Mysore, Ooty & Coorg

Mysore, Ooty & Coorg: history

Mysore was the seat of the Wadiyar kings from 1399. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan ruled from nearby Srirangapatna until 1799. The present Mysore Palace was completed in 1912 after a fire destroyed the old one.

Ooty was developed in the 1820s by John Sullivan, a British collector, and became the summer capital of the Madras Presidency. Its mountain railway is a UNESCO World Heritage line. Coorg is the homeland of the Kodava people and has grown coffee since the 19th century.

Mysore, Ooty & Coorg: tourist attractions

• Mysore PalaceLit by thousands of bulbs on Sunday evenings and public holidays.
• Chamundi HillThe Chamundeshwari temple and the great Nandi statue.
• Brindavan GardensTerraced gardens and a musical fountain below the KRS dam.
• Ooty Botanical Garden & LakeA garden laid out in 1848, and boating on the lake.
• Doddabetta PeakThe highest point in the Nilgiris.
• Nilgiri toy trainThe ride between Ooty and Coonoor.
• CoorgAbbey Falls, Raja's Seat, Dubare elephant camp and the Tibetan Golden Temple at Bylakuppe.
• WayanadEdakkal Caves, Banasura Sagar Dam and Pookode Lake.

Mysore, Ooty & Coorg: excursions nearby

• Srirangapatna about 18 km from MysoreTipu Sultan's summer palace and the Ranganathaswamy temple.
• Somnathpur about 35 km from MysoreA 13th-century Hoysala temple.
• Coonoor about 20 km from OotySim's Park and tea estates.
• Bandipur National Park about 80 km from MysoreA tiger reserve on the road to Ooty.
• Talacauvery about 45 km from MadikeriThe source of the river Cauvery.

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