Train details - Number 2671 from Chennai to Metupalayam & 2672 from Metupalayam to Chennai. On reaching Metupalayam you can take the Nilgiris passenger train operated by Nilgiris Mountain Railway, this train is primarily run to connect towns of Ooty, Coonoor & Kotagiri.View of Ooty on a Bright sunny day
Everybody takes pictures of Ooty during sunny & rainy days, here is the picture of Ooty by Night.
Ooty has a stunning beauty & deep green valley for which the Britishers named it " Queen Of Hills". So how did the Britishers get to this place - Nilgiri hills was the part of Chera Empire in ancient times. Later to fall into Ganga dynasty and then to Hoysala empire by 12 century. After which it became part of Mysore under Tipu Sulthan, who latter surrendered to the British Empire by 18 century. The said part of our history & the present times is poverty, John Sullivan the then governer of Coimbatore provience who liked the climate around the place, started buying land from the local tribe people (Kotas, Toda & Krumba); often buying square kilometres of land in a day for the price of few meals.
