Ooty´s venerable Government Botanical Gardens

Built in 1847, it covers about 55 hectares spread over Dodabetta's lower slopes. Among its thousand or so plants and trees, one particularly unusual treasure is a fossilized tree dated at around 20 million years old.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Heena Adwani´s post A Weekend in Ooty, South India´s Best Known Hill Resort Town.

 

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