About Tamil NaduPopularly regarded,
as "The Gateway to the South India" Chennai is the fourth largest
and the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It presents a culture that is distinct
from that of the northern part of India and is famous for its traditional
yet modern outlook.
Coimbatore,
Trichy, SivakasiCoimbatore is one of the most industrialised cities
in the state and is popularly known as "The Textile Capital of South
India" or "The Manchester of the South". Trichy is a thriving
commercial centre and is famous for artificial diamonds, cigars, handloom
cloth, glass bangles and wooden and clay toys. Sivakasi may be called as "A
town of three industries", namely Matches, Fire works and Printing.
Salem is well known for cotton and silk handloom weaving.
Cities
Of ImportancePoompuhar is an archaeologist delight and Courtallam
is famous for its season and waterfalls. Tirunelveli is known for its Shiva
Temple and is surrounded on all sides by paddy fields. Nagercoil is famous
for the Nagaraja temple.
Nilgiri Backdrop &
KanyakumariThe Nilgiri Hills provide beautiful sceneries with steep
hills and fantastically narrow valleys with numerous rivers and rivulets
running in all directions with a few fine waterfalls here and there. At the
southern most land tip of India, where the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and
the Bay of Bengal meet, lies Kanniyakumari, an important pilgrim centre.
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