9 Facts About Ooty Places to Visit That Will Blow Your Mind |
Posted: June 11, 2020 |
Interesting Facts about Ooty Places to Visit are still unknown to many of us and this writeup was written with the only purpose of uncovering them for you. Ooty is a picturesque town in the state of Tamil Nadu. Originally formed as a resort town under the British Raj, Ooty has preserved some places that give a glimpse of the past. To name a few are St. Stephen’s Church and Stone House. If you were born in Ooty, chances are less of yours not visiting beautiful places in Ooty like Doddabetta Peak, Ooty Botanical Gardens, Ooty Lake, Elk Hill Murugan Temple, Pykara falls, and many more. You Let me tell you that this list of beautiful places is not going to end soon. Do you know that Ooty was constructed as the house for invalids? If No, go through the below-listed less-known facts about Ooty Places to Visit to know more. 1. Ooty was Built as a “House of Invalids” Before we start with the places to visit in Ooty, it is a must for us to know about the city first. The British Empire took over Ooty after the end of the Tipu Sultanate in 1799. The British empire got this city because of its military superiority. British kept Nilgiris under its control because of some military reason. The British never wanted Nilgiri hills to become a place of safety for its combatants or a shelter for rebels. Still, there are very few brave people who took the courage to travel to it until 1819 when Mr. John Sullivan, Coimbatore collector, along with his army personnel went out to visit the Nilgiris, in which most of his sepoys were killed. After exploring the area, he wrote it in his report that this can be the “Resort of Invalids”. An Invalid is an army man who has been removed from the service because of an injury or illness. This is how this beautiful place was born what you call Ooty now. With passing time, Mr. John’s love for the house of invalids increased so much that he built his own residence to live there which is popularly known as Stone House. 2. Summer Capital of Presidency of Fort St. George Did you know that the Ooty was the summer capital of the Presidency of Fort St. George.? Even if you didn’t, now you know. The little informal title of Presidency of Fort St. George is Madras Presidency. Tamil Nadu, Northern region of Kerala, and a portion of Karnataka & Andra Pradesh were the main inclusions in this Presidency. There was a time when even Sri Lanka was a part of it. Back then, the name of Sri Lanka was the island of Ceylon between 1793 and 1798. This fact is something to take pride in. It was a popular place for British administrators to come to this town to relish the ‘English like environment’ in Ooty. 3. The Famous Ooty Lake is a Man-made Lake Mr. John Sullivan built this lake for the purpose of irrigation and fishing. It took him two years (1823 & 1825) to create Ooty Lake. In Lake, the Tamilnadu state board of Tourism Development thought of making use of this lake as a tourist facility. Now it is sad to see that Ooty Lake is the most polluted water body in Tamil Nadu because of poor supervision and heavy throwing of the garage by tourists. 4. A Place Where Snooker Was Born Were you aware of the fact that Ooty is the birthplace of the popular game Snooker? The invention of Snooker took place in the second half of the 19th century by British Army officer - Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain. Billiards room. There is a notice in billiards room that describes when and how the then-British Army Officer Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain shouted “snooker” (the term for a lower-rank cadet at the Woolwich’s Officers Academy) when his challenger did not manage to pot a ball at the Club on one fine rainy day. Soon, Sir Neville Francis along with his team made the first official rules of Snooker in 1882. 5. Asia’s Steepest Railway The steepest railway is found nowhere but in Ooty. Isn’t that amazing? The area between the Coonoor and Mettupalayam is covered by the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, the steepest gradient in the whole of Asia. Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, the then-Governor of Madras, did the opening of Nilgiri Hill Railway on August 11, 1898. The design of this railway looks very similar to the world’s most famous railway. i.e. the Swiss Railway. Mr. Niklaus Riggenback gave this concept of Railways. He also built the most prominent Riggi Mountain Railways in Switzerland. 6. Train with the Slowest Speed in India The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is also known for steep trains with the lowest average speed of 10 km/h. This implies that you can get out of the train, relish the hot Nilgiri tea and get back on your train easily. You can also defeat this train on a race on your bicycle. 7. Home to Tamil Nadu’s Highest Mountain Peak DoddaBetta Peak, the highest peak of Tamil Nadu, is situated only 9km away from Ooty. Situated at an elevation of 2,637 meters, Doddabetta Peak is the fourth highest peak in South India. Anamudi has the highest Mountain Peak in the whole of South India. People say that you can view the whole of Tamil Nadu from Ooty! 8. Nilgiri Railway is a UNESCO World Heritage site UNESCO classified Nilgiri Railway in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July 2005.. UNESCO listed it as an expansion of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The speed of the Nilgiri Train is very slow. It takes 4 hour and 50 min to cover a distance of 45 km. You will come across 208 curves, 16 tunnels, and 250 bridges while traveling by this train. To maintain the ‘World Heritage Site’ tag, the Railway Authority gives Edmondson style tickets for Ooty-Mettupalayam distance. BBC featured Nilgiri Railway Station in a classical documentary by the BBC in 2010. 9. A Director’s Favorite Spot for Shooting A lot of Bollywood movies are shot at the scenic location of Ooty. Be it everyone’s favorite Varun Dhawan starrer movie “Main Tera Hero” or SRK’s Chaiyya Chaiyya song, you will always yourself short of movie names that were shot here. The shooting of the superhit movie “Mohabbatein” was also done here. So don’t forget to take your camera out and click your pictures at the famous places where films were shooted. Keep all the above-stated facts about Ooty Places To Visit in your mind while exploring Ooty so as to get the real feel of Tamil Nadu Tourism Places. Longing to spot the scenic beauty of Ooty? If that’s a Yes, wait no longer by getting the Ooty tour package book today on TrueHAB, India’s affordable travel platform!
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