The Nilgiri Mountains, also known as the Nilgiris, are a mountain range at the junction of the Eastern and Western Ghats ranges in South India. Spanning the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala
Nilgiri Mountains
Gold jewelry and etched carnelian beads, Nilgiri Hills culture, 1st millennium CE, British Museum
Ooty is a town and seat of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located at an altitude of 2,240 m, in the Nilgiri Mountains, which forms part of the Western Ghats, and is kno
Nilgiri Mountains
…Kingdom of Mysore before passing to the British East India Company. During the nineteenth century, the British developed infrastructure in the Nilgiris. Ooty became a principal hill station, and subsequently became the summer headquarters of the Madras Presidency. The completion of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway…