Botanical
Gardens:
Botanical
gardens
are
a
major
tourist
attraction
for
those
who
visit
Ooty,
one
of
the
most
popular
hill
stations
of
India.
They
sprawl
over
50-acre
and
lie
on
the
lower
slopes
of
Doddabetta
peak,
which
is
the
highest
point
in
Ooty.
Marquis
of
Tweeddale
established
these
gardens
in
the
year
1848.
The
gardens
are
formally
laid
out
with
lily
ponds,
and
there
are
clipped
bushes
in
the
form
of
elephants,
with
raised
trunks.
One
can
find
a
thousand
different
species
of
plants
including
some
thirty
types
of
eucalyptus
in
these
gardens.
There
is
also
a
fossilised
tree
trunk,
which
is
said
to
be
20
million
years
old.
Towards
the
eastern
part
of
the
garden
there
is
a
wooden
house
made
of
logs
known
as
"Toda
Mund",
which
provides
an
excellent
view.
Ooty
Lake:
About
1-km
distance
there
is
an
artificial
lake
with
a
charming
look,
which
was
formed
in
1824
by
Mr.
John
Sullivan,
the
then
Collector
of
Coimbatore.
St
Stephens
Church:
Situated
in
the
hilly
area
on
Club
Road,
St
Stephens
Church
is
said
to
be
the
oldest
in
the
Nilgiris.
The
church
was
built
in
1829
and
consecrated
in
1830.
The
beam
of
the
church
was
taken
from
the
palace
of
Tipu
Sultan
at
Srirangapatnam.
The
cemetery
close
by
houses
the
grave
of
John
Sullivan,
the
founder
of
Ooty.
Mini
Garden:
Mini
garden
is
also
situated
on
the
way
to
the
boathouse
where
the
children
amusement
park
is
housed.
A
snack
bar
is
also
available.
Tamil
Nadu
Tourism
Development
Corporation
Limited
maintains
these
gardens.
Rose
Garden:
Rose
Garden
is
situated
about
3
to
4-km
away
from
Charring
Cross.
They
are
spread
over
an
area
of
10
acres
of
land
with
2000
variety
of
roses.
Rose
Gardens
lie
on
the
way
to
the
boathouse.
Government
Museum:
The
government
museum,
Mysore
Road,
Ooty
has
items
of
tribal
objects,
district's
ecological
details
and
representative
sculptural
arts
and
crafts
of
Tamil
Nadu.
It
was
set
up
in
1989,
with
a
view
to
provide
education
benefits
to
the
residing
and
visiting
population
of
Nilgiris
district.
Deer
Park:
At
a
distance
of
1-km
from
the
Lake
there
is
a
Deer
Park,
which
is
worth
visiting.
Doddabetta:
Doddabetta
is
the
highest
peak
(2623
meters)
in
the
Nilgiris,
which
is
about
10-km
from
Ooty.
It
is
a
beautiful
place
lying
between
the
junction
of
the
Western
and
Eastern
Ghats
and
offers
a
beautiful
view
of
the
Nilgiri
hill
ranges.
Dense
Shoals
surround
it.
Hindustan
Photo
Films
:
The
Hindustan
Photo
Films,
one
of
the
major
industrial
units
of
the
district,
is
located
about
5-km
away
from
Ooty
railway
station
over
a
sprawling
area
of
over
300
acres,
near
the
Ooty
golf-links
on
the
Ooty-
Mysore
road.
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