Ooty is a town, a
municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian
state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the
Nilgiri Hills. Originally occupied by the Todas, the area came under the rule
of the East India Company at the end of the 18th century. Today the town's
economy is based on tourism and agriculture, with manufacturing of medicines
and photographic film also present.
A
wax museum that houses life-size look-alike wax statues of personalities of
Indian history, culture and heritage housed in a 142-year-old bungalow.
Statues of freedom fighters like Gokhale and Tilak,
of world figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa, father of India’s
missile program and our former President, Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam… the list is
endless.
Mahatma Gandhi
Raja raja Solan
Abdul Kalam
India current president
Manmohan Singh
Well known lady "Mother Terresa"
Plots depicting the
life in a typical Indian village and such add color to the already colorful Wax
World. A lot of work has gone into the conceptualization and the actual
building of the museum, so also in the maintenance of the museum.
