My Travelogue and Clicks

Ooty/Nilgiris

noreply@blogger.com (Ajith Nair S) — Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:57:00 +0530

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, with manufacturing of medicines and photographic film also present. The town is connected to the rest of India by road and rail, and its historic sites and natural beauty attract tourists.

Ooty, which is deep within the Nilgiri hills, is also known as" The Blue Mountains"

Ooty is well connected by good roads. Ooty is situated on National Highway 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 District) to Ooty via Kotagiri. This road does not pass through Coonoor.

The Nilgiri passenger train (NMR) on the rack section,

Ooty is connected by a nightly connecting train service. The railway station for Ooty is Udhagamandalam Railway Station,The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is one of the oldest mountain railways in India.

Ooty does not have a civilian airport and is not connected by air. The nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport.

Some of the Best places to visit ,

Government Rose Garden,is the largest rose garden in India.

Government Botanical Gardens,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ooty_Botanical_Garden

The Government Botanical Gardens were established in 1847. Their architect was William Graham McIvor,The Gardens have around a thousand species, both exotic and indigenous, of plants, shrubs, ferns, trees, herbal and bonsai plants

Ooty Lake
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ooty_Lake

Ooty lake is an artificial lake constructed by John Sullivan, the first collector of Ooty in 1824. The water flowing down mountain streams in the Ooty valley were dammed to form the lake. The lake was originally intended to be used for fishing purposes with ferries being used to move across the lake.

Pykara

Is a river located 19 km from Ooty The Pykara is considered very sacred by the Todas. The Pykara river rises at Mukurthi peak. It passes through hilly tract, generally keeping to North and turns to West after reaching the Plateau's edge. The river has a dam and power plant.

The river flows through a series of cascades; and the last two falls of 55 meters and 61 meters are known as Pykara falls.The falls are approximately 6 km from the bridge on the main road. There is a forest rest House at Pykara. A boat house by the Pykara falls and Dam is added attractions to the tourists.Pykara falls and the reservoir attracts many tourists.

Doddabetta
is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills, at 2637 metres (8650 feet). There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from Ooty

Ground view from Dodabetta

Pine forest: Situated between Ooty and Thalakunda, this tourist destination is a small downhill region where pine trees are arranged in an orderly fashion.

Dolphin Nose is another view point which is there at Connoor the place looks like a dolphin's nose,

Its a view to the water falls from "Dolphin Nose"

I had an Encounter with this guy when i turned in a curve i was just in-front of him i got to wait till he give me a way to move

Please Refer for more details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooty

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Udhagamandalam

Nelliampathy

noreply@blogger.com (Ajith Nair S) — Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:50:00 +0530

Is a popular hill station it is about 60Km away from palakkad town,It is beautiful place with lot of Tea and cofee Plantations,The Climate also will take us in to the heart of nature,whenever i feel to have some relaxation i used to be here,it has many spots to be viewed ,Seetharkundu("Suicide point"commonly says)Kesavan Para,Manpara,and waterfalls it is Awesome to be here bestowed by nature to the commons,i love this place

Pothundi Dam;Said to be Asia's second dam build with out using Cement Mixture

SeetharKundu:Said to be Rama,Lakshamana,and Sita (Ramayan)during their "Vanavas"stayed here and sita used to worship from a small water stream here that why its named "Seetharkundu"

from palakkad you have buses at specific times to Nelliyampathy Hill station,once you reached then the heroes are the "JEEP drivers" the way and how they drove the road will make you to bend in front of them with folded hand i would call them really "Heroes"

Some of my Clicks from The Beautiful Place"Nelliampathy"

When you reach Palakkad never miss to visit this place...

Malampuzha Dam and Gardens

noreply@blogger.com (Ajith Nair S) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +0530

One of the another important attraction at palakkad,Situated about 10 km from Palakkad Town, Malapuzha Dam and Gardens is the largest reservoir in Kerala.

As many others i have been here several times,i have seen her new and old look,It is amazing to see the works on the ground,"Malambuzha Yakshi " One of the famous Sculpture by Kanayi Kunhiraman at Malampuzha Dam,whcich is very attractive and you will forget to take your eyes off ,,,

Malambuzha's another attraction is the Aquarium which built in the shape of "FISH"lot of different breeds of fishes are there inside for your View

Malambuzha Garden this pic taken when she was wearing a new cloth(Not finished-under renovation)

Malambuzha Reservoir project to provide water for irrigation, drinking, industries, power generation, fish farming and water transport.

This is the most important thing which you have to see,Watch your steps and never look down it just near to the shutter when shutters are opened at the maximum the bridge will swing on its own style,in the old days it was having a very wonderful other look,

If you would like to have an aerial view and if you would like to travel over the dam this is it"The rope way"will make you the feeling of "that you got wings"