Coorg is a beautiful tourist
destination and there are innumerable places to
see in Coorg. It is placed in the backdrop of the
Western Ghats and tourists come here to visit the
various Coorg tourist spots. Often referred to as
the Scotland of India, Coorg offers acres of coffee
and tea plantations, valleys and streams and beautiful
orange groves. Coorg tourist places essentially
consist of the natural landscape destinations that
are a feast to the eyes. Nevertheless it also offers
other attractions like the various places of worship,
the resorts, and gardens and so on.
Among the important places to see in Coorg, places
like Madikeri Fort, Omkareshwara temple, Raja’s
seat, Abbey and Iruppu falls are great attractions.
The Madikeri Fort has a lot of historic importance
in that it was renovated by Tipu Sultan and also
holds a palace within its walls. A place of prominence
among Coorg tourist places is accorded to one of
the finest view points in Coorg called the raja’s
seat. The name was accorded to the place as the
Rajas loved to view the place form this point due
to its beauty and tranquility. Omkareshwara Temple
is more than 200 years old and is dedicated to Siva
and Vishnu It is built under the Islamic and Gothic
style.
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water falls of iruppu and Abbey are prominent Coorg tourist
spots. They are the finest picnic spots which is both invigorating
and enchanting. Abbey Falls is only 8 km from Madikeri while
Iruppu Falls is about 91 km from there. The temple on the
Ramathirtha River near Iruppu Falls features importantly
among places to see in Coorg for the religious traveller.
It is considered very sacred and tourists throng the place
on Sivaratri to take a holy in the clear waters.
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