Churches and Temples - Ooty, Tamil Nadu

Temples - Churches - Mosque - Mutt

Temple

Murugan Temple, Elk Hill, Venkateshwara Perumal Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple, Subramanya Swamy Temple, Vittoba Temple, Muniswarar Temple, Jain Temple, Mooyaulaka Arasiamman Temple,Kandal.

Churches

St. Stephen's Church, Union Church, Holy Trinity Church,Thomas Church,Sacred Heart Church, St.Mary's Church, St. Theres as Church and Kandal Shrine.

Mosque

Big Mosque, - Lower Bazaar, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Mutt's

Ramakrishna mutt, - Ramakrishna Puram,Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Narayana Gurukumalam, - Manjanakorai, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Abu Babajee Trust, Wood Cock Road, - Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Diyanamyam (PBKS) Ettins Road, Ooty, - Tamil Nadu, India

Ragahavendra Mutt, Bombay Castle, Ooty, - Tamil Nadu, India

Dakshinamurthy Madalayam, Kandal, Ooty, - Tamil Nadu, India

Sampoorna Ashram, Naduhatty, Kaddabettu Post, - Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Todas

The Nilgiris are the home to 18 tribal groups, among whom the Todas are the most remarkable. A pastoral community, the Todas are fair-skinned and curly haired, and are strict vegetarians. Their language through of Dravidar origin, has no script. According to their creations myth, goddess Teikirshy and her brother on first created the buffalo by waving a magic wand, and then created the Toda man. The first Toda women was created from the right rib of the man. The Todas first contact with civilization occurred when the east India company annexed the Nilgiris in 1779. In 1823, John Sullivan, the then collector of Coimbatore, built the first stone house in Ooty on land purchased from the Todas. Today, there are only about 1,100 Todas left

Buffaloes

Pale brown with long horns, are deeply reserved. A buffalo is often sacrificed after a funeral to accompany the deceased's soul in the after life.

The Dairy Temple

Conical in shape, is decorated with sun, moon, serpent and buffalo head motifs. only men are allowed to go inside..

Homespun cotton shawls

The homespun cotton shawls called puthikuzhi have black and red embroidered motifs. Worn by both Toda men and women, they are tied around the waist, with one end thrown over the shoulder, almost like a Roman Toda.

Elders

Elders are treated with great respect, and greeted by lifting their right foot and putting it on one's head for their blessings.

Dairy ceremonies

The dairy ceremonies are festive occasion's generally celebrated with dance and music. The lively songs consist of simple stanzas, describing important enents from the Todas' past.

The barrel-shaped huts

The barrel-shaped huts made of bamboo, grass and cane, consist of a small that one has to crawl through it to enter. several of these windowless bamboo huts make up a Toda village, which is called a mund.