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St. Stevens Church |
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| St. Stephen’s Church is a small Gothic
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structure. It was founded in the 1820"s and is one of Ooty’s first
colonial structures. The church was built on the site of a Toda temple. The wood used in the church was procured from Tipu Sultans palace at Srirangapatnam. It was hauled the entire distance of 120 km. by a team of elephants. The cemetery attached to the church contains the grave of John Sullivan and other pioneers of Ooty. |
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Charing Cross |
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| Charing Cross is the focal point on the busy commercial street of Ooty. Here you can take in the smells and sounds of Ooty. The main shopping street and vegetable market are here. The Charing Cross is very much like the main square of an old English town. |
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Fernhill Palace |
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| Fernhill Palace is the erstwhile
summer residence of the Maharaja of Mysore. The palace resembles a Swiss
Chalet. Its carved wooden bargeboards and ornamental cast iron give it
that characteristic appearance. The palace grounds accentuate the alpine
look of the place with its manicured gardens, firs and cedars. There is an
interesting church like indoor badminton court on the grounds. The Fernhill Palace has now been converted into a luxury heritage hotel by the same name. |
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Rose Garden |
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| Situated in the heart of Ooty town, this garden has been beautifully laid out in terraces with rose tunnels, pergolas and bowers with rose creepers. It was set up in the year 1995 to commemorate the 100th flower show of the Botanical garden. Today, this garden has the largest collection of roses in the country. Hybrid Tea Roses, miniature roses, Floribunda, Ramblers, roses of unusual colors like black and green are some of the more than 2,000 varieties of roses that will captivate your senses. | |
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Kandal Cross |
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| This is a Roman Catholics 'Holy Shrine' of the Roman Catholics considered by the Nilgiri Catholics as the "CALVARY OF TAMILNADU" situated to the west of Udhagamandalam Railway Station. The distance is 3 kms. A relic of the true cross is here and it cures the sick, bestow heavenly blessings, peace and joy to the visiting pilgrims and tourists. Special Novena Prayers and Holy Masses are offered every Friday. The annual feast is on 3rd May every year | |
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Kamaraj Sagar (Sandynallah Reservoir) |
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| The Kamaraj Sagar dam is a good picnic spot and can be reached via. Kandal amidst very old trees and green shrubs of various terrains and also via. Hindustan Photo films in Gudalur road. It is a very good picnic spot on the slopes of the Wenlock Sagar Downs. Apart from studying nature and the environment, fishing provides excellent game in Kamaraj as well as in Upper Bhavani and Avalanche, whose waters are especially rich in trout fish. |
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