Ooty - in search of cooler conditions...
April 22nd 2006 On an average day, temperatures in many parts of Southern India are higher than most Europeans would find comfortable, especially given the humidity. This was certainly the case for the British in pre-air-conditioning colonial times. In order to flee the summer heat, they established the summer headquarters of the Madras government in a hill station in the Western Ghats. It was named Udhagamandala
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