VIRTUAL TOUR OF TAMIL NADU

VIRTUAL TOUR OF IMPORTANT TOURIST SPOTS IN TAMIL NADU

Tamil Nadu is the southern most state in India. It is the land of the Tamils, whose history dates back to several thousands of years. Its cultural heritage is reflected in the temples and monuments situated in various parts of the state. It is flanked by Bay of Bengal in the east and has a coast line of about 1000 kms. This has given rise to world famous beaches on its coast. Apart from this, lakes, mangrove forests, casuarina groves, dense forests, mountain terrains form the landscape of this state. No wonder this offers rich variety of sites to visit for the tourists.

Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation or TTDC is the state run tourism department which caters to the tourists visiting Tamilnadu. It conducts tours, arranges accommodation takes care on all the tourism needs. Booking can be done online. Visit http://www.ttdconline.com/ for booking online. What are the places of tourism interest to visit in Tamilnadu. What will the places look like. To get a feel of what the tourist places look, TTDC has arranged a virtual tour on its website. Go to http://www.tamilnadutourism.org/virtualtour/index.html and select the place you want to visit. You will be transported to that place virtually. You can take a realistic look of the place you want to visit.

You can also visit http://view360.in/, where the areas are mapped to Tamilnadu.

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Hip On Hop Off Tour

Chennai To Mahabalipuram

Mammallapuram is the place where the famous rock cut temples, built by the Pallavas, are situated. Called as the Seven Pagodas, these temples have been constructed along the sea coast. The present day name of Mamallapuram is Mahabalipuram.

Mahabalipuram is around 60 kms from Chennai and attracts lots of domestic and foreign tourists daily. Enroute Mahabalipuram there are lot of places with tourist intrest such as Dakshanchitra,Muthukadu, Crocodile bank etc. Tourists find this route as an ideal journey for a one day tour. Tamilnadu tourism development corporation has captilised on this fact and has introduced a novel tour concept called Hip On Hop Off Tour.Buses (coaches) are arranged from Chennai and Mahabalipuram and return. The coaches start from Chennai TTDC office at 9.00, 9.30, 10.00 and 11.00 am and return back at 4.00, 5.00, 5.30 and 6.00 pm. The fare is 190 rupees. Online booking can be done at http://www.ttdconline.com/tourdetails.aspx?tourid=62 The coach halts at 12 important tourist locations enroute to Mahabalipuram. These include the Marudeewarar temple, VGP golden beach, Mayajaal, MGM Dizee World, Crocodile park etc. You can get down at any of these destinations and take the next coach after visting a place, to continue the journey. A guide accompanies the tourists on this journey.

Travelogue on Ooty

Udhagamandalam, better known as Ooty is situated in the western ghats at an altitude of 2240m above sea level. It’s the capital of the Niligris district of Tamilnadu and most favoured hill station of Southern India. The British were the first to discover it in early 1800s and made it the summer capital of the then Madras Presidency, as the mercury does not cross 25oC during summer. They were also instrumental in constructing the The Nilgiri Mountain Railway. It is 46 Km long and runs on 1000 mm gauge railway. It connects Mettupalayam (which is in the foothills) to Ooty. It is one of the most picturesque train journeys in India, as the train passes through tunnels, over waterfalls, rivers, cliffs etc. Though it takes around 4 to 5 hours to reach Ooty from Mettupalayam, the train ride is mandatory to get a panoramic view of scenic beauty of Nilgris. An interesting feature about this train is that the engine pushes the train from behind when ascending the hills and is in front while going downhill so that the train does not run amuck.

Places to see in Ooty

Government Botanical Garden,
Ooty Rose Garden
Lake Park
Ooty Lake
Deer Park
Government Museum Art Gallery : Lalith kala Academy

Places Around Ooty

Doddabetta : It is highest peak (2634 metres) in the Nilgiris
Pykara Lake And Water Falls
Kalhatty falls
Wenlock Downs
Western Catchment
Glenmorgan
Upper Bhavani
Avalanche
Elk Hill
The Mukuruthi peak and Mujuruthi national park
Kamaraj Sagar (Sandynullah Reservoir)
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary

Coonoor

Sims Park; Dolphins Nose; Lamb's Rock; Lady Canning's Seat; Law's Falls; Katery Falls; The Droog

Kotagiri

Kodanadu viewpoint; St. Catherine Waterfall; Longwood Shola

Gudalur

Needle rock; Frog Hill View Point; Santhanamalai Murugan Temple

Important festivals in Ooty

Summer festival during May
Flower show during May
Flower and Vegetable show (Coonoor) during May
World Tourism day (27th September)

Fact file:-

Nearest Airport : Coimbatore (104 kms)
Nearest railhead : Ooty is connected through narrow gauge to Mettupalayam, which is in turn connected to Coimbatore and Chennai

Trains from Chennai to Mettupalayam

2671 Niligiri Express

Trains from Chennai to Coimbatore

2675 Kovai Express
2673 Cheran Express Dep 22.10 hrs at Chennai Central
2695 Trivandrum Express Dep 16.00 hrs at Chennai Central
6107 Mangalore Express Dep 22.00 hrs at Chennai Egmore
6627 West Coast Express Dep 11.30 hrs at Chennai Central

Climate
Max/Min.
Summer : 25.0ºC /10.0ºC Winter : 21.0ºC/ 0ºC

Languages spoken :Tamil, , Malayalam, Kannada Badaga and English

Accomodation:

Accomodation is available for the poor and the elite. Room rents depend upon the season. During the peak season dormitory rate is about Rs.75/- and single bed in star hotel about Rs.2500/-
Government accommodation can be had at

Hotel Tamilnadu TTDC Ph 2444370-78
Youth hostel TTDC Ph 2443665

Private Hotels

Hotel Mayura Sudarshan Ph 2443828
Hotel Savoy Ph 2444142
Blue Hills International Ph 2444466
Howard Johnson The Monarch Ph 2444408
Sullivan Court Welcome Group Ph 2441415
Holiday Inn Gem Park Ph 2442955

Important Telephone Numbers

Railway Station 0423-2442246
District Police Office 0423-2442184

APSRTC Online Reservation of Bus Tickets

APSRTC is the State Road Transport Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.APSRTC, a 77 year old organisation is carrying around 144 lakh passengers everyday. It operates mainly in Andhra Pradesh and to important towns and cities in the neighbouring states of Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Goa, Orissa and Chattisgarh.

Since we are in an internet era where tickets for travel by air, rail are brought through internet, tickets for travel by road can also be booked online. You can book tickets online for APSRTC buses. Booking an APSRTC bus ticket online is simple and the steps are detailed below.

Go to http://www.apsrtc.in/APSRTCOnline/ and sign in if you are a registered user. Else, Register by clicking “New User" button

After signing in, click Advance Ticket Booking. You will be taken to the “Search Place” screen (click on the screenshots to have a closer look)



On the “Search Place” screen, Enter your Journey originating Place Name & Destination Place Name. Then click get places. you will be taken to the “Search For Services” screen.

On the “Search For Available Services” screen, select the date of journey, origin, destination & the appropriate number of passengers. You can choose to book tickets for either the “One Way Trip” or “Return Trip“.You will be shown the “service category ” list. Make the proper entries and click "search services". You will be taken to the "available services" screen.

Select a APSRTC bus service from the available list of services. You will be taken to the screen showing the seat layout of the bus. Select the seat and proceed

In the next screen details of the ticket will be given. Select the pick up and drop off points in the journey and proceed to the next page if the travel summary appearing in the screen is ok.

In the next screen payment modes are given. Choose a method of payment suited for you and submit your email id to receive the e ticket through e mail.

So book your ticket online and enjoy your journey.



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