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OOTY AND WAYANAD

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Ooty aslo known as Udhagamandalam is theQueen of hill stations.

It is the capital of Nilgiris district.

It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 metersabove sea level.

An added attraction for the tourists to Ooty ismountain train journey.

The establishment of numerous tea estatesmade Ooty famous.

Ooty generally features pleasently mild

conditions throughout the year.

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Lofty mountains, dense forest, sprawlinggrasslands and miles and miles of tea gardens

greet the passengers on most routes. The annual tea and tourism festival attracts

crowds in huge number.

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Ooty Lake

Government museum

Botanical garden

Stephens church

Doddabetta

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Botanical garden The Botanical garden are one of the primary

Ooty tourist attractions.

It covering a area about 50 acres.

This place was clean and well maintained. The process of recycling of plastic was followed

strictly by the local municipality.

There are different varieties of plant species are

maintained in this garden. It attracts both foreign tourists and domestic

tourists.

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Ooty Lake

This Lake is the center of Ooty tourist attraction.

This artificial lake adds an extra degree ofglamour to the hill town.

Responsible tourism must be practiced in a

larger scale in order to keep up thesustainability of the site.

There are varieties of boats used in this lake.

Ooty lake attracts various tourists from many

places. There is no use of motor boats used in this lake

because to prevent pollution.

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We were participated in a tribal festival of the

local tribes of Ooty. The tribal dance performed at the temple

premises.

This festival is perform once in a year

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Wayanad district in Kerala is a land of

mysterious mountain caves, thundering waterfalls, large forest land, ancient ruins, tree houses,exotic wildlife and a number of aborginal tribes.

Wayanad has two major wildlife reserves Muthanga and Tholpetty that are home to anincredible range of flora and fauna, includingseveral endangered species

The district also has its share of historical andreligious monuments. But its for its naturalbeauty that Wayanad is best known.

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Banasura hill

Pookote lake

Meenmutty waterfalls

Kuruva Island

Chembra peak

Begur wildlife sanctuary

Edakkal caves

Thirunelli temple

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Kuruva Island

The Kuruva Island are a group of three Islandslocated in the middle one of the tributaries ofthe east flowing river Kabani.

There are rare species of birds, orchids andherbs can be seen here.

It is the destination for nature lovers.

This is 950 acre of uninhabited land is rich inflora and fauna.

The prohibition of plastics was strictlyfollowed in this Island.

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Thirunelli temple

This is an ancient temple located on the side of

brahmagiri hill in Wayanad. It was dedicated to lord Vishnu.

Inscription in this temple date back to the

period Bhaskara Ravi Varma I (962 1019 AD). The river near the temple called Papanasini,

which means the cleansing of sins.

Women are not allowed inside the temple.

Lord Brahma was attracted by the beauty of thearea around the Brahmagiri Hill.

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Edakkal Caves The name Edakkal means A stone in between.

The rock wall is etched with the carvingsdepicting human and animal figures and objectsof human use.

These carvings speak of a highly civilized

people of pre-historic caves. Many ancient excavations on walls of the caves

are found which are about 6000 AD old.

It was known people used to come to the caves

to hide from wild animals and safer place tospend their night.

Edakkal caves are rated second in the Neolithicage.

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They made all the handicrafts with bamboo.

Eco-friendly material was used to makevarious accessories.

Now they are having 22 home states.

A non profit trust implementing end to endprogrames aimed at sustainable ruraldevelopment.

They give more employment to the localpeople.

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Pookote Lake This lake is one of the most popular tourist spot

in Wayanad. This lake look like as a India map.

This lake have unique natural beauty.

Boating facilities are available in this lake. This lake is surrounded by ever green forest.

Children park and aquarium are present inside

in this lake.

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Thusharagirifalls This falls attracts various tourist at the season

time. This was completely a forest area.

It was well maintained.

This falls is dangerous.

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Calicut is one of the most important and

attractive places for all tourist to visit.

It is located in heart city of Kerala.

There are many shopping center in Calicut.

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Road facilities are not good in many places.

There is no proper maintenance of dustbins.

Some tourist dont follow the instruction ofvarious destinations.

so the Government should take necessarysteps to save the tourist destinations.

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