History Facts

 During my short stay at this serene hill station, I decided to do a little research on it's history and how it became to be a popular vacation spot. The story goes that a group of British officers grew tired of the sweltering heat and decided to settle down and live on those cool Kodai hills,, and the place became so popular that more people from other countries decided to settle down there too, like an American missionary and an Australian botanist who was the one who brought eucalyptus trees to the region which caused a catastrophic change to the local environment. And even today it is still a popular destination among political figures considering how many political vehicles that I have spotted driving in and around the mountain roads of that town.

  This fort sitting atop a hill in Denkanikottai district of Tamil Nadu and near the border of Karnataka, was built by the Vijayanagaras in the 1300s and it's name meant "fort of the rayas." It was then owned by the Wadiyar kings of Mysore post the 1500s and then annexed by the British (Major. Gowdie) from Tipu Sultan, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War and was added to the Madras Presidency (under British rule) after the signing of the Treaty of Srirangapatna.