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[[File:Adam's Fountain.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=Night time view of Adam's fountain|Night time view of Adam's fountain]]
'''Adam's fountain''' is a public display fountain in [[Charring cross]], [[Ooty]]. It was built in 1886 as a memorial to a Governor of Ooty,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveldest.org/destinations/asia/india/ooty|title=World Travel Destinations - Adam’s Fountain|publisher=traveldest.org|accessdate=9 September 2011}}</ref> who was very famous in the region during his tenure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ootyhotels.org/ooty-sightseeing.html|title=Raj Bhavan|publisher=ootyhotels.org|accessdate=9 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205194846/http://ootyhotels.org/ooty-sightseeing.html|archive-date=5 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The total cost of finishing the fountain was between [[Rs.]] 13,000 to [[Rs.]] 14000, which was funded through public funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/ooty.htm |title=OOTY / UDHAGAI / UDHAGAMANDALAM / OOTACAMUND - ADAM'S FOUNTAIN |publisher=nilgiris.tn.gov.in |accessdate=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114053740/http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/ooty.htm |archivedate=2011-01-14 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Adam's Fountain 1.jpg|thumb|right|130px|alt=Adam's fountain|Adam's fountain]]
[[File:Adam's Fountain 2.jpg|thumb|right|130px|alt=Night time view of Adam's fountain|Night time view of Adam's fountain]]
The fountain was originally planned to be placed near the Ooty market. But it was decided later that the site in front of the [[District collector]]'s office in Ooty was a better place as it had higher number of passers by. After building the fountain, it was discovered that the site did not have the necessary water head for the fountain to function properly. It was finally moved to its present location in [[Charring cross]] in 1898. An old [[melanoxylon]] tree which stood in the site of the present location of the fountain, which was considered as a landmark in Charring cross was removed for the construction of the fountain.

==Tourist attraction==
As the fountain is located in one of the most important<ref>{{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 August 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<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 July 2008|accessdate=11 August 2011}}</ref> in Ooty, it is an important tourist landmark in the [[Ooty]] town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=4951447 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329141605/http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=4951447 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2012 |title=The Hindu Images |publisher=thehinduimages.com |accessdate=9 September 2011 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ooty Lake]]
* [[Stone House, Ooty]]
* [[Mariamman temple, Ooty]]
* [[Ooty Golf Course]]
* [[St. Stephen's Church, Ooty]]

==References==
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ooty]]
[[Category:Fountains in India]]

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