Ooty’s iconic Higginbothams bookstore might be under threat, but several Raj-era buildings are putting up a brave fight. ... While century-old Higginbothams may have closed shop after the building it was housed in changed hands, a majority of the Nilgiris’ heritage buildings still stand today. Many of them are in private hands, a few are woefully dilapidated, and some have been lost forever—but several buildings are in mint condition and an integral part of Nilgiris’ contemporary architectural landscape.
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