Ooty also known as Udhagamandalam, it is a city in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ooty is located 86 km north west of Coimbatore and 128 km south of Mysore and is the headquarters of the Nilgiris district. It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. It is popularly called the Queen of Hill Stations. It was the summer capital of the Madras Presidency.