traffic congestion, we have come out with a plan of gi

Coffee production is more at Gudalore in Nilgiri District.The other Coffee production places in Nilgiri District includes Coonoor.There are two types of Coffee plants such as Arabica and Robusta. The farmers are highly planting the Robusta Type Coffee plants because less time and maintenance is enough for this type of coffee plants to grow.Robusto type coffee plants have planted only in few private estates of Gudalur.

This year the impact of the droug

Orchid plants are present at various parts of the Nilgiri District. The orchid flowers which blossom in the plants has found in different colours and shapes.

The flowers are maintained in separate hut only on Avalanche and Kernhill forest areas, which was run by the Horticulture Department.

Since there left only a few weeks to the summer season, the number of visitors to Ooty are also increasing day by day. So the mai

Yearly new flower plants being planted for a first and second season.There are a large number of tourists will visit the Nilgiri District during the month of April and May.Thus it has planned to plant new flower plants in Coonoor Kattery Park to attract the tourists.

Planting works have started at battery park for the forthcoming summer season.Planting works of one lakh thirty thousand new flower plants has started yesterday.The Assistant Director of

Coonoor Railway Station was built during British period.40 years ago this Coonoor Railway Station becomes main railway junction between Ooty and Mettupalayam.At that time steam engine was used to run the train.The train had operated from Mettupalayam and Coonoor to Ooty by using Coal Steam Engine.  

The engines replacement of the train which had operated from Ooty to Mettupalayam

Last year there was no sufficient rainfall in Nilgiri District.Due to lack of rainfall, there was a severe drought in the Nilgiris.Four elephants were died in Mudumalai Sanctuary due to lack of drinking water.And also most of the dams in Nilgiri District have dried up without water.There is a shortage of drinking water problem in all the cities of Nilgiris including Ooty, Coonoor and Kotagiri.

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Government Botanical Garden becomes one of the best tourist destination in Nilgiri District.The Planting works, Pavement alignment works has been carrying out in this garden for the forthcoming summer season.The ponds of the garden have dried without water.In addition, there are 7 ponds including the pond which located near the ent

A 25-year old female elephant, rescued after it was stuck in slush, died on last Saturday in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. There were totally five elephants found died in the last one week while taking the number of elephant deaths in neighbouring Nilgiris District.

The elephant got trapped in the slush in Karugudi forest range while roaming in search of water on February 23.

On being alerted by locals, fores

Annually National Science Day has celebrated on 28th of February. Raman Effect has obtained Nobel Prize on 28th February. So yearly National Science Day has been celebrated on this day.Radio Astronomy Center is located at Muthoraipalada in Ooty. Today Radio Astronomy Center celebrates Science Day at Muthoraipalada, where the brief explanation about Radio Telescope's Mechanical, Electrical and Electron

Coonoor-Mettupalayam mountain railway track was set on a British rule.There are 20 small bridges and 10 large bridges present in this track.The Sleeper Bars on this railway track was damaged.The southern railway administration has taken a decision to do the replacement of the damaged sleeper bars into a new one.In the first phase, the old wooden sleeper bars of 20 small bridges has replaced with a new Cement bars.The requ

There are not only the local tourists, but also the tourists from other states also coming to visit Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.The tourist who will arrive Theppakadu has been going to Mudumalai through bus ride conducted by the forests people.Currently, the decision has made to run a separate ride for one family members by considering the benefit the tourists who will come as a family.Jipsi Jeep has purchased for this purpose.The bus service has been started soon at Mudumalai.

There are not enough south-west and northeast monsoon rains in Nilgiri District on last year.So all the water resources had dried up without water.This causes a shortage of drinking water problem to the public.The green forest area has also loosened its blossom.The wildlife animals have been going to resident areas and fields to get a food and water.

The grasses and shrubs found scorched in the forest by the heavy drought.Some of the Social Enemies were s

150 years ago Botanical garden was established by Mr McIvor. The flower plants which imported from other countries including Newzealand, Europe were planted at this Botanical Garden. Currently, the park has a variety of trees which crosses 100 years.

Four glass house was set in this Garden. The flower plants which will grow at the controlled temperature being planted in this glass house.The flower seedlings brought from the foreign countries.

Nilgiri District also described as Queen of Hill Station become one of the best summer destination in International level. Summer season period in Ooty is from March to May Month. Every day thousands of tourists have been arriving The Nilgiris during the summer season.The tourists not only visiting Ooty tourist places but also enjoying Coonoor and Kotagiri Sightseeing.

Nehru Park is located near Kamaraj Square in Kotagiri. As the park is located at th

The British people had decided to settle in Nilgiri District while British rule in India due to the climate. Because the climate of their country and Nilgiri District climate are more are less same.The British people had needed a vehicle to bring their things including construction materials and other items.So they had selected the Mountain Train to shift their items.

In order to build a railway track, new Railway Company was launched in the year 1855.Robert Miller, who se

There are only less blue colour plants present at Nilgiri District.The motherland of these types of plants is Brazil and it spread to Mexico and Argentina countries.It was also spread over Asia in the 17th century.The sources said that "In this, Jacaranda Flower was introduced by the Professor Stuart Megalan on the 18th century period.",

Currently, these Jacaranda Flowers blooms at the both sides of the roads between Read more

The Nilgiri Police has involved in a security work at major tourist destinations on yesterday.Yesterday, valentine's day was celebrated all over the world.Every year the couples influx to Ooty on this special day.There are also some of the star hotels had organised a different Valentine's Day programmes in order to help the couples to enjoy the Valentine's Day.The influx of tourists to Ooty was more for the past two days.Especially the count of newly married couples is more.As

This year there is no expected south-west and north-east rain in Nilgiri District.So there is a shortage water problem in most of the places of Nilgiris.The water level of the dams was reduced greatly, so hydropower generation also affected.The Nilgiri People are conducting special Poojas and praying for a rain.

Yesterday the member of Kothar Tribe perform a ritual to appease the rain gods in Kollimalai, near Ooty on Monday.All

Natural Fertilizer work was started at Ooty Rose Garden for the forthcoming Rose Show.

Since the pruning work was ended, Natural Fertilizer work has been actively carried out at Ooty Rose Garden.The Horticulture Department will be organising Flower Show at Ooty Botanical Garden, Rose Show at Rose Garden and Fruit Show at Coonoor Sims Park on the summer season.The planting works are in progress

Every year Lovers Day is celebrated worldwide on 14th of February.Lovers will express their love on Valentine's Day by exchanging the roses.

Most of them will be waiting for this special day to propose their love.The main proposal thing for the lovers is Roses.Roses are used by young couples to married couples to express their love on lovers day.

The flower plants cultivation is high in Nilgiri District next to

Everyday Mountain train has been operating from Mettupalayam to Ooty and vice-versa.Not only the domestic tourists shows interest to travel in this century-old train but also the foreign tourists.

This famous toy train has been driven by the Steam engine from Mettupalayam to Coonoor and then from Coonoor to Ooty by Diesel engine.

The Rail service be

Ooty Rose Garden becomes one of the best parks in International Level.This garden consists of 30,000 rose plants with 4 thousand different varieties.The flower plants produce the flowers with different colours such as green, blue, yellow, red and purple.These beautiful flowers have been admired by the numerous number of tourists.Annually summer shows being held on May month at Ooty.The flower show will be conducted at Rose Garden

Nilgiri District is also known as Queen of Hill Station, which has numerous tourist attractions.Coonoor is the second most visited hill stations in Nilgiri District.There are many tourist places in Coonoor also.Sim’s Park becomes one of the Major Tourist Destination in Coonoor.This park is owned by the Horticulture Department.

Planting works being held annually on every January Month i

The people have been called to participate in the Republic Day Celebration which will be conducted by the Nilgiri District Administration at Ooty Arts College Ground.

The Report of Nilgiris District Revenue Officer Mr Baskarapandiyan: The republic day celebration will be held on 26th Jan 2017 on behalf of the Nilgiri District Administration at Ooty Goverment Arts College.The celebration ceremony will starts at 10.00 am in the morning.The function will

The tourists are enjoying in visiting Masinagudi area where the Kiliricitiya Flowers blooms beautifully to welcome the summer season.

As now there is a winter season in Nilgiri District, so the impact of the chillness is very high.Due to drought, the plants in the forest were dried up.Especially the impact of the drought is more in Mudumalai and Masinagudi forest areas.There may also be a possibility of occurance of the forest fire at wild areas.The f

As the monthly maintenance task will be held at Ooty and Jegadhala auxiliary power stations, so tomorrow(21st Jan 2017) power will be shut down at Nilgiri District.There will be shut down from Morning 9 am to afternoon 2 pm at the following places including Fingerpost, Kandhal, Thamizhagam, Hill Bunk, Kodapamund, Mullikorai, Bombay Castle, Ketti, Nondi Medu, Thalayatimund, Ithalar and M.Palada areas.

The government has declared holidays from 14th January to till yesterday for Pongal festival and for Century celebration of Mr MGR.The influx of tourists to Ooty, Coonoor and Mudumalai was more for the last four days.In addition, the tourists from other states have also arrived to visit the Nilgiri District.

The local people of Ooty Town who went to plane areas for a work also came to their hometown in order to celebrate their Pongal Festival.So yeste

John Sullivan was the first collector of Nilgiri District.The memorial of John Sullivan located at Kannerimukku near Kotagiri.The 162nd death anniversary was held here yesterday.The Nilgiri district collector Mr Shankar inaugurated the anniversary function and he gave an honour by garlanding to the photo of late Mr.John Sullivan.After that one minute, the silent tribute has been given by the people.

The collector said while speaking at a function,&quo

Today Tea and tourism festival are celebrated in Ooty on behalf of Tourism Department and Tea Board.The Pongal is celebrated around 10.30 am with the tourists at Ooty Boat House.The Tea Exhibition and the stage performance will be held at 11.30 am at Ooty Botanical Garden.

The cultural events are also being organised on behalf of Tanjoor Southern Center.The separate tea b

Since there is no expected monsoon rain last year, the monsoon rain ranges fallen below 52%.So the water level has been decreased in various dams.The dams are drying up fastly.The water level of the main drinking water resource is Parsons ValleyDam. The water level of this dam is 32 feet(Total Capacity Level- 58 feet).The water level of Marlimund dam is 4 feet, Tiger hill dam water level is 2.8 feet and the water level of Do

"Kothas", one of the tribal community has been living in Nilgiri District.They worshipped Ayyanor Ammanor as their Deity.The ayyanor ammanor temple of Kothas who were living in new Kotagiri is located at the entrance of Nehru Park in Kotagiri.So the Kothas used to celebrating their festival at this temple every year.

Accordingly, the festival has begun at Kotagiri Ayyanor ammanor temple on the last 02nd of this month.They brought bamboo buds

The Mountain Train has been operating from Mettupalayam to Ooty.Daily plenty of tourists is travelling by this train.UNESCO company has given traditional status to mountain train.

The multi-wheel track was set in order to operate the train on a Mountain path.Since there is a multi-wheel track from Kallar to Ooty, the train powered by Parnas oil between this track and the Diesel engine used to operate the train from Coonoor to Ooty.

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The flower show has organised on May month every year in Ooty Botanical Garden.This year 121st Flower show will be held at Ooty Botanical Garden.There are 5 lakhs flower plants are going to be planted for the forthcoming flower show.The planting work was started yesterday.There are 60 new flower plant varieties has been introduced for this year.

Flower show has been organising by the Horticu

The snowfall has started from October month in Ooty.The impact of the snowfasll has been increasing from the beginning of last month.As most of the Tea plants has burnt already in Nilgiri district, so the tea plants are covered by Coconut leaves, Thavai and Kotagiri Plants in order to prevent the remaining tea leaves from burning.The farmers also engaged in the rejuvenation pruning work in some places.In addition, the water flooding over the field by using the sprinkler during morning an

The traditional festival of Todas namely Modhweth has been celebrated grandly at Muthanadu area in Ooty.There are different tribal communities such as Todas, Kurumbas, Irulas and Kattunayakkar are living in Nilgiri District.Each one's habits, traditional clothing and sheltering are different.Annually Toda people are celebrating their traditional festival namely "Modhweth" at every last Sunday of December or the first Sunday of January.

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The passengers to Mountain Train that operated from Mettupalayam to Coonoor was more on New Year Day(01st Jan 2017).During the journey, they have enjoyed watching the wildlife animals that roamed along the forest.

The first thing which comes to one traveller mind who has planned to come to Ooty is the Beautiful Mountain Train.Though it takes more time to reach Ooty by travelling through Read more

The influx of tourists to Mudumalai is more due to continuous holidays(Christmas, Half yearly exam holiday and New Year holiday).The tourists who are all coming to Mudumalai are used to enjoy the Jungle Safari Ride as well as the Elephant Safari Ride which will be conducted at Theppakadu in Mudumalai.But an Elephant Safari Ride has been cancelled indefinitely at Theppakadu in Mudumalai.

The authorities of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve said that due to conti

The Governor of Haryana State visited Ooty Botanical Garden with his family yesterday.Haryana Governor Mr Kaptan Singh Solanki came to visit Ooty as four days tour.He came on the day before yesterday to Ooty and stayed at Tamizhagam Maligai.

The governor went to visit Mudumalai on a day before yesterday and he visited Ooty Botanical Garden Yesterday evening with his family members.Due to an arrival of Haryana Governor, there was additional police prot

Yesterday Christmas festival has been celebrated by the Christian people all over the world.An increased number of tourist influx to Ooty in order to spend their Christmas holiday.

Ooty botanical Garden was visited by around 9,700 people on the day before yesterday and yesterday it was visited by 12,000 people.The tourist crowd was more at other sightseeing places of Ooty including Ooty Boat House, Rose Garden and Doddabetta.

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Pandalur is a wild area which consists of dark forest areas.There is a different type of Wild Animals including Wild Elephant, Leopard and Deer have been living here.This forest area also consists of rare varieties of birds and Trees.

The different wild flowers have bloomed at the roadside of Pandalur area.The flowers have been blooming at the centre of the forests which attracts the tourists very well.The tourists are enjoy taking pictures of the flo

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is located near Gudalur.Totally 24 breeding elephants were present in this Mudumalai sanctuary.Unfortunately, one of the breeding elephants died.Now there are 23 breeding elephants are present in Ooty Read more

Century old Mountain Train is famous worldwide and it got UNESCO traditional status.As a first phase, WIFi service will be providing to the following Railway stations.

1.Ooty

2.Coonoor

3.Mettupalayam

The staffs are engaged in the work of keeping the message boards at the respective railway stations.Yesterday some of the google company staffs came to Ooty with Railway officials from Mettupalayam by Read more

The Nehru park has been maintained by the Panjayat Administration for the past 5 years.The effusion of the garden has been lost for last few years due to lack of maintenance.The sowing works are in process in Ooty Botanical Garden for the summer season.But no garden works has been carried out in Kotagiri Nehru Park.To see the flowers in the garden is rare due to lack of water facility.The lawn of the garden also lef

Coonoor- Mettupalayam Road carved on british period. One can enjoy the natural views while travelling through this mountain road. There are few falls located along the mountain, where the flow of water will be more in monsoon season.

The falls are the visual treat for the one who will travel along this route. So the tourists used to park their vehicles along the roadside and they used to take photographs by standing on the rocks near falls. One week before there was continuous r

The water from Parsons valley has been supplying drinking water to Wellington Army Center.The dam water has also used for power generation.As there were no expected Monsoon rains in Nilgiri District, so the water levels of all the main sources of drinking water and power generations were reduced rapidly.

Tiger hill and Marlimund are the main areas from where the drinking water is distributing to Ooty municipal areas.Since there is no monsoon rain, the

Nilgiri Mountain train is departing from Mettupalayam to Ooty at 7.10 am every day.As the Blue mountain Train from Chennai to Mettupalayam was delayed, so the Ooty Toy Train was hold-up at Mettupalayam Station itself.The train has arrived Ooty by 11.30 am instead of 10.30 am.

The train was delayed one hour to reach Coonoor Station and also the actual departure time of Ooty Train from Coonoor Station is 10.40 am

Jeanpool is a Botanical Center located at Gudalur in Nilgiri District. The new Eco Development Committee system has started in order to convert this Botanical Center as Tourist Spot. A few years ago, Jean pool Botanical Center has been created by the Mountain Development Program for a botany research. But it was left without any maintenance. The public has demanded to take action to protect rare plants present in this center. The acrobatics have decided to change this site to one of the ec

Everyday,the Mountain train from Mettupalayam to Coonoor is operating one time per day and Ooty to Coonoor train is operating about four times per day.Normally the people making an online reservation two months before their trip in order to travel by Toy Train.

Usually, every day more than 210 people are travelling from Mettupalayam to Ooty through this old heritage train

Every year south west monsoon rainfall will be started on June month and it lasts three months.Similarly, north-east monsoon rain will start at the last week of October and lasts for one and a half to two months.

This year there is no expected monsoon rains in Nilgiri District.So most of the dams,ponds,streams and wells of Nilgiri District were dried without water.The water shortage problems arose at most of the places.The farmers and local people wer

The side pathway of Ooty Botanical Garden was damaged.So the renovation works have been starting here. Every day thousands of tourists are visiting Ooty.Botanical Garden is a major tourist attraction in Ooty which has been visiting by several numbers of tourists. Not only the tourists but also the local people used to go walking at morning and evening times through the side pathway to Botanical Garden.<

There are two boathouses in Ooty.They are main Ooty Boat house and Ooty honeymoon boat house.Most of the people are visiting the main boat house.Few of them also visiting the Honeymoon Boat House which is located west side of the main boat house.Children's play area is operating here without any fare,so the Children&

Since this year there is no expected northeast and south-west monsoon rainfall in Ooty and people also suffered a lot for drinking water.The snowfall season has begun at the last week of November itself.The impact of the snowfall was high for the past two days.Normally winter season will begin only in the second week of December.However now the highest temperature in daytime held is 18-degree celsius and the minimum tem

Kattery Park was created over an area of 2 acres land in 2011 by the Horticulture Department.The flower beds were set here and there in the parks by using domestic and foreign flowers,which are starting to blossoms on the plant.The Rennimedu Railway Station,the waterfalls, Green Tea Estate surroundings and Trees are the other attractions of this nature park.

Although there is a decreased number of tourists arrival to thi

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Nilgiri District spreads over an area of 321 sq.km.The five rangers of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve includes Masinagudi, Theppakad, Kaarkudi, Mudumalai and Nelakottai.There are many wildlife animals including Elephants, Tigers and Leopards have been living here.There were also more than a hundred tigers has been found in this place.

Daily the forest department people are monitoring not only the tigers but also other wild animals.

Coonoor sim's park is one of the best tourist spots in Coonoor.The tourist shows more interest to visit this park.Flower decoration works using rare flower plants are underway.Here a small pool set up in the middle of the park with boating facility.There are totally 10 boats to avail from.Due to lack of maintenance, the boats are damaging frequently. Currently, only 5 boats are operating here.The tourists are in a need to wait in a long queue in order to avail boating.These five boats

Ooty Lake is one of the best tourists attractions in Ooty.The motor boats,pedal boats and row boats are operating every day in this lake.Numerous tourists are visiting this place daily.

Thousands of tourists are in flux at this place on the same day during Season and Holiday time.They will also enjoy the boat ride.The tourists are advised to wear life jackets for the safe ride.

The tourists have also been enjoying

The lawyer Mrs.Thamarai and her husband came to Ooty for a picnic.One Bison was attacked them while they were taking a selfie in Coonoor Sim's Park.Unfortunately, a couple has died in that incident.

The horticulture sector and acrobatics warned the people not to move closer to the wild animals.They also warned not to take selfie photos.

Particularly Kallatty road and Mysore Road is closer to the wild forest are

The new parking place is just near to the market,where around 15 cars can be parked at a time.Barricades have been put up and police mark the boundary with white paint.

Ooty Town DSP, A. Manikandan, said that as the tourists are facing very difficult problems to find the parking place, so the additional parking place has been developed.The police have also found that most of the parking vehicles which parked at commercial road are belongs to the shop

Northeast monsoon rain usually starting at October month and it last for two months in Nilgiri District.There will be cloudy and rainy climate for these two months.There will also be a continuous snowfall and heavy rain at these months.But this year the impact of the snowfall is high from October Month itself.There is no rain and sunny climate prevailed in Nilgiris.

For the past one week, the climate has changed again in Nilgiri District.In recent day

The flower exhibition will be held in the second week of May month.The tourists from other state and other country used to visit Ooty Botanical Garden in May month.The garden preparation works have been started for the upcoming flower show  which will be held on May 2017.Currently, seed collecting and sowing works have been started. Few flower plants where the flowers will bloom after six months such as Benseen

The Single Elephant has returned back to Kallar Forest:

The forest officials had said that the male elephant which was roaming at a private garden in Coonoor might have gone to Kallar forest area.One Male Elephant was camping over past 10 days at Private Gardens and Kattery Park areas in Coonoor.The forest people had said that the elephant might have gone to Mettupalayam Kallar forest due to rain and m

With the holiday season, underway and the festivals & christmas are just near, December is the ideal time to plan your trip. With the several numbers of festivals and events in December, selecting the destination is a great confuse.

Ooty being one of the renowned tourist destinations in South India is a perfect place to enjoy your vacation. Also if you are planning to visit Ooty in December month, make sure that you do the train and flights bookings in advance. December offe

Diwali festival has been celebrated all over the country on a day before yesterday.There was a Diwali holiday for all the Educational Institutions.So thousands of tourists influx to Ooty.The tourist's crowd was high from 28th October 2016. 

Most of the tourists are visiting Ooty by their Own Vehicles or by rental vehicles.Thus the traffic is increasing day by day.As the Ooty roads are narrow, so the drivers are suffering a lot to drive a vehi

The road improvement works are carried out at Kallar-Ooty road by the National Highways Department.Ministry of surface Transport had sanctioned Rs 10 crore for road improvement work.Kallar-Ooty road improvement works are underway,where protective retaining walls with high qualities were being used for the work.

As drains were also be constructed here, so protection measures were made in order to prevent bottlenecks in traffic. The reconstruction works

Kamaraj Sagar Dam is located between Pine forests at Thalaikundha in Ooty.The tourists who are all visiting Shooting Spot visiting Kamaraj Sagar Dam through pine forests.

There are many tourists attractions such as Pykara Water Falls, Pykara Boat House, 6th Mile , 9th Mile shooting spots and Kamaraj Dam at Pykara.In order to visit all these attractions, the vehicles need to go on the same Ooty to Gudalur national highway.

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is placed in Nilgiri District. It is situated at the state border of Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka. This sanctuary spreads over an area of 321 sq. cm. It consists of wildlife animals including tiger, leopard, gaur, deer and bear, Different species of birds and Sandalwood and Pike trees.

Currently, there is a drought in this area. As few days remaining for Diwali, so Cracker Blast has been banned for the villagers who are livi

Mr Radhakrishnan who is living at Pandalur Sappandhodu area in Nilgiri District.There is a well located near to his home.The water level of this 50 feet deep well was very less.Yesterday morning the dogs were barked before his well.

He looked into the well and he has found that the Leopard and its cub were fell down and suffered inside the well.He  conveyed this information to the forest people.The forest officials and security guards were rushed

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The researchers had said that Passion Fruit  is the commonly available natural food for the birds and animals in recent days.Most of the people are not aware of this Medicinal Character Fruits because which grows in the wild.The tourists who know its value have tasted these fruits.

Horticulture people said ,"There are more varieties of medicinal value fruits at the wild of the Nilgiri District.But the public is not aware of this fruit. Goa f

Botanical Garden in Ooty was spread over 55 acres.There are 3 thousand kinds of plants in the park.Raj Bhavan is located near to this garden.The President or Governor are used to staying here if they arrive Ooty.There is also a small forest area near to this garden.

Sometimes,the bison will arrive the garden from the forest area.Usually, the Bisons are coming to the garden at night ti

Ooty Mountain Railway 

Kurinji flower is a hallmark of the Western Ghats,which is said to have given The Nilgiris its iconic name.

This plant blooms in  synchronicity with other members of its species such as masting or mass seeding are used to carpet the upper slopes of The Nilgiris and other parts of the Western Ghats.But around 45 species of Strobilanthes found in India are threatened  with extinction due to habitat loss.