Hethai festival is a major festival and is celebrated in a grand way. Kada Hethai and kada Aiya are some of the names of Hethai gods. Hethai Amman is the goddess of the Badaga people. As there are more than three hundred odd hattis (villages) in Ooty, every village consists of at least hundred houses. Among the wide spread green carpet, the houses bloom like tiny huts and little cottages. The houses portray the richness of the culture and the heart of the people. Badaga community is wide spread in the villages of Ootacamund.(called as Ooty) Badaga houses are fascinating and traditional buildings. Ībout Badagas Badaga is one of the unique communities which has its own rich set of traditions and customs. The gentle rolling hills, so reminiscent of the Downs of England, are a sea of green tea bushes, dotted with the red of poinsettias in the winter and the lilac of jacaranda in the summer. Today, the Nilgiris remain a major centre for tea production and tourism.
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Rolling grasslands, dense shoals, waterfalls, streams, lakes, vast expanse of tea plantations, interspersed with vegetable gardens, spectacular view points, an amazing variety of flora and fauna, fabulous trekking trails, innumerable heritage sites, spell binding sunrises and sunsets, magical light, pollution free atmosphere, mist, clouds, fog, star studded skies, serenity etc. It still remains a tourist attraction and a journey through the tea gardens at its gentle pace is a must for every traveller with an eye for beauty. In 1899 the Nilgiris Mountain Railway was completed to ease the journey to the hills and back. In 1827, Ooty was declared the summer capital of Madras presidency. The British found the gentle undulating slopes ideal for growing tea and the pleasant climate in the hills made Ooty the natural choice of residence in the scorching summer months. The Nilgiris (Blue Mountains), are part of the Western Ghats mountain range and run across the Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.