Special Handloom Expo
A special exhibition of handloom products, organised by the District Administration to mark National Handloom Day on August 7, was inaugurated by District Collector T.N. Hariharan at the ...
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08 Aug 2018
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07 Aug 2018
Terrace garden kits to grow your own vegetables
Vendakkaai sambar and mullangi poriyal,” says the sprightly Selvarani when asked about the lunch menu. She has just finished harvesting vegetables for the day from her terrace ...
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08 Aug
Special Handloom Expo
A special exhibition of handloom products, organised by the District Administration to mark ...
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07 Aug
Terrace garden kits to grow your own vegetables
Vendakkaai sambar and mullangi poriyal,” says the sprightly Selvarani when asked ...
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07 Aug
Traffic diversion in Mettupalayam
Due to the ongoing construction of flyover on Mettupalayam-Karamadai Road, near the GMRC ...
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03 Aug
Nilgiris has 54% wooded areas, no forest vet
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Nilgiris district, which comprises 54% reserve forests with the ...
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03 Aug
Woman head constable injured in accident
A woman head constable attached to the Annur Police Station sustained serious injuries in a ...
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03 Aug
Road connectivity to four hamlets near Sirumugai cut off
With water level increasing across the water spread area of the Bhavani Sagar reservoir, nearly ...
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03 Aug
Water released from Pykara dam as level touches 95ft
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The district administration decided to release water from dam, located near ...
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26 Jul
Ooty train ride to get costlier from October
Ooty: While train-based tourism promotion in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) has begun ...
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26 Jul
Wholesale vegetable dealers down shutters to condemn killing
The vegetable market in nearby Mettupalayam, a major potato centre in India, was closed today, ...
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11 Jul
1984 – Assembly Elections
Mettupalayam constituency’s 8th Assembly election delivered a clear winner with ...
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Places of Interest
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Matheswara Temple, Kuttaiyur. Sri Matheswara Temple is about 3 kms from Mettupalayam towards Coimbatore. It is located on a hillock near Mettupalayam and near a village called Kuttaiyur. Matheswara is a Shiva name. This temple is believed to be there for over a thousand years (to be proven). This temple’s history is that a cow...
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Oothimalai Temple at Pethikuttai History Brahma the god of creater went to kailasam (the abode of Lord Siva) and wished only Lord Ganesha and did not pay any attention to Lord Muruga, Lord Muruga called on Brahma and asked him to recite the meaning of the Pranava Mantra, and Brahma did not know the answer...
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Idugamapalayam is located about 15 kms north east from Mettupalayam. The word “Palayam” came to existence due to the army camps run by Palayakars. It is located in the Unjavananadu due to the unjanava tree abundance. The temple for Jayamangala Anjeneyar was refurbished in the 13th century by Krishnadeva Rayar under then guidance of Viyasa...
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At Karamadai, a place near Mettupalayam there lived people by the name ” Thottiyars “. Karamadai got its name from the abundance of Karai trees and Karai Cows in this area at one point in time. The Thottiars were traditionally herdsmen. One of the Thottiya had some (Karai Pasu) cows in his cattle. At the...
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Annai Veilankanni Church located in Mettupalayam-Coimbatore Road HISTORY: Thirvalar Gabriel and his wife Lourdeu lived in Mettupalayam. One day Lourdeu fell ill with a disease which gave her only 2 years 1967 and 1968 to live (as advised by the doctors). Gabriel then took his wife and prayed to the mother Veilankanni for relief from...