Droog Fort is a tourist spot in Coonoor

Coonoor

Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....

, The Nilgiris

The Nilgiris District

The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is also the name given to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. Droog Fort is also called by name of Bakasura Malai.It is situated only at a distance of 13 km from Coonoor, trekking must be undertaken to getting to this fort. This old and worn out fort approximate height is 6,000 ft above the plains and the peak stands at an elevation of about 2,000 mts. In the 16th century the brave king Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan , also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa...

 was used as an outpost,the bird’s eye view from the Fort easily speaks of why Tipu Sultan chose this spot as his outpost, now only a wall remains of this military outpost. The Droog Fort interesting place for the bird-watchers, the legendary surroundings are worth enjoying. Tourists would need to engage in a scenic trek through the Nonsuch Tea Estate to get to the Fort and visit to the Fort would allow travellers to enjoy the natural splendour of the area, whilst glimpsing the rich heritage of this magnificent hill station.

See also

• Coonoor
  Coonoor
  Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....
  
  
• Nilgiri mountains
• Catherine Falls
  Catherine Falls
  Catherine Falls is a double-cascaded waterfall located in Kotagiri, The Nilgiris District, Tamil nadu and It is also an major tourist spot in Kotagiri.It is on the Mettupalayam road branching off at Aravenu...
  
  
• Lamb's Rock
• Sim's Park
  Sim's Park, Coonoor
  Sim's Park is in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. It is an important tourist place to visit in Coonoor, at a height of 1780 meters above mean sea level.Here the maximum temperature goes up to 30 degree centigrade and the minimum falls to 5 degree centigrade. The average rain fall of this garden...
  
  
• Law's Falls
  Law's Falls, Coonoor
  Law's Falls is a tourist spot in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.It is a beautiful picnic spot, named after a man named Col. Law, the man behind the construction of the new Coonoor ghat. Law's Falls is a small waterfall located on the Coonoor river near its junction with the Mettupalayam Ghat...
  
  
• Dolphin's Nose
  Dolphin's Nose, Coonoor
  Dolphin's Nose Viewpoint is a tourist spot in Coonoor, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu. Dolphin's Nose is well over 1,000 feet above sea level, 10 km from Coonoor and is a spectacular spot to visit. The tip of the peak resembles like a Dolphin Nose and so it is named as Dolphin's Nose....
  
  
• Katary Falls
• Lady Canning's Seat
  Lady Canning's Seat, Coonoor
  Lady Canning's Seat is major tourist spot in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. It is situated 9 km from the township Coonoor and further along the same road as that to Lamb's Rock. This is a small mansion, which is surrounded by tea estates and plains, located in the middle of the...