tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18419344213019313342024-03-19T12:08:04.878-07:00Queen Of Hills The NILGIRISSrinivasanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727531823288036781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841934421301931334.post-19258875837018814882015-01-02T23:09:00.001-08:002021-04-30T08:33:59.051-07:00Coonor Tea TradeAssociation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td><span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The aims and object of the Coonor Tea TradeAssociation (CTTA) is to promote and protect the interests of the Buyers, Sellers and Brokers.The Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) shall preserve the highest possible standards of integrity in order to attain these ends. In all-important matters affecting the tea industry this association shall, as far as possible, collaborate with the other associations for the development of the tea Industry.</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span>Auction at Coonoor</span></b><br /><span>The auction in Coonoor are held under the guidelines of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA).</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All persons, firms of companies who are buyers of tea and having a place of business in Tamil Nadu and who are registered dealers in tea within the meaning of Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006 and holding current registration certificate thereunder shall be eligible for admission as Buyer member of this association. New application must accompany Tea Board Buyer registration certificate in Form D.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All Manufacturers of tea as defined under the Tea (marketing) Control order 2003 shall be eligible for admission as Seller members of the association.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All Tea Brokers who intend to act as such and who have fulfilled the norms prescribed by the Tea Board to perform the functions of a broker in the public tea auctions held under the auspices of the Associations in Tamil Nadu shall be eligible for admission as Broker Members of the Association.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The business of the Association is managed by a General Committee consisting of 18 members of whom 7 members represent Sellers, another 7 members represent Buyers. Brokers are represented by 2 broker members.The Tea Board and Government of Tamil Nadu is represented by one member each.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Coonor Tea TradeAssociation</b></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: green; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="color: white;">P.O. Box. No.31, No 30 E Quail Hill, Coonoor- 643101, Nilgiris, India.<br />Tel. : +91- 423- 2231190 / 2221190 E-mail : </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: tahoma;"><a href="mailto:secretary_ctta@yahoo.com"><span style="color: white;">secretary_ctta@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="color: white; font-family: tahoma;"> / </span><span style="color: red; font-family: tahoma;"><a href="mailto:secretaryctta@gmail.com"><span style="color: white;">secretaryctta@gmail.com</span></a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/madeswara.html">MADESWARA ESTATES TEA
FACTORY P. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/maharaj.html">MAHARAJ TEA FACTORY PVT.
LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/manikal.html">MANIKAL TEA FACTORY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/marisagro.html">MARIS AGRO PRODUCTS
PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/mavukarai.html">MAVUKARAI (NILGIRI)
EST. TEA FACTORY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/meedhane.html">MEEDHANE TEA INDUSTRIES</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/motherland.html">MOTHERLAND TEA
PLANTATIONS P. LTD</a>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/madhamalai.html">MADHAMALAI TEA
PLANTATIONS P. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/macwood.html">MACWOOD
TEA COMPANY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">MAHALINGA TEA FACTORY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 543.75pt;" width="725">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nakubetta.html">NAKKUBETTA INTEGRATED
TEA CO. PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nankemp.html">NANKEMP TEA INDUSTRY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/narumukai.html">NARUMUKAI TEA COMPANY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/national.html">NATIONAL TEA
PLANTATIONS P. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/neelamalaiagro.html">NEELAMALAI AGRO
INDUSTRIES LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgiriagro.html">NILGIRI AGRO
AGENCIES PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgiriglenburn.html">NILGIRI GLENBURN
TEA LIMITED</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgirimonarch.html">NILGIRI MONARCH
TEA LIMITED</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nonsuchestates.html">NONSUCH TEA
ESTATES LIMITED</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgirieteaestates.html">NILGIRI TEA
ESTATES LIMITED</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgiriteaproducing.html">NILGIRI TEA
PRODUCING COMPANY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nirsanplantations.html">NIRSAN
PLANTATIONS</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/niton.html">NITON
TEA COMPANY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/neelamalaienterprises.html">NEELAMALAI
ENTERPRISES (P) LTD</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/nilgirimg.html">NILGIRI MG TEA
INDUSTRY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/navikal.html">NAVILKAL
ESTATE TEA FACTORY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 543.75pt;" width="725">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/orange.html">ORANGE VALLEY TEA
INDUSTRY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 543.75pt;" width="725">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/pandian.html">PANDIAN TEA INDUSTRIES</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>PERIASHOLA TEA
FACTORY P. LTD.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/poddar.html">PODDAR PLANTATION</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/powsland.html">POWSLAND TEA FACTORY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/pramas.html">PRAMS TEA INDUSTRIES</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/preethi.html">PREETHI TEA INDUSTRY
PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">PARRY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/parkvalley.html">PARK VALLEY TEA
PLANTATIONS</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/parisonsestates.html">PARISONS ESTATES
AND INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/poabs.html">POABS
ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 543.75pt;" width="725">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/rajaplanta.html">RAJA PLANTATIONS PVT.
LIMITED</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/rasi.html">RASI TEA INDUSTRY</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/rajeshwari.html">RAJESWARI TEA
INDUSTRIES</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/rockvalley.html">ROCK VALLEY TEA
INDUSTRY P. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/riverside.html">RIVERSIDE TEA
PLANTATION</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/richmount.html">RICHMOUNT TEA
INDUSTRIES</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/rosemount.html">ROSE MOUNT TEA FACTORY
PVT. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/riverwoods.html">RIVERWOODS
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: inset .75pt; height: 14.25pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 543.75pt;" width="725">
<div class="MsoNormal">
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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 287.25pt;" width="383">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/snvalley.html">S. N. VALLEY TEA
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</td>
<td style="border: inset .75pt; height: 15.0pt; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 256.5pt;" width="342">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.ctta-nilgiris.com/sampath.html">SAMPATH TEA INDUSTRIES
P. LTD.</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Kinkaid BRK';"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span></b></span><b style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB Demi","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Green tea </span></b><b style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB Demi","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">is made solely from the leaves of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Camellia sinensis">Camellia sinensis</a></i> that have
undergone minimal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_processing" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Tea processing">oxidation during
processing</a>. Green tea originates in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="China">China</a><sup id="cite_ref-teaguardian_greenorigin_1-0">.</sup> and
has become associated with many cultures throughout <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Asia">Asia</a>. It has recently become more widespread in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_World" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Western World">West</a>, where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Black tea">black tea</a> is traditionally consumed.
Green tea has become the raw material for extracts which are used in various
beverages, health foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetic items.Many varieties
of green tea have been created in countries where they are grown. These
varieties can differ substantially due to variable growing conditions,
horticulture, production processing, and harvesting time.</span></b><br />
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decades green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to
determine the extent of its long-purported health benefits, with some evidence
suggesting that regular green tea drinkers may have a lower risk of developing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_disease" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Heart disease">heart disease</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><sup id="cite_ref-4"> </sup></span>and certain
types of cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: initial;">[</a></sup> Although green tea does not raise the metabolic
rate enough to produce immediate weight loss, a green tea extract containing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenols_in_tea" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Polyphenols in tea">polyphenols</a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Caffeine">caffeine</a> has been shown to induce <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenesis" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Thermogenesis">thermogenesis</a> and stimulate fat
oxidation, boosting the metabolic rate 4% without increasing the heart rate.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Kinkaid BRK';"><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></b><b style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB Demi","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">According to a survey released by the United States Department
of Agriculture in 2007,the mean content of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavonoid" style="text-decoration: initial;" title="Flavonoid">flavonoids</a> in a cup of green tea is higher than that in the
same volume of other food and drink items that are traditionally considered of
health contributing nature, including fresh fruits, vegetable juices or wine.
Flavonoids are a group of phytochemicals in most plant products that are
responsible for such health effects as anti-oxidative and anticarcinogenic
functions. However, based on the same USDA survey, the content of
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;">Green tea's antioxidants, called catechins, scavenge for free
radicals that can damage DNA and contribute to cancer, blood clots, and <a href="http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/what-is-atherosclerosis">atherosclerosis</a>.
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;">Because of green tea's minimal processing -- its leaves are
withered and steamed, not fermented like black and oolong teas -- green tea's
unique catechins, especially epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), are more
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;">But there's still a question of how much green tea you need to
drink to reap its health benefits. EGCG is not readily "available" to
the body; in other words, EGCG is not always fully used by the body.</span><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;">"We must overcome the issue of poor bioavailability [and other
issues] in order to get the most out of their benefits," says Tak-Hang
Chan, PhD, professor emeritus in the department of chemistry at McGill
University in Montreal. Chan has studied the use of a synthetic form of EGCG in
shrinking <a href="http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/default.htm">prostate
cancer</a> tumors in mice, with success.</span><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Marji McCullough, ScD, RD, the American Cancer Society's
strategic director of nutritional epidemiology, says human studies haven't yet
proven what researchers like Chan have discovered in the lab: green tea's EGCG
regulates and inhibits cancer growth and kills cells that are growing
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<span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> "Epidemiologically, one of the challenges is finding
populations that drink enough green tea and have for a long time," she
says. "With cancer, it's always difficult to find the exposure time,"
or the point at which cancer cells begin to develop.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>ea can boost exercise endurance. Scientists have found that the
catechins (antioxidants) in green tea extract increase the body’s ability
to burn fat as fuel, which accounts for improved </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15563575">muscle
endurance</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Drinking tea could help reduce the risk of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5281046.stm">heart
attack</a>. Tea might also <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300483X09006040">help
protect</a> <a href="http://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2009&issue=04000&article=00017&type=abstract">against</a> <a href="http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Green_Tea_The_Elixir_of_Life.php">cardiovascular
and degenerative diseases</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> The antioxidants in tea might help protect against a
boatload of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12094635">cancers</a>, including <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4310418/Three-cups-of-tea-can-cut-breast-cancer-risk-by-a-third.html">breast</a>,
colon, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17149697">colorectal</a>,
skin, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19128856">lung</a>,
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15930028">liver</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17471564">ovarian</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17906295">prostate</a> and <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19892663">oral</a> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11807163">cancers</a>. But don’t rely
solely on tea to keep a healthy body — tea is <a href="http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2005/ucm108452.htm">not</a> a <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869995">miracle</a> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17905170">cure</a>, after all. While
more studies than not suggest that tea has cancer-fighting benefits, the
current research is mixed.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars.usda.gov%2FSP2UserFiles%2FPlace%2F12354500%2FData%2FORAC%2FORAC07.pdf&date=2009-05-23">helps
fight free radicals</a>. Tea is high in oxygen radical absorbance capacity
(“ORAC” to its friends), which is a fancy way of saying that it helps destroy
free radicals (which can damage DNA) in the body. While our bodies are designed
to fight free radicals on their own, they’re not 100 percent effective — and
since damage from these radical oxygen ninjas has been linked to cancer, heart
disease and neurological degeneration, we’ll take all the help we can get.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea is </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5281046.stm">hydrating</a> to
the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450118">body</a> (even
despite the caffeine!).</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Drinking tea is linked with a lower risk of Parkinson’s
disease. When considered with other factors like smoking, physical activity,
age and body mass index, regular tea drinking was associated with a lowered
risk of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17712848">Parkinson’s disease</a> in
both men and women.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea might provide protection from ultraviolet rays. We
know it’s important to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://greatist.com/health/sunscreen/">limit exposure</a> to UV
rays, and we all know what it’s like to <a href="http://greatist.com/health/cause-sunburn-treat-fast/">feel the burn</a>.
The good news is that green tea may act as a back-up <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11209110">sunscreen</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea could keep waist circumference in check. In one
study, participants who regularly consumed hot tea had lower waist circumference
and lower </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22777108">BMI</a> than
non-consuming participants. Scientists speculate that regular tea drinking
lowers the risk of <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004546/">metabolic syndrome</a> (which
increases the risk of diabetes, artery disease and stroke), although it’s
important to remember that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/jan/06/correlation-causation">correlation
does not equal causation</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Regular tea drinking might also counteract some of
the negative effects of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14519830">smoking</a> and might
even lessen the risk of lung cancer (good news, obviously, but not a
justification for <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/10566.php">cigs</a>).</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea could be beneficial to people with Type 2 diabetes.
Studies suggest that compounds in green tea could help </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855614/">diabetics</a> better
process sugars.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea can help the body recover from radiation. One study
found that tea helped protect against cellular degeneration upon exposure to
radiation, while another found that tea can </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/04/earlyshow/contributors/emilysenay/main2224186.shtml">help
skin bounce back</a> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22521723">postexposure</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Green tea has been found to improve bone mineral density
and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22749181">strength</a>.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"> Tea might be an
effective agent in the prevention and treatment of neurological diseases,
especially degenerative diseases (think Alzheimer’s). While many factors
influence brain health, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22692966">polyphenols</a> in
green tea may help maintain the parts of the brain that regulate learning and
memory.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Tea can be brewed in water or directly in milk. Skim milk is
delicious for chai. Tea may be brewed in skim, 2% or whole milk.For a more
intense flavor,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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person<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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tsp. for first person and then 1 tsp. per person. More than 5
persons reduce per person tea to 3/4 tsp.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Methods</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Boil the water in a saucepan.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Add the tea spices by a pinch per person or
whole spices as explained above. More if you want it more robust in
spices. Experiment for personal taste.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Add the tea leaves.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>When the concoction starts boiling, Add milk.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Boil for about a minute.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Strain the tea into the cups.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Remove strainer add sweetener as per taste
and stir the tea well.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #ec6700; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: small;">ROMANTIC CHAI<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Put 2 ilaichis (cardamom) in water<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Let it boil<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Add Waghbakri<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.buytea.com/black_tea.php" style="text-decoration: initial;"><span style="color: #3e642f;">black tea</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Add milk (or microwave it separately)<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Timings:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">When it is raining. Place yourself
at place from where you can see shafts of water connecting sky with earth.<br />
Play the song or sing if you can: "Rim-jhim gire sawan..."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">When you're snowbound. Light the
fire (in fireplace) Once again watch the earth getting dressed in fresh cotton.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ec6700; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: small;">NONFAT MASALA CHAI (MAKES 3 CUPS) <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>3 cups of water (please, not hot!)<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>1 teaspoon Chai Masala (recipe given below) 2
to 3 teaspoons loose tea Leaves (or 3 tea-bags) 1/4 cup (or more)
Evaporated Skimmed Milk (more information given below) Sugar (or Equal or
Nutrasweet) to taste<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Place the water and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.buytea.com/masala-chai.php" style="text-decoration: initial;"><span style="color: #3e642f;">chai masala</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in a saucepan and put to boil
over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, cover the saucepan and simmer
for 5 minutes. Add the tea leaves (or tea bags). Please note that the
amount can be varied<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
depending on personal preference. Continue to boil for about 1 more
minute. Add the evaporated skimmed milk (directly from the can).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Boil once more.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>Strain and pour into individual cups or tea
kettle. Serve with sugar (or Equal/Nutrasweet) on the side.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #ec6700; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: small;">LEMON TEA SLUSH<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Start with</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>5 cups water<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>2 WaghBakri Tea Quik tea bags<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>1 cup sugar<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>1 can (12 oz) frozen lemonade, thawed<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>1 cup vodka<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; line-height: 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><b>1 bottle sparkling water, chilled Lemon
slices, if desired<o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Directions:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Heat one cup of water to boiling.
Pour water over tea bags; let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags; cool tea.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Heat remaining 4 cups of water to
boiling. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Remove<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
from heat; cool 20 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">Mix tea, sugar water, lemonade
concentrate, and vodka in 3 quart plastic<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
container. Cover and freeze at least 24 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif;">To serve, place 2/3 cup slush in
each glass and fill with 1 cup sparkling water; stir. Garnish with lemon
slices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Srinivasanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727531823288036781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841934421301931334.post-53284279701532075662012-09-14T04:39:00.002-07:002021-04-30T08:33:59.238-07:00"Queen of Hill Stations" The NILGIRIS Informations.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">THE "NILGIRIS"</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>Nilgiri</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Tamil</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span xml:lang="ta"><span lang="TA" style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">நீலகிரி</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaga_language" title="Badaga language"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Badaga</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>blue mountains</i> are often referred
to as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Nilgiri Hills, are a range of
mountains with at least 24 peaks above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), in the
westernmost part of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Tamil Nadu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">state at the junction
of</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Karnataka</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Kerala</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">states in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_India" title="Southern India"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Southern India</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">. They are part of the larger<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Western Ghats</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">mountain chain making
up the southwestern edge of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan Plateau</a>.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;"><b><u>Location</u></b></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> The hills are separated from the Karnataka plateau to the north by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyar_River" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Moyar River">Moyar River</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">and from the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaimalai_Hills" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Anaimalai Hills">Anaimalai Hills</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palni_Hills" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Palni Hills">Palni Hills</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> to the south by the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palghat_Gap" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Palghat Gap">Palghat Gap</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. The</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiris_District" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Nilgiris District">Nilgiris District</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> lies within these mountains. Its latitudinal and longitudinal dimensions are 130 km (Latitude: 11° 08' to 11° 37' N) by 185 km (Longitude: 76° 27' E to 77° 4' E). Central location is: </span><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span style="position: relative; white-space: nowrap;"><a class="external text" href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_22_30_N_76_45_30_E_" rel="nofollow" style="background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 13px; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;" wrc_done="true"><span class="geo-default" style="display: inline;"><span class="geo-dms" style="display: inline;" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°22′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°45′30″E</span></span></span></a></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. It has an area of 2,479 square kilometres (957 sq mi)</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.316666603088379px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> The first recorded use of the word</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nila</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">applied to this region
can be traced to 1117 AD in the report of a general of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnuvardhana" title="Vishnuvardhana"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Vishnuvardhana</span></a>, King of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysala" title="Hoysala"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hoysalas</span></a>, who in reference to his enemies, claimed to have
“frightened the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_people" title="Toda people"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Todas</span></a>, driven the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanga" title="Kanga"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kangas</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">underground, slaughtered
the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallava" title="Pallava"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pallavas</span></a>, put to death the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayala_Kshatriya" title="Malayala Kshatriya"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Malayalas</span></a>, terrified King</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" title="Kali"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kala</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">and then proceeded to offer the peak of Nila Mountain (presumably
Dodabetta) to</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Lakshmi</span></a>, Goddess of Wealth.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_mountains#cite_note-Pai-3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4]</span></a></sup></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> The</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi"><span style="text-decoration: none;">original inhabitants</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">of the Nilgiri Hills were the Toda, Badaga, Kota, Irula and
kurumbas. The Nilgiri Hills were part of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chera_Empire" title="Chera Empire"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chera Empire</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">in ancient times. Later, the area came under the
rule of the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ganga_Dynasty" title="Western Ganga Dynasty"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Western Ganga Dynasty</span></a>,
and then Hoysala empire in the 12th century. They then became part of the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kingdom of Mysore</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan" title="Tipu Sultan"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Tipu Sultan</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">who later surrendered
them to the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India" title="British India"><span style="text-decoration: none;">British</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">in the 18th century.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first Europeans to attempt the grueling climb to the Nilgiris
included an enigmatic Jesuit priest, Father Fininicio, in 1603. They struggled
up the mountains, avoiding elephants, tigers and other wild beasts, and met the
Todas at the top.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From 1799 these mountains were seen daily by the British
authorities from the plains of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore_District" title="Coimbatore District"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Coimbatore</span></a>. Revenue was
collected from them for the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company" title="British East India Company"><span style="text-decoration: none;">British East India
Company</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">by a native renter.
Excepting Dr. Ford and Capt. Bevan, who traversed the hills in 1809 with a
party of pioneers, and some deputy surveyors under Colonel Monson, who
partially mapped the area, no British had ventured to explore the all but
unknown region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1814, Mr, Keys, a sub-assistant, and Mr. McMahon, an apprentice
in the Survey Department, ascended the hills by the Danaynkeucottah Pass,
penetrated into the remotest parts, made plans, and sent in reports of their
discoveries. As a result of these accounts, Messrs. Whish and Kindersley, two
young Madras civilians, ventured up in pursuit of some criminal's taking refuge
in the mountains, and proceeded to reconnoitre the interior. They soon saw and
felt enough favorable climate and terrain to excite their own curiosity and
that of others.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In 1819,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sullivan_(British_governor)" title="John Sullivan (British governor)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">John Sullivan</span></a>,
the British Collector of Coimbatore, set out to explore the Nilgiris after
obtaining an order from the British East India Company charging him to
investigate the "origin of the fabulous tales that are circulated
concerning the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Blue Mountains</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to verify their authenticity and to send a
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">With a detachment of Europeans and Indian</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepoy" title="Sepoy"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sepoys</span></a>, he set out on his mission on
January 2, 1819. The journey involved crossing rough and harsh terrain, steep
precipices and danger from wild animals. After an expedition that lasted for
six days and loss of the lives of some of the expedition members, Sullivan
finally reached a plateau from where he proudly hoisted the British flag.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In May, 1819, the same tourists from Coimbatore, accompanied by
Monsieur Leschnault de la Tour, naturalist to the King of France, repeated
their excursion. They asserted the temperature in the shade to be</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74 °F</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(23 °C)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">at a time when the
temperature of the plains was up to</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100 °F</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(38 °C). Such a
climate within the tropics was considered so great an anomaly that few at first
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">John Sullivan occupied
the area by buying land from the native tribes people, often buying up many
square kilometres in a day for the price of a few meals. In 1822, he began
construction of the first house in the Nilgiris on a hillock in</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooty" title="Ooty"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ooty</span></a>, to the east of the hollow where the
racecourse now lies. In 1823 his wife, who had the distinction of being the
first European woman in the Nilgiris, and his infant son moved into the house
called</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_House,_Ooty" title="Stone House, Ooty"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Stonehouse</span></a>. Government House was soon built a few meters away.
Stonehouse now serves as the administration building for the Government Arts
College, which is the former Government House.</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">After the early 1820s, the hills were developed rapidly under the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj"><span style="text-decoration: none;">British Raj</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">because most of the land
was by then privately owned by British citizens. It was a popular summer and
weekend getaway for the British during the colonial days. In 1827 Ooty became
the official</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium" title="Sanatorium"><span style="text-decoration: none;">sanatorium</span></a>and the summer capital of the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Madras Presidency</span></a>. Many winding hill roads were built. In
1899, The</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway" title="Nilgiri Mountain Railway"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Nilgiri Mountain
Railway</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was completed by
influential and enterprising British citizens with venture capital from the
Madras government.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doddabetta" title="Doddabetta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Doddabetta</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Peak</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, 4 km east south east from</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udhagamandalam" title="Udhagamandalam"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Udhagamandalam</span></a>,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_24_10_N_76_44_14_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Doddabetta+Peak"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°24′10″N 76°44′14″E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, with a height of 2,637 metres (8,652 ft)
is the highest point in the Nilgiris and the southern extent of the range. .</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hecuba</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,375 metres (7,792 ft)),</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kattadadu</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,418 metres (7,933 ft)) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kulkudi</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,439 metres (8,002 ft)) are closely linked peaks in
the west of Doddabetta range and nearby Udhagamandalam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Snowdon</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: (2,530 metres
(8,301 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_26_N_76_46_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Snowdon"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°26′N 76°46′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is the northern extent of the range.Club Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,448 metres (8,031 ft)) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Elk Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,466 metres (8,091 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_23_55_N_76_42_39_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Elk+Hill"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°23′55″N 76°42′39″E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">are significant elevations in this range.
Snowdon, Club Hill and Elk Hill along with Doddabetta, form the impressive
Udhagamandalam Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Devashola</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,261 metres
(7,418 ft)), notable for its</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_gum" title="Blue gum"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Blue gum</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">trees, is in the south
of Doddabetta range.<br />
Kulakombai</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,707 metres
(5,600 ft)) is east of the Devashola. The Bhavani Valley and the Lambton's
peak range of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore_district" title="Coimbatore district"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Coimbatore district</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">stretch from here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hullikal Durg</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 562 metres
(1,844 ft)),</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_19_N_76_53_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Hullikal+Durg"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°19′N 76°53′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">in the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language" title="Kannada language"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kannada language</span></a>, Hulikal
Durg means</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tiger Rock Fort</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. The Sanskrit name of his place is</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bakasura Parvata</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. It is 3 km. south east of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonoor" title="Coonoor"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Coonoor</span></a>. Tropical Pine forest flourishes
at the base of this hill, while the valleys support green foliage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Coonoor Betta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2,101 metres
(6,893 ft)) is also called Teneriffe. It is on the northern side of the
gorge, accommodating the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway" title="Nilgiri Mountain Railway"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Nilgiri Mountain
Railway</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to Coonoor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rallia Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,248 metres
(7,375 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_25_N_76_53_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Rallia+Hill"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°25′N 76°53′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is in the midst of a reserved forest and almost
equidistant from Udhagamandalam and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotagiri" title="Kotagiri"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kotagiri</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dimhatti Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,788 metres
(5,866 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_26_N_76_01_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Dimhatti+Hill"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°26′N 76°01′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is above the Gajalahatti pass, which provided a
short cut from</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mysore</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_region" title="Carnatic region"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Carnatic plains</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and was of much strategic importance in the
eighteenth century. This peak, dedicated to the Deity</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rangaswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Rangaswamy (page does not exist)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Rangaswamy</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is considered holy by the people of the
surrounding villages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nilgiris Peaks in</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukurthi_National_Park" title="Mukurthi National Park"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mukurthi National Park</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the Nilgiri Plateau, the Kundah range of the Nilgiri hills is a
ridge on the south-western side of Mukurthi National Park bordering<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kerala</span></a>.
With elevations greater than the general level of the plateau, the range
possesses some peaks close to the height of Doddabetta.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Avalanche hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">of this range has the
twin-peaks of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kudikkadu</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,590 metres (8,497 ft)) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kolaribetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,625 metres (8,612 ft)).<br />
Derbetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(or Bear Hill) (height:
2,531 metres (8,304 ft)) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kolibetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,494 metres
(8,182 ft)), south of the Ouchterlony valley, are a continuation of the
Kundah range.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;">Mukurthi Peak</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mukurthi Peak</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2,554 metres
(8,379 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_23_29_N_76_31_38_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Mukurthi+Peak"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°23′29″N 76°31′38″E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pichalbetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,544 metres
(8,346 ft)) and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nilgiri Peak</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,474 metres (8,117 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_24_0_N_76_30_4_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Nilgiri+Peak"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°24′0″N 76°30′4″E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">are the important heights of this area. These 3
hills of the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayanad_district" title="Wayanad district"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Wayanad district</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">are generally low in relation to other heights of the district;
but are distinguished in relation to the generally uniform level of this area.<br />
Maruppanmudi hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,528 metres
(5,013 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_31_N_76_27_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Maruppanmudi+hill"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°31′N 76°27′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is 10 km. northwest of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudalur_(Nilgiris_district)" title="Gudalur (Nilgiris district)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Gudalur</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Other heights deserving notice are:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Needle Rock</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hadiabetta Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,155 metres (3,789 ft)),</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Glulur hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,148 metres (3,766 ft)).<br />
Chinna Doddabetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,392 metres
(7,848 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_28_N_76_45_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Chinna+Doddabetta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°28′N 76°45′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is about five km. south of Udhagamandalam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Konabetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">:
(height: 1,880 metres (6,168 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_30_N_76_46_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Konabetta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°30′N 76°46′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is about 5 km, north-northeast of
Udhagamandalam. This is also called Sigur Peak.<br />
Koodal Betta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,183 metres
(7,162 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_28_N_76_50_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Koodal+Betta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°28′N 76°50′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">means</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Echoing rock</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.
It is about 13 km north-east of Udhagamandalam.<br />
Kundah Betta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 1,998 metres
(6,555 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_07_N_76_43_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Kundah+Betta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°07′N 76°43′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is About 10 km south-southwest of
Udhagamandalam.<br />
Kundah Mugi</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(height: 2,344 metres
(7,690 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_24_N_76_51_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Kundah+Mugi"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°24′N 76°51′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is about 11 km east of Udhagamandalam,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dolphin's Nose</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_22_N_76_51_E_region:IN-TN_type:mountain&title=Dolphin%27s+Nose"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°22′N 76°51′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is a promonotory over the Kotagiri valley about
6 km east-northeast of Coonoor. The place provides an excellent view of
the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_falls" title="Catherine falls"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Catherine falls</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and a vast expanse of verdant plains.<br />
Ibex Hill</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_27_N_76_35_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Ibex+Hill"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°27′N 76°35′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is about 17 km., west-southwest of
Udhagamandalam. It is a straight cliff in the proximity of</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sigur_Pass&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Sigur Pass (page does not exist)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sigur Pass</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Muttunadu Betta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(height: 2,323 metres
(7,621 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_27_N_76_43_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Muttunadu+Betta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°27′N 76°43′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">is about 5 km, north
northwest of Udhagamandalam.<br />
Tamrabetta</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(Coppery
Hill) (height: 2,120 metres (6,955 ft))</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nilgiri_mountains&params=11_22_N_76_48_E_region:IN_type:mountain&title=Tamrabetta"><span style="text-decoration: none;">11°22′N 76°48′E</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">is about 8 km. south
east of Udhagamandalam.<br />
Vellangiri</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(Silvery
Hill) (height: 2,120 metres (6,955 ft)) is 16 km west-northwest of
Udhagamandalam</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Botanical Garden is a lush green and well maintained Botanical garden. A flower show along with an exhibition of rare plant species is held every year at this garden. The garden also has a 20 million year old fossilized tree. One can find a diverse variety of flora, ranging from rare trees like the cork tree, the paper bark tree, and the monkey puzzle tree, flowering bushes and plants, fern house consists of ferns and orchids.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is an artificial lake. It used to be much larger than its present size of 4 km2 and is 2.5 km in length, and encompassed the present bus stand and race course as well as much of the present market. Boating is the major attraction at the lake. The boat rise allows visitors to enjoy the serene environs at a laid-back pace.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was the first "Pukka" house in Ooty. It is situated inside the premises of the Government Arts College. It now houses the government office.</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toda Huts</span></strong></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a few number of Toda Huts up in the hills of Botanical Garden were Todas still dwell.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a important junction for The Nilgiri Railways. It is very clean and well maintained.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">St. Stephen's Church</span></strong><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong></strong></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one of the oldest churches in the town, it architecture is essentially old style with tall spires. It is located near the District Court house building.</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wax World, Ooty</span></strong></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A wax museum that houses life-size look-alike wax statues of personalities of Indian history, culture and heritage housed in a 142 year old bungalow.</span></b></div>
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<strong style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ooty Golf Links</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It is a forested and grassy area, partially home to a golf course.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So what are you waiting for? Get out there now and stay a week or two and experience bliss like never before. Please post your 'Jiyo Life Moments' stories and share with the rest of the world so that they too can experience this heaven on earth.</b></span></div>
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<a href="" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coonoor is the second most popular hill station in the Nilgiris. The hill station stands at a height of 1839 meters and is known for its great picnic spots and picturesque surroundings. It is also famous for tea gardens and tea factories and provides the traveler with the panoramic view of the lush green Nilgiri hills, with its ravines, valleys, and waterfalls.<br /><br />Bird watching is a popular pastime in Coonoor, as the area boasts of a large variety of species like cormorants, pipits, thrushes, parakeets, skylarks, Nilgiri verditer, etc. Travelers can take a walk through the tea gardens. There are number of trekking and hiking trails around Coonoor. Travellers can enjoy the exhilarating and unique ride on the toy train that connects Coonoor with Mettupalayam (which Indian Rail spells Metupalaiyam) and Ooty.<br /><br />The trip provides some breathtaking views of the Nilgiri hills in all its natural glory. </span></span></a></div>
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<span dir="auto"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Nilgiri Mountain Railway</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> is a railway in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, built by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom">British</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> in 1908,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#cite_note-0" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and was initially operated by the Madras Railway. The railway still relies on its fleet of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotives</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-Indian-Hill-railways_1-0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#cite_note-BBC-Indian-Hill-railways-1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> NMR comes under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Salem Division. In July 2005, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> added the Nilgiri Mountain Railway as an extension to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Himalayan Railway</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, the site then became known as "Mountain Railways of India."</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> After it satisfied the necessary criteria, thus forcing abandonment of the modernisation plans. For the past several years diesel locomotives have taken over from steam on the section between </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonoor" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Coonoor">Coonoor</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udhagamandalam" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Udhagamandalam">Udhagamandalam</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. Local people and tourists have led a demand for steam locos to once again haul this section.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-Indian-Hill-railways_1-1" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#cite_note-BBC-Indian-Hill-railways-1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> The famous Hindi song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from the film "Dil Se" featuring </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrukh_Khan" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Shahrukh Khan">Shahrukh Khan</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> was shot on the roof top of NMR.</span> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The NMR track is</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> in) </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">gauge and the railway is isolated from other<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_gauge" title="Metre gauge"><span style="text-decoration: none;">metre gauge</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Between</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mettupalayam,_Coimbatore" title="Mettupalayam, Coimbatore"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mettupalayam</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonoor" title="Coonoor"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Coonoor</span></a>, the line uses the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway#Abt" title="Rack railway"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Abt rack and pinion</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">system to climb the steep</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(slope)" title="Grade (slope)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">gradient</span></a>. On this rack section trains are operated by</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27X%27_Class_locomotives_(Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway)" title="'X' Class locomotives (Nilgiri Mountain Railway)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">'X' Class steam rack locomotives</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">manufactured by the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Swiss Locomotive
and Machine Works</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterthur" title="Winterthur"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Winterthur</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">in</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Switzerland</span></a>. These steam locomotives can be used on any part
of the line (either with or without the rack section),but the newer diesel
locomotives can operate on the entire section, between</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mettupalayam,_Coimbatore" title="Mettupalayam, Coimbatore"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mettupalayam</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udagamandalam" title="Udagamandalam"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Udagamandalam</span></a>.This signals the beginning of the process to
phase out the coal-fired vintage Swiss engines that took scores of passengers
on the rack and pinion track to Coonoor and Udhagamandalam, covering
41.8 km, 108 curves, 16 tunnels and 250 bridges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hence, the Southern Railway decided to replace the coal-fired
locomotives. The work was entrusted to Golden Rock Workshop of Southern Railway
at Tiruchirapalli. Each of the new engines weighs a little over 50 tonnes and
cost Rs.10 crore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The new engine has been provided with pilot and primary burners
with separate tanks to hold about 850 litres of diesel and 2,250 litres of
furnace oil. The hauling capacity of this new engine is 97.6 tonnes and it can
run at a speed of 30 km an hour in plains and at 15 km an hour on a
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Officials hoped to put the engine to use by Sunday on the
Mettuppalayam–Coonoor section. The arrival of the new engines raises hopes of
eliminating the disruption in service that occurred frequently over the last
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">For long, the X Class locomotives manufactured by Swiss Locomotive
and Machine Works of Winterthur in Switzerland lent that distinct charm to NMR.
These locomotives are six to eight decades old, railway officials said<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The steam locomotives are always marshalled at the downhill
(Mettupalayam) end of the train. The average gradient in this rack section is 1
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Between Coonoor and Udagamandalam the train is operated by a YDM4</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive"><span style="text-decoration: none;">diesel locomotive</span></a>using conventional</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_adhesion" title="Rail adhesion"><span style="text-decoration: none;">rail adhesion</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">principles. On this
section the locomotive is always at the Coonoor end of the train as although
the line is not steep enough to need a rack rail, the ruling gradient out of
Coonoor is still very steep at 1 in 25 (4%).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">As of 2007, there is one train a day over the rack section, which
starts from Mettupalayam at 07:10 and reaches Ooty at noon. The return train
starts from Ooty at 15:00, and reaches Mettupalayam at 18:35. The train is
scheduled to connect to the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Express" title="Nilgiri Express"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Nilgiri Express</span></a>, which travels from Mettupalayam to</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chennai</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">via</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Coimbatore</span></a>. A summer special service is also run during the
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Even though the NMR stations have networked computerised ticketing
systems for onward journeys, it still issues</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmondson_railway_ticket" title="Edmondson railway ticket"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Edmondson style manual
tickets</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">for the
Ooty-Mettupalayam journey to preserve the 'World Heritage Site' status of the
railway. However, ticket booking is similar to other conventional trains and
can also be done via the Indian Railways' website.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Mountain_Railway#cite_note-3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">[4]</span></a></sup></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is advisable to book
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The majority of repairs to the locomotives are carried out at the
Coonoor shed but many of the steam locomotives have been rebuilt at the Golden
Rock Workshops. Carriages are repaired at Mettupalayam but, like the
locomotives, are taken to one of the big railway workshops for major work. Due
to its popularity, a number of passengers using the NMR have requested that the
Southern Railways convert the section from Coonoor to</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udagamandalam" title="Udagamandalam"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Udagamandalam</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to steam locomotive<sup>[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span style="text-decoration: none;">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>,
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Nilgiri tea is generally described as being a dark, intensely aromatic, fragrant and flavoured tea grown in the southern portion of the Western Ghats mountains of Southern India. It is grown in the hills of the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, though there are numerous other tea-growing districts in South India as well, including Munnar and Central Travancore, further south in Kerala state.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Nilgiri tea plantations are represented by the Nilgiri Planters' Association, which is an organizational member of the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Planters_Association_of_South_India&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="United Planters Association of South India (page does not exist)">United Planters Association of South India</a> (UPASI), headquartered in Coonoor. UPASI is the peak body representing plantation owners in South India. However, plantations only account for around 30% of tea production in Nilgiri District. The vast majority of production is undertaken by small growers, who typically own less than one hectare each.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea#cite_note-0" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> The majority of Nilgiri tea small growers are Badagas people, a local community of agriculturists.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Tea plantations in Nilgiri District (as in other growing districts of India) typically own and operate their own processing factories. Small growers sell their tea as green leaf to "bought leaf factories", which are independently owned. (Although in recent years, some plantation factories have started buying green leaf from small growers)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> After processing (which converts the green leaf into 'made tea'), most is sold through regularly scheduled auctions in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonoor" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Coonoor">Coonoor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> and Kochi (India)|Kochi. More than 50% of Nilgiri tea is exported, and usually finds its way into blends used for tea bags.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea#cite_note-3" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>The expensive hand-sorted, full-leaf versions of the tea like the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Pekoe" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Orange Pekoe">Orange Pekoe</a> (O.P.) are highly sought after at international auctions making it unaffordable for most locals. In November 2006 a Nilgiri Tea achieved "Top Honours" and fetched a world record price of $600 per kg. This was at the first ever tea auction held in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas</a>. A machine-sorted, lower-cost variety of high quality tea is a semi-full leaf variety known as <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broken_Orange_Pekoe&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Broken Orange Pekoe (page does not exist)">Broken Orange Pekoe</a> (B.O.P.). However, most production occurs via the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush,_Tear,_Curl" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Crush, Tear, Curl">Crush, Tear, Curl</a> or CTC process of manufacture, which delivers a higher number of cups per measure (technically known as <i>cuppage</i>). The strong flavours of Nilgiri tea make it useful for blending purposes. At the same time, Nilgiri tea has suffered from poor reputation associated with its erstwhile reliance on sales to the former <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="USSR">USSR</a>. Soviet buyers had little regard for quality.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea#cite_note-4" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> In the 1990s the collapse of this trading partner triggered a substantial economic downslide in the Nilgiris district, which was further aggravated by various quality issues.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2009">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In recent years the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Board_of_India" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tea Board of India">Tea Board of India</a> has charged some producers of Nilgiri tea with fraudulently adulterating their product, and has closed some Bought Leaf Factories due to non-compliance with food safety regulations.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2009">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Also with a view to improving product quality, the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Planters_Association_of_South_India&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="United Planters Association of South India (page does not exist)">United Planters Association of South India</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Board_of_India" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tea Board of India">Tea Board of India</a> have instigated programs to change cultivation and harvest practices among small growers.</b></span></div>
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The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>:முதுமலை வனவிலங்கு காப்பகம், now also declared a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Reserve" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tiger Reserve">Tiger Reserve</a>, lies on the northwestern side of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiris_(mountains)" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Nilgiris (mountains)">Nilgiri Hills</a> (Blue Mountains), in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_District" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Nilgiri District">Nilgiri District</a>, about 150 km (93 mi) north-west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> in the westernmost part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, on the interstate boundaries with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> states in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_India" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="South India">South India</a>. Mudumalai, which means 'first hills’, is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India. The sanctuary is divided into 5 ranges - Masinagudi(in Karnataka), Thepakadu, Mudumalai, Kargudi and Nellakota.</div>
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Here one can often spot herds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Endangered species">endangered</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_elephant" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian elephant">Indian elephants</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_species" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Vulnerable species">vulnerable</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Gaur">Gaur</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chital" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Chital">Chital</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Sanctuary">sanctuary</a> is a haven for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Tiger" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bengal Tiger">Bengal Tigers</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Leopard" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian Leopard">Indian Leopards</a> and other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatened_species" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Threatened species">threatened species</a>. There are at least 266 species of birds in the sanctuary, including <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critically_endangered" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Critically endangered">critically endangered</a> species like the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_White-rumped_Vulture" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian White-rumped Vulture">Indian White-rumped Vulture</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_vulture" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Long-billed vulture">long-billed vulture</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-atree_0-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudumalai_National_Park#cite_note-atree-0" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup></div>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>, Nilgiri Sub-Cluster (6,000 km<sup style="line-height: 1em;">2</sup> (2,300 sq mi)), including all of Mudumalai National Park, is under consideration by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a> for selection as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The <b>Nilgiri tahr</b></span>
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<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Nilgiri tahr</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Nilgiritragus hylocrius</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, known locally as the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Nilgiri ibex</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> or simply</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">ibex</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, is an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ungulate">ungulate</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> that is </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Endemism">endemic</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> to the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Hills" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Nilgiri Hills">Nilgiri Hills</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and the southern portion of the</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> in the states of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Kerala">Kerala</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> in southern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. It is the state animal of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> Despite its local name, it is more closely related to the sheep of the </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Ovis">Ovis</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> genus than the ibex and wild goats of the </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capra" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Capra">Capra</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> genus.</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></b></span><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Language">Tamil Language</a> it is called <i>varaiaadu</i>, the term being composed of two Tamil words, <i>wurrai</i>a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipice" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Precipice">precipice</a>, and <i>aadu</i>, a goat. It is also the state animal of Tamil Nadu.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> The ancient word in classical Tamil was "varudai" (வருடை: Natrinai, 359; Ainkurunuru, 287; Pattinappalai, 139). It was previously named <i>Capra warryato</i> by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ham_3-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr#cite_note-Ham-3" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Its closest relatives are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Ovis">sheep</a> (genus <i>Ovis</i>). Until 2005, it was placed with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_tahr" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Himalayan tahr">Himalayan tahr</a> (<i>Hemitragus jemlahicus</i>) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_tahr" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Arabian tahr">Arabian tahr</a> (<i>Arabitragus jayakari</i>) in the genus <i>Hemitragus</i>. However, it has recently been transferred to a new genus <i>Nilgiritragus</i> because it is <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Genetically">genetically</a> more similar to members of the genus <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Ovis">Ovis</a></i> than to other tahrs.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kotagiri is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchayat_town" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Panchayat town">panchayat town</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nilgiris_District" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="The Nilgiris District">The Nilgiris District</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kotagiri is situated at an elevation of around 1793m above sea level and is one of the three popular hill stations located in the Nilgiris. This picturesque hill station is bounded by verdant green tea estates and offers a number of trekking options.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This old hill station has been developed around innumerable knolls and valleys. The Doddabetta Range is 22 km away. Catherine Falls, Elk Falls and Rangaswami Pillar are the major attractions near Kotagiri and you can trek to these places. Kodanad View Point offers a spectacular view of the gentle sloping hills and blue hills. There is another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Jungle">jungle</a> trekking trail that leads you to a small stream of water.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The three popular trekking trails are Kotagiri - Kodanad; Kotagiri - St. Catherine Falls and Kotagiri - Longwood Shola. The Kotagiri - Kodanad trail leads you through splendid views of lush-green tea estates and the magnificent Moyar River. One has to cross through meadows to reach Kodanad.</b></span><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kotagiri is linked by road to Mettupalayam. The road which continues on to Ooty (27 km from Kotagiri to Ooty) is one of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Ghat_Roads" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Nilgiri Ghat Roads">Nilgiri Ghat Roads</a> and is now one of the five access routes for the entire district. Coonoor is 23 km from Kotagiri and connected by a road that branches off the Ooty road.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buses to Kotagairi are available from Mettupalayam in the foothills and also from Ooty and other places.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kotagiri is well-connected with all the major cities of Tamil Nadu by road. There are regular bus services from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooty" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Ooty">Ooty</a>, Mettupalayam and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonoor" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Coonoor">Coonoor</a>. The nearest railhead is in Coonoor. The nearest airport is in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> (65 km) which is well-linked to cities like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Cochin">Cochin</a>.</span></b></div>
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