Charring Cross, Ooty

Charring cross
—  junction  —
Night-time view of Charring Cross, Ooty
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	The Nilgiris
Civic agency	Udagamandalam Municipality Corporation
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 2,400 metres (7,900 ft)[1]
Climate • Precipitation Temperature	Tropical wet (Köppen) •      1,237 mm (48.7 in) •      20 °C (68 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 643 001 • Telephone • +0423 • Vehicle • TN 43
Footnotes Temperature from Batchmates.com[2]

Charring cross is a junction in National Highway 67 (India) intersecting the commercial road and the Ooty-Coonoor road in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.^[3] It is considered to be one of the most important^[4] and beautiful places in Ooty.^[5]

See also

Tamil Nadu portal

• Government Rose Garden, Ooty
• Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam
• Ooty Lake
• Ooty Golf Course
• Stone House, Ooty
• Ooty Radio Telescope
• Mariamman temple, Ooty
• St. Stephen's Church, Ooty
• Kamaraj Sagar Dam

References

1. ^ "About Municipality". municipality.tn.gov.in. http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ooty/abt-muni.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
2. ^ "Ooty: In the Lap of the Nilgiris". batchmates.com. http://www.batchmates.com/bmtimes/content.aspx?contentId=1471. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
3. ^ "Ooty hill station". dhyansanjivani.org. http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/ganral/Ooty%20tamil%20nadu_hill.asp. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
4. ^ "NILGIRIS DISTRICT - EXTRACT OF RULE 4(1)(b) OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005.". tnpolice.gov.in. http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/PDFS/Nilgiris.pdf. Retrieved Aug 11, 2011. 
5. ^ Swaminathan, K.P. (Jul 14, 2008). "Nilgiris ruined". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458170300.htm. Retrieved Aug 11, 2011. 

External links

• Ooty / Udhagai / Udhagamandalam / Oootacamund Official history and tourism page on www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in. (This site is maintained by the District Administration of the Nilgiris)