Ooty is a premium education hub
Taking advantage of the cool climate, many premium educational institutions is located here which provide some of the best educational facilities in India. Just considering the elite institutions, there would be more than 60 boarding schools in and around Ooty. The Lawrence, Good Shepherd, Hebron just a few international schools located here. Unfortunately, the rising […]
One of the most filmed location in India
The natural beauty of this hill station is any photographers delight. Ooty has featured in a staggering 250+ movies from Bollywood, Hollywood and regional languages. The first Bollywood movie filmed here was Karz released in the 80’s. Who can forget the grooves of Sharukh Khan to ChaiyyaChaiyya over the mountain trains and the sleepy Conoor […]
Home to the Oldest Military Institution in India
The Defence Service Staff College, Wellington, founded in 1905 is one of the oldest military institutions in India. It was relocated to Wellington from Quetta, Pakistan due to partition. It offers training to the three services, paramilitary forces and even to some Civil Service officers including officers from friendly foreign countries. No wonder most of the […]
Birth place of Michael Colin Cowdrey
Thanks to the British rule and the Britishers love for this place and cricket, the legendary English batsman Michael Colin Cowdrey, was born in Ooty on 24 December 1932. He is known as the prodigy in cricket who learned to bat as soon as he could walk. He played for England from 1954 to 1975. […]
Highest Mountain Peak in Tamil Nadu
DodaBetta Peak, located 9 km from Ooty, on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road, is the highest Peak in Tamil Nadu and probably the fourth highest in South India at a height of 2,637 metres (8,650 feet), the highest in South India being Anamudi in Kerala, 2,695 metres (8,842 ft). No wonder it is said, “you reach Ooty, […]
The Slowest Train in India
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway also has the record of being the slowest train in India averaging 10 kmph. That means you can literally walk out from the train, have a sip of the famous Nilgiri tea and get back in the train without much difficulty. You could even try a race with this train on […]
Home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Nilgiri Railways is a ‘UNESCO World Heritage Site’. It was declared in July 2005 as an extension of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. It covers a distance of 45 kilometres (26 mi) in 4 hours, 50 minutes and has 208 curves, 16 tunnels and 250 bridges. To preserve the ‘World Heritage Site’ status of the railway […]
The Steepest Railways in Asia
At a gradient of 1 in 12.28 The brain behind the Nilgiri Mountain Railways between Conoor and Mettupalayam, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway is the steepest in Asia and was officially opened on 11 August 1898 by the Governor of Madras, Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock. Running on rack and pinion arrangement, it has a very close connection with the best […]
The Ooty Lake is a manmade structure
The Ooty Lake was created between 1823 and 1825 by the then Collector of Coimbatore Mr John Sullivan as a source for irrigation and fishing. It extends over an area of 65 acres. It was turned to a tourist facility by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation in 1973. But unfortunately today due to the poor […]
The birthplace of Snooker
The game of Snooker was invented over a century ago at the Ootacamund Club. A notice in the billiards room explains that Colonel Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain of the British Army shouted “snooker” (the word for a junior cadet at the Officers Academy at Woolwich) when his opponent failed to pot a ball, one rainy […]