Why visit Kotagiri
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 16 places to eat, 1 place to stay and 4 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Catherine Falls and Catherine Falls - Geddhehaada Halla.
Weather in Kotagiri
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About Kotagiri
Kotagiri is a hill station and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Nilgiri Hills have been the traditional home of the "Kota" tribes. The name "Kota-giri" itself means 'mountains of the Kotas'. Kotagiri was known in the past as 'Kota-keri' or 'Kota-gherry', the 'street of Kotas'.
From the Wikipedia article Kotagiri (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Kotagiri on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do4
Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes16
Chaat Times
Restaurant · Regional · 0.7 km
27/130-B Johnstone Square, Kotagiri
03:30-21:00
Open in Google Maps · +91 9488085059, +91 8124570300, +91 9159122852
Tandoor Hut
Restaurant · Kebab · 0.7 km
27/130-B Johnstone Square, Kotagiri
4 more on the map.
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship5
St Luke's Church
Church · Church Of South India · 0.9 km
Lukes Church Road, Kotagiri
Shopping3
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Healthcare11
Map of Kotagiri
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Getting there and nearby towns
Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 48 km away.
- Ooty 18 km west, about 18 min by car
- Coimbatore 48 km south, about 48 min by car
- Mannārakkāt 64 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Nilambūr 71 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Palakkad 75 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Perintalmanna 85 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Cherpulassery 85 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Manjeri 87 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Kalpatta 87 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Ottapalam 89 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 01Kotagiri&ScenicView&Nilgiris&TN, earnest.edison9, CC BY 2.0
- Kotagiri view, Harsha328, CC BY 4.0
- Old tree in kotagiri, Harsha328, CC BY 4.0
- TEA SLOPES KOTAGIRI HILLS TN - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Tea gardens kotagiri t.n - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Flower kotagiri tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Kotagiri backside of KPS, Prof. Mohamed Shareef from Mysore, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kotagiri Village (4849215385), Shareef Taliparamba, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kotagiri Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India, Prof. Mohamed Shareef from Mysore, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kotagiri 89, Prof. Mohamed Shareef from Mysore, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tea garden,kotagiri,tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Kotagiri, Nilgiris, Hari Prasad Sridhar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Emerald Valley, Kotagiri, Nilgiris, Hari Prasad Sridhar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hamlet near kotagiri tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Kotagiri Forest fire, Harsha328, CC BY 4.0
- Cool tea gardens kotagiri TN - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Flowers pots in cottage,kotagiri,tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Gentle slopes,kotagiri,tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Tea gardens kotagiri,tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- JohnSullivanMemorial, Kotagiri, SivakumarPP, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Anax immaculifrons Blue Darner from Kotagiri DSC 1344, PJeganathan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Misty hills kotagiri ooty tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- FLOWERS COLORS KOTAGIRI TN - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Tea slopes kotagiri tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Wild flowers kotagiri tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- St Catherine Falls, Raghavan G, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Catherine Falls view from Dolphin's Nose, Sandip Bhattacharya at the Wayback Machine, CC BY 2.0
- Exocentrus flemingiae Fischer, 1932 female (3864686425), Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kerben, Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. (4849215341), Shareef Taliparamba, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nilgiri Home Stay (5056850748), Prateek Rungta from Delhi, India, CC BY 2.0
- Emerald Valley, Hari Prasad Sridhar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- White daisy flower, Devaki surya, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Common daisy flower, Devaki surya, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great mullein, Devaki surya, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Valley view from kodanadu,tamilnadu - panoramio, rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
- Statue of John Sullivan, Paramatamil, CC0
- Coonoor tea Estate - panoramio, personalchef, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Syzygium cumini 359056087, T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0
- Syzygium cumini 359056164, T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0
- Syzygium cumini 359056124, T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0
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