Kerala
- Adyanpara water falls,Nilambur
- Alappuzha
- Ernakulam
- Karuvarakund water falls,Perinthalmanna
- Kottakkunnu Amusement Park, Malappuram
- Nelliyampathi Hills
Ooty, Heaven on the Hill
Here I want to share my Ooty tour experience through Ooty train and my view about Ooty .Also see my exclusive Ooty photos.
The captain of Nilgiri hill, Ooty is one of the most important high range tourist place in South India. The land will attract lovers of natural beauty. Ooty is 105 Km away from Coimbatore city and the land is also known as the Queen of all hill stations. The height varies from 2280 to 2290 meters. It attracts the tourists by its charming flowers. Lofty mountains, dense forest, acres and acres of tea estates are green feast for the eyes of the tourist.
The most interesting and attracting thing is the hill way ooty train. The train starts its journey from Metupalayam railway station and ends up at Udagamandalam or Ooty railway station. From Metupalayam to the Coonoor railway station, the rail is broad gauge and it contains rack and pinion system because it works on coal engine and roving the Nilgiri mountain.
At the Coonoor station it changes the engine from coal to diesel and two more compartments are added along with the three compartments which already connected to the train From Metupalayam. And the train will run some fast from Coonoor to the Ooty. It is a journey of almost 5 hours. Also there will be 6 railway stations in between Metupalayam and Ooty. The first station is Hillgroove. But before reaching Hillgroove their will be two halts for cooling the coal engine by water. And the both stops are view points. We can see the hill view and take photographs.
The second stop is Coonoor . There will be some waiting for changing the engine and add two bogies. After that train will run fast with the diesel engine through the broad gauge rail without rack and pinion. The train will start at 7.10 am after reaching Blue mountain express from Coimbatore and it will reach at Ooty on 12 noon.
What is ayurveda?
Here I would like to give a brief introduction on ayurveda and ayurvedic treatment for those who may be wondering what is ayurveda. Ayurveda provides natural remedies for many diseases and the most important thing is that it provides permanent cure.
‘Ayurveda’, the English for which is ‘Knowledge of life’ has flourished here since very ancient times. ‘Ayurveda’, the system of treatment believed to be older than 5000 years is based on the philosophy, “Prevention is better than cure”, However, it offers a lasting cure to patients suffering from various diseases. It lays more emphasis on the promotion of positive health and prevention of diseases
It is not only a system to cure diseases but the system teaching us how to achieve ‘Perfect Health’ for diseased or abnormal conditions and how to lead our life, both physical and mental, to attain the bliss of real life.It is almost as old as mankind and at the same time so new as modern man that no disease is there which is incurable or uncontrollable unless missed too much.
According to ayurveda, human body is composed of three fundamentals called ‘Doshas’ – which represent the physico-chemical and physiological activities of the body, ‘Dhatu’ which denotes the materials entering into the formation of a basic structure of the body cell, thereby performing some basic actions and ‘Malas’ the substances which are partly used in the body and partly exerted in yet another form after serving their physiological activities.
‘Dhoshas’ are three – vata,pitta, and kapha and they may not be equal and same in all. According to the dominance of each dosha every man is categorized to different types.
Physical and mental cooperation of the patient to make necessary changes in his life style and food habits also are essential to attain the natural dynamic balance of the doshas and once that balance is maintained the illness is gone.It describes how to live to avoid disease in each climate and how can perfect health be maintained throughout the life. Ayurveda has a separate branch called ‘Rasayana’ to maintain youth and vitality to recover lost health in diseased conditions.In Ayurveda all treatment is aimed at building up the strength of the person which would help him to lead a healthy and happy life.
Methods of ayurvedic treatment are classified into three:
1. Antharparimarjanam
2. Bahirparimarjanam
3. Sastrapranidhanam
.Yoga and Tantra which are primarily meant for spiritual attainments have also certain prescriptions for the prevention and cure of the psychic, somatic and psychosomatic ailments.
The unique features of Ayurveda treatment of medicine are:
1. Treatment of individuals as a whole, ie. Not only the condition of other parts of his body but also the condition of his mind and soul.
2. Medicines are available on reasonable prices.
3. No import involved ie. Medicines are vegetables, metals, minerals and animal products which are available in nature.
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