GHR Ooty 2018 Finisher Medal
Our GHR Ooty 2018 finisher medal is made by Toda artisans and will continue our tradition of making local, hand-made, craft based medals.
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GHR Ooty 2017 Medal
Our GHR Ooty 2017 finisher medals are made by Toda artisans and will continue our tradition of making local, hand-made, craft based medals.
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Visit the Historic Boarding Schools of Ooty
As visitors to Ooty quickly realize, India’s first hill station is home to many 19th century schools. The founders of
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GHR Ooty 2017 Run T-shirt
The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu happens to be one of India’s major tea producing regions and the tea grown here is known for its dark, aromatic fragrance. Incidentally, over 60% of the tea estate workers in the Nilgiris are women – and they served as inspiration for the Go Heritage Run – Ooty T-shirt design. The T-shirt illustration shows a woman hand plucking leaves in the lush green tea estates with the rolling Nilgiris in the background – a typical Ooty scene! Not-so-typical in that Ooty scene, but represented in the illustration anyway, is a set of intrepid heritage runners making their way across the hills. The T-shirt is a fluorescent green – matching the lustrous tea leaves shimmering in the morning sun.
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GHR Ooty 2016 Finishers Medal – Nilgiri Railway
The Go Heritage Run Ooty finisher medal is a quaint steam engine intricately laser cut in wood. It is not just a medal, it’s a souvenir too!
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Tribes in the Nilgiris: Badaga Culture
The rich Badaga (a tribe from Ooty) culture is reminiscent of the ancient, age-old Indian mentality of surviving and thriving in the environment.
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Ex-Lawrencian Remembers Ooty’s Ascension Church
An Old Lawrencian shares his experiences at The Ascension Church in Lovedale from the 1950’s. The Church sits at the heart of The Lawrence School campus and, till 1949, was the focal point of a lot of activities.
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