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Ooty (listen ⓘ; officially Udagamandalam, anglicized: Ootacamund listen ⓘ, abbreviated as Udagai) is a town and municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 86 km (53 mi) northwest of Coimbatore , and is the headquarters of Nilgiris district.
Ooty is well connected by roads. It is 260 km (172 mi) from Bangalore, 598 km (372 mi) from Chennai [2] (via Salem, Erode, and Coimbatore), 80 km (50 mi) from Coimbatore and 124 km (77 mi) from Mysore. [3] Ooty is situated on NH 181 and is connected by road via the five main accepted Nilgiri Ghat Roads.
Valley View is a tourist spot in Ooty, India. It is located on the Ooty Coonoor road at a distance of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) [1] from Ooty bus stand [2] and constitutes ward number 5 of the Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. [3] It has views over the Ketti valley, [4] [5] and is an important tourist centre in Ooty. [6]
Kalpetta – Bangalore (332 km): Mananthavady - Kutta- Mysore (Night travel allowed) Kalpetta - Mysore : 130 km via Sulthan Bathery (NH766 - No Night Travel), 172 km via Mananthavady, Kutta (Use for Night Travel). Kalpetta - Kozhikode (99 km): Padinjarathara - Perambra Kalpetta – Ooty (127 km) : Meppadi – Gudalur
During Meter Gauge era in 1990s, The Nilgiri Express used to run between Chennai(then Madras) & Udhagamandalam(then Ooty) directly. Timings were:- Madras 21.00; Ooty 10.20 & in return:- Ooty 16.30; Madras 05.50.But it was stopped after NMR got UNESCO World Heritage Tag in 1994. As of 2007, a daily train crosses the rack section, which starts ...
Ooty Lake is an artificial lake constructed by John Sullivan in 1824. The water flowing down mountain streams in the Ooty valley was dammed to form the lake. The lake became empty on three occasions when it breached its bund. Originally, the lake was intended to be used for fishing, with ferries being used to travel across the lake.