If mesmerized can mean anything better?

precisely why it doesn't stop charming
people from across the globe.
It is Ooty though and not the Ootacamund
that we grew up to, but it is still dearer to
us. It is said that John Sullivan
(founder of modern Ooty) first viewed
Ootacamund from around this place and
fell in love with it and the rest
is.....................

(shot taken from Gorishola)