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  Welcome to Ootacamund.com
Welcome to Nilgiris - one of the oldest mountain ranges, older than the Himalayas, located at the tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
Ootacamund aka Ooty - the "Queen of Hill Stations", Coonoor and Kotagiri, are the three hill stations of this district.
This garden was laid out in 1847 by the Marquis of Tweedale and is spread over 55 acres.
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 Ootacammund Diocese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Diocese of Ootacamund came into being by the Apostolic Constitution Nuntiatur in Psalmis of Pope Pius XII, which was promulgated on July 3, 1955.
In 1941 Mysore Diocese was reconstituted and Nilgiris District and all the territory to the north of river Bhavani became a part of it.
Being a part of the diocese of Mysore for fourteen years, owing to the difficulties arising out of the differences in language, culture and distance Ootacamund was raised to the status of a diocese in it's own right on July 3, 1955.
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 Tourism in india Ooty (ootacamund) Tamil Nadu Hill stations
Ooty (Ootacamund) the Queen of the Hill Stations, also known as Blue Mountains is one of the most beautiful hill stations in India.
This hill station has splendid green downs and lofty hills of extraordinary scenic beauty and is endowed with a salubrious climate similar to the English summer.
The Tamil 'Whotai' a species of dwarf bamboo that grows in the forests, 'kai' meaning a fruit or green stuff in the middle and the Toda 'mund' meaning a village clapped at the end.
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 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Udhagamandalam News : Rev. Amalraj ordained Bishop of Ootacamund
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Udhagamandalam News : Rev. Amalraj ordained Bishop of Ootacamund
Amalraj as the 5th Bishop of the Diocese of Ootacamund.
The Archbishop of Madras Most Rev. A.M. Chinnappa, who was the principal consecrator, ordained Amalraj as the Bishop of Ootacamund.
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 Ooty Hill Resorts,Ootacamund,Ooty,Ooty Hill Resorts India,Holiday in Ooty,Ooty India Holiday, India Hill Resorts ...
Situated 7,349 feet above sea level in the Nilgiri Hills, Ootacamund extends over 36 square miles and is green with coffee and tea plantations, and various species of trees such as pine, eucalyptus and wattle.
Originally inhabited by tribal people known as the Todas, Ooty was developed as a hill resort by the British in the early 1800's when it became the summer capital of Madras Presidency.
The Ootacamund Derby, which attracts the best racing talent in India, is a popular holiday attraction.
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 Ootacamund - LoveToKnow 1911
OOTACAMUND, or Utakamand, a town of British India, headquarters of the Nilgiris district in Madras, approached by a rack railway from the Mettapolliem station on the Madras railway.
See Sir F. Price, Ootacamund: A History (Madras, 1908).
This page was last modified 02:22, 30 Aug 2006.
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 Fides Service- Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Arulappan Amalraj was born on 4 December 1953, in the district of Nilgiris, in the State of Tamil Nadu, diocese of Ootacamund.
He was ordained for the diocese of Ootacamund on 26 December 1980.
The diocese of Ootacamund, created in 1955, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore.
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 Ketti valley - nestled in the Nilgiris
The highest railway station in the country in situated at 7,000 ft. in the Nilgiri mountains of South India.
This is Lovedale, on the edge of Ootacamund, where the view down the track is dotted with the quaint haunts of Ketti village.
Good roads from Ootacamund link it to Coimbatore within Tamil Nadu in the south and via the Mudumalai Bandipur Game Sanctuary and Mysore, with Bangalore in Karnataka to the north.
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 Amazon.com: Ootacamund: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The flora of the South Indian hill stations: Ootacamund, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Kodaikanal, Yercaud, and the country round by Philip Furley Fyson (Unknown Binding - 1986)
The flora of the South Indian hill stations,: Ootacamund, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Kodsikanal, Yercaud, and the country round, by Philip Furley Fyson (Unknown Binding - 1932)
Ootacamund in the south - but one particular hill station was...
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Swaminatha Iyer as a veterinary surgeon at Ootacamund.
Ootacamund was a favourite haunt for all the top English Officers and the Governor in British India.
He was a District Veterinary Officer in charge of several circles in Madras Presidency, before becoming Superintendent of the Livestock Research Station at Hosur.
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This enchanting journey takes close to five hours to cover the 45 kms from Mettupalayam to Ootacamund (Ooty) crossing 250 bridges in enthralling scenery.
Winding its way through the hills, this railway runs with a central track that engages to prevent downward slides.
This train journey can be experienced if one is travelling to Southern India visiting the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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Engineers who spanned the vast rivers of this country with great rail bridges, laid tracks through dense jungles and desert sands also conquered the steep gradients of mountainous terrain.
By the turn of the century, Simla, the summer capital of British India, Ootacamund in the Niligiris, Matheran, a hill resort near Bombay, and Darjeeling, the heart of the teagrowing area of the Eastern Himalayas, were all connected to the plains by their own unique train system.
The scenery en route is spectacular for all the 46 kms of its route, the landscape changing from vistas of plains and areca nut plantations to lush green rain forests.
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 Homi Jahangir Bhabha, , Legends, Homi Jahangir Bhabha profile, Bhabha encouraged research in electronics, space ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Homi Jahangir Bhabha,, Legends, Homi Jahangir Bhabha profile, Bhabha encouraged research in electronics, space science, radio astronomy and microbiology.
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The telescope at Ootacamund is one of his creations.
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 Ootacamund Hotels - Special Ootacamund Reservations
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 Ootacamund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu State, Southern India.
Another likely origin of the stem of the name ("Ootaca") comes from the local language Tamil where "Otta-Cal" literally means "Single Stone".
In Udhagamandalam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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 Ootty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ootacamund or 'Snooty Ooty', as it is often called, was once the summer resort of the Chennai Government during the British Raj.
Spread out among rolling hills 7,429 feet above sea level, Ooty offers marvellous scenic beauty, ringed with lovely blue hills, soft grassy slopes and a crisp, balmy air.
The Botanical Gardens, the Lake, Dodabetta, St. Stephen's Church, tablets in the memory of John Sullivan (founder of Ootacamund).
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 Ootacamund hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in India, by all-hotels.com
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Ootacamund 77 Sylks Road, Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu, Ootacamund, India, 643001
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 Ootacamund - A History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Frederick Price wrote this extraordinary treatise on Ootacamund at the request of the then Governor of Madras in the first decade of the last century.
It is a superb exposition on the history, institutions and attractions of Ootacamund.
It refers to a period up to the close of the official year 1905-06.
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 Ootacamund Reviews on Holiday Watchdog Ootacamund Tamil Nadu India Holiday Reviews and Reports (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Golf Courses : India Golf Guide :: Information on Golf Courses in India » Ootacamund Gymkhana Golf Club (via ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Ootacamund Golf Course managed by the Ootacamund Gymkhana Club is the finest natural golf course in the world.
Situated over 7000 ft above sea level in the Nilgiris District of Tamilnadu, South India the course is incredibly beautiful and also presents a challenge to all golfers.
Ootacamund Gymkhana Club, Finger Post PO, Ootacamund, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu - 643006, India
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 Savoy Hotel Ootacamund Hotel Ootacamund-hotel-room-deals.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Hotels in Ootacamund-Ooty India,Ooty Hotels,Ootacamund Hotels Directory,Ooty India Hotels Guide,Hotels Ooty ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Guests are accorded a very warm welcome by a personalized check-in service.
Address: Off Havelock Road, Ootacamund, City: Ooty, 643001.
Vertical building fro 2 floors the rest on the slope.
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 Savoy Hotel Ootacamund Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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