2 Days in Kotagiri. A magical hill station.
History of Kotagiri: The Nilgiris, one of the oldest mountain ranges in India, is a component of the Western Ghats and is located where Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka meet. There are three hill stations in this district: Ooty, Coonoor, and Kotagiri. Two Europeans, Mr. Whish, and Kindersley, who served as the Collector of Coimbatore's aides in 1818, found Kotagiri near Rengaswamy peak. The then-Collector of Coimbatore, John Sullivan, had a keen interest in this region of the nation. On July 31, 1819, he established himself there and filed a report with the Board of Revenue. This is a fact that has been documented. However, there is still ongoing research on this subject as the trail was used by Indian traders for many years, possibly centuries before, Tipu's Armies had traveled through Malabar from Mysore via the same way, and these villages had been Nelliyalam Rani's residence for a very long time before the arrival of the Europeans. Nilgiri district had been a locale f