12 Facts About Ooty

Ooty, officially known as Udhagamandalam, is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Ooty is in the Nilgiri hills, meaning the "blue mountains", so named due to the Kurunji flower which blooms every twelve years giving the slopes a bluish tinge.

Ooty started work on a road from Sirumugai to Dimbhatti that year.

Aranmore Palace in Ooty, served as the summer capital of the Madras Presidency; it was visited by British officials during the colonial days as a popular summer resort.

Ooty is a popular tourist attraction with many places of interest in and around the town.

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Stephen Rumbold Lushington, the then governor of Madras, who keenly felt the need for a cathedral in Ooty which was exclusively for the British, laid the foundation stone for the church on 23 April 1829, to coincide with the birthday of King George IV.

St Thomas Church, a parish in the Anglican diocese of Ooty, was begun in 1867, with the foundation stone being laid on 1 May by Lt.

The diverse landscape of Ooty offers an opportunity to explore a number of adventure sports and recreational activities, including hang gliding.

Ooty is a market town for the surrounding area which is still largely dependent on agriculture, including the cultivation of "English vegetables" and "English fruits" grown locally.

Ooty is situated on NH 181 and is connected by road via the five main accepted Nilgiri Ghat Roads.

Ooty has three helipads, one at Theettukal and two at Kodanad.

The pine forest situated between Ooty and Thalakunda is a small downhill region where pine trees are arranged in an orderly fashion.