Nilgiris is known to all for its climate
Nilgiris is known to all for its climate indigenous tribal pupil, dances, musical instruments and festivals, tribal foodsThis area was long occupied by the indigenous tribal peoples of the Toda, Kota, Kurumba, Irula and Badagas. It seems nilgiris always to have been a tribal land. The Toda had small hamlets ("mund") across most of the plateau. The Kota lived in seven dispersed villages ("kokal"). The Toda had only a few hamlets on the lower Wynaad plateau and in the nearby Biligiriranga hills.Traditional foodRagi hittu , beans curry, sandege (chutney like curry made with pepper, spices, cumin)Ottakudi udhak (bamboo shoots curry) with Ottakudi gaasu poriyalKappu koi udhaka (chicken) with koi udhaka
