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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Charring Cross<br />
| native_name = <br />
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| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Junction<br />
| image_skyline = Adams Fountain, Charring Cross, Ooty BNC.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Adams Fountain at Charring Cross, Ooty<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[The Nilgiris district|The Nilgiris]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| governing_body = Udagamandalam Municipality Corporation<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="municipality">{{cite web|url = http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ooty/abt-muni.htm|title = About Municipality|accessdate = 2008-02-15|publisher = municipality.tn.gov.in|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080115070843/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/ooty/abt-muni.htm|archivedate = 2008-01-15}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 2400<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 643 001<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 0423<br />
| registration_plate = TN 43<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Udagamandalam Municipality Corporation<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Tropical wet]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small><br />
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| footnotes = Temperature from Batchmates.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.batchmates.com/bmtimes/content.aspx?contentId=1471 |title=Ooty: In the Lap of the Nilgiris |accessdate=2008-02-15 |publisher=batchmates.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224224950/http://www.batchmates.com/bmtimes/content.aspx?contentId=1471 |archivedate=2011-02-24 }}</ref><br />
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'''Charring cross''' is a junction in [[NH 67|National Highway 67 (India)]] intersecting the commercial road and the [[Ooty]]-[[Coonoor]] road in [[Ooty]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/ganral/Ooty%20tamil%20nadu_hill.asp|title = Ooty hill station|accessdate = 2011-09-30|publisher = dhyansanjivani.org|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120715125026/http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/ganral/Ooty%20tamil%20nadu_hill.asp|archivedate = 2012-07-15}}</ref> It is considered to be one of the most important<ref name=police>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/PDFS/Nilgiris.pdf|title=NILGIRIS DISTRICT - EXTRACT OF RULE 4(1)(b) OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005.|publisher=tnpolice.gov.in|accessdate=11 Aug 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812154812/http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/PDFS/Nilgiris.pdf|archivedate=2011-08-12}}</ref> and beautiful places in Ooty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nilgiris ruined|first=K.P.|last=Swaminathan|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458170300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717065842/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/14/stories/2008071458170300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 Jul 2008|accessdate=11 Aug 2011}}</ref>The important landmark in charring cross is the Gandhi Statue.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Government Rose Garden, Ooty]]<br />
* [[Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam]]<br />
* [[Ooty Lake]]<br />
* [[Ooty Golf Course]]<br />
* [[Stone House, Ooty]]<br />
* [[Ooty Radio Telescope]]<br />
* [[Mariamman temple, Ooty]]<br />
* [[St. Stephen's Church, Ooty]]<br />
* [[Kamaraj Sagar Dam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110114053740/http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/ooty.htm Ooty / Udhagai / Udhagamandalam / Oootacamund] Official history and tourism page on www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in. (This site is maintained by the District Administration of the Nilgiris)<br />
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[[Category:Road junctions in India]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Ooty]]<br />
[[Category:Roads in Tamil Nadu]]</div>
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