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Stations In India
Coonoor
INTRODUCTION
Coonoor is a fabulous hill station
in the Nilgiri hills about 19 km from Ooty. Coonoor,
located at an altitude of 1,856 metres, is the second largest hill
station in the Nilgiri hills.The Sim's Park with all its
natural beauty was constructed in 1874 has unique trees and plants.
Facinating and unforgetable view points for tourist are Lamb's Rock,
Dolphin's Nose, Lady Canning's Seat to name a few.Tourist can avail
of the Toy train facility to get a detailed view of this place.
VISITING
TIME
Though Coonoor has a beautiful weather but even then
it is best to visit this place between the months of October and
March.
HISTORY
Britishers developed Ooty as a very popular hill station for
them to avoid the devastating Indian summer. But,soon Ooty became
a popular tourist spot and lost its charm by the high traffic of
visitors visiting the place.Soon a need was felt to have another
eqally beatiful hill station.This gave birth to Coonoor.The
grassy meadows, lovely sunflowers, marigolds and rhododendrons became
a benchmark for this beautiful hill station.
The
Toda tribes belong to this region.
TOURIST
SPOTS
Sim's
Park - This is a beautiful park famous for vivid
varieties of fruits.Thus, it is a very important site for the tourists.
Lamb's
Rock - It is a splendid landscape having beautiful carvings
imposed on it.It is on the way to the dolphine nose.
Dolphine
Nose - This is a dolphine shaped unbelievable rock which should
undoubtedely visited by tourists. From this point the tourists can
view almost the whole expansion of the beautiful Nilgiri hills.
Catherine Falls can be viewed from here.This famous point is about
10 km away from Coonoor.
Kotagiri
- This place is about 21 kms from Coonoor.It is famous for Coffee
plantations, Elk Falls, Rangaswamy Pillar and Peak, Kodanand view
point.
Other
places important places near Coonoor are Lady Canning's
seat, the Pomological Station and the Ralliah Dam.
Coonoor’s
has many hillocks which are perfect for trekking.This place attracts
tourists for birdwatching as an extensive variety of birds can be
spotted at the Nilgiris. Various species of vultures, eagles and
owls, song birds like bulbuls, thrushes, babblers, larks, cuckoos,
robins and several others act as melodious music for the visitors
who are accustomed to the huzzle and buzzzle of city sound pollution.Coonoor
has a number of perfect picnic spots.
FESTIVALS
Tea Coffee festival during the winters and fruits & vegetable
festival arranged during the month of May are quite fasinating for
the tourists.
COMMUNICATION
By
Air: Coimbatore airport is nearest to Coonoor,
it has daily flights to and from Madras, Bangalore, Cochin and Trivandrum.
By Rail: Toy train route between Mettupalayam and Ooty has
Coonoor in its route.Another alternative is from Coimbatore, it
takes around 3 hrs to Coonoor.
By Road: Regular bus services from Coimbatore,Ooty and Kotagiri
makes Coonoor well connected.
Population
: 52,000
Languages : The localites use Tamil and English
Best Time to Visit : Suitable season for tourist visit is
during October, March
Std : 0423
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