EXOTIC NILGIRIS-1(THREAD GARDEN AT OOTY)

The NILGIRIS or literally the BLUE MOUNTAINS is situated at the tri-junctions of the states of Tamil Nadu,Karnataka and Kerala in Southern India. Presently, it is a revenue district of Tamil Nadu. It has been estimated that 57% of the surface of the Nilgiri is over 1000 meter above the mean sea level and 47% of the same surface tower above 1800 meter. It compares very favorably with any other tropical resorts that can be mentioned;Kodaikanal,Mahabaleshwar or Shimila in India,Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka,Baguio in the Philippines,Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,the Blue Mountain resorts of New South Wales,the lake resorts of Guatemala

Cuddled up in a valley on the crest of the Nilgiri hills, at an average height of 7500 feet,Ooty still retains much of her fabled charm despite the ravages of modern development.

Amongst the several popular tourist spots in Ooty, the THREAD GARDEN is a miracle in art creation of this millennium. It is an innovative aesthetic creation of an artificial natural looking garden comprising of many natural models of plants and flowers, creepers, climbers, lawns etc. It is done in self-invented technology of "Four Dimensional Hand wound Embroidery", created without taking help of needles or machineries. The creation has consumed thread measuring more than 60 million meters in length. It has taken 50 specially trained artists for 12 years to bring out this wonderful creation. About 400 different shades and plain natural colored embroidery threads have been used to create such a color spectrum in order to get natural color combinations. Painting or printing has never been entertained.

First of its kind in the world, the garden enjoys the monopoly of the top attraction with its innovative aesthetic creation, since there is no similar one to compare or to compete. In all respects, thread garden can be rated as the highest-art creation of manual effort that ever brought about successfully in the world.

Every piece of art creations is an imaginative expression of nature. Making artificial pieces of flora look natural, is a real challenge. Really tourists adore this millennium miracle. Once seen, memory will not willingly let it pale.