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Ooty town below Doddabetta Peak in Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, thick forests and lateritic red soil
Tamil Nadu
Couple out for a stroll on railway track with monsoon green backdrop, Ooty hill station, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Ooty town drive-through - Ootacamund or Udhagamandalam in South India's Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Ooty, Tamil Nadu: Ootacamund hill station seen from air, with red lateritic soil, green tea gardens
Tamil Nadu
Result 1A coal engine train Nilgiri mountain railways, passengers are enjoying the blue mountains of Ooty.
Tamil Nadu·railway · hills
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is the only hill train in the region operating daily trips and offers a unique way to experience the spectacular scenery of southern India. The toy train departs.
Result 2Watch a coal-powered steam engine at work! Toy Train Of Ooty in India is dis-asembled and serviced
Tamil Nadu·railway · monsoon
Watch a coal-powered steam engine at work! Toy Train Of Ooty or Udhagamandalam / Ootacamund in India is dis-asembled and serviced. People jump on to and off the steam powered toy train. Archival footage of an archival train!
Result 3Arjun Rampal on joining film industry: My performance was enhanced in working with Monisha Koirala, in Ooty
Tamil Nadu
Arjun Rampal on how he joined the film industry, from being a model: "Actually I was doing an ad film shoot in Ooty for Monte Carlo sweaters. The director for Shekhar Kapoor and the cinematographer was Ashok Mehta.
Result 4Jackpot Horse racing and betting in 1990's India: Udhagamandalam Ooty Race Course in days of yore
Tamil Nadu·sport
Archival footage of horse racing in 1990's India: Udhagamandalam Races, Ooty or Ootcacamund Race Course in days of yore. There is a jackpot with betting active on horses in this South Indian locale many decades back!
Result 5Munnar Tea Estate Gardens in Nilgiris, Mattupetty Dam factory Eravikulam National Park Coimbatore
Ooty, Tamil Nadu·hills · flowers
Munnar Tea Gardens in Nilgiris Mattupetty Dam Tea Estate Tea factory Eravikulam National Park Coimbatore Nilgiris
Result 6Terraced farms and homes spread across the hills of Ooty, in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu·hills · aerial
A picturesque landscape of Ooty, a popular hill station in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu.
Result 7Old footage of the Government Botanical garden in Ooty with old antique cannon: Nostalgic Views
Tamil Nadu·flowers · hills
Take a nostalgic journey through the Government Botanical Garden in Ooty with this rare old footage! Witness visitors entering through the grand main gate, strolling through lush green gardens, and relaxing amidst the serene beauty of one o…
Result 8Toy Train of Ooty: Coal-powered old world tech steam engine being taken apart and re-assembled
Tamil Nadu·railway · monsoon
Toy Train of Ooty: Coal-powered old world tech steam engine at work, being taken apart and re-assembled Watch a coal-powered steam engine at work! Toy Train Of Ooty or Udhagamandalam / Ootacamund in India is dis-asembled and serviced.
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Result 10Tea gardens of Munnar, Kerala: high altitude plantations in the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats
Ooty, Tamil Nadu
Result 11Blue hills of Nilgiris, rolling tea gardens, shola forests: Eravikulam National Park, Kerala
Ooty, Tamil Nadu
Result 12Gaur - the largest bovine in the world, has a taste for tea, intrudes on a Nilgiri Tea Estate, in Ooty
Tamil Nadu
A herd of Gaur have entered this tea estate in the Nilgiris, as they have decided they like chomping on tea bushes and tea leaves! They have a taste for tea, it seems! The gaur is a wild bovine and the largest such bovine species in the wor…
Result 13Kotagiri Tea estate, Nilgiri hills along NH181: aerials of Eastern Ghats and Indian Bison, in Ooty
Tamil Nadu·hills · aerial
An aerial view of Eastern Ghats and Indian Bison: Kotagiri Tea estate, Nilgiris hills along NH181. Nilgiri Hills, mountainous region of Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India.
Result 14Wild Elephants enjoy succulent grass in a green meadow in the Nilgiri hills of Munnar, in Ooty
Tamil Nadu
Result 15A visit to the highest peak in South India in the 1990's - Doddabetta Peak in Ooty
Tamil Nadu·hills · forest
Nestled amidst the Blue Mountains the quintessential town of Ooty allures visitors in abundance to witness its postcard picture perfect beauty.
Result 16A visit to the highest peak in South India in the 1990s, in Ooty
Tamil Nadu·river
The view in and around Doddabetta Peak in the Nilgiris. The watchtower is an attraction for some of these visitors to South India's highest peak, from the telescope house. Dodabetta Peak in Ooty or Ootacamund is in the Nilgiris.
Result 17Ipomoea Morning Glory and Neelakurinji - two blue flowers from Kerala's Nilgiris
Ooty, Tamil Nadu·flowers
In the blue hills of the Nilgiris grow two stunningly blue flowers. The Ipomea Morning Glory and the more celebrated Neelakurinji of the Strobilanthes family that flowers once in 12 years.
Result 18Once in 12 year bloom: Neelakurinji from Eravikulam and Munnar in the Nilgiris
Ooty, Tamil Nadu·flowers
The Neelakurinji is a range of Strobilanthes species that inhabit the Western Ghats region and the Nilgiri mountains. The Strobilanthes kunthiana plant flowers just once in 12 years.
Result 19Nilgiris tea estate and Wellington - splendid monsoon cloud time lapses
Ooty, Tamil Nadu·monsoon
Some wonderfully clear time lapses of the Nilgiri mountains of south India, with mists and clouds running amok across them. The tea gardens look lush in monsoon finery, as does Wellington town - a southern hill station.
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