Kodaikanal
Kodaikanal is a town in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu and has an elevation of 1,791 metres. Kodaikanal is situated nearby to the neighborhood Anna Nagar, as well as near the suburb Naidupuram.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kodaikanal Lake and Kodaikanal Solar Observatory.
Kodaikanal Lake
Lake
Photo: Lpriyatham, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kodaikanal Lake, also known as Kodai Lake, is a manmade lake located in the Kodaikanal city in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, India. Sir Vere Henry Levinge, the then Collector of Madurai, was instrumental in creating the lake in 1863, amidst the Kodaikanal town which was developed by the British and early missionaries from USA.
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Observatory
The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is on the southern tip of the Palani Hills 4 kilometres from Kodaikanal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kodaikanal.
Kodaikanal
Photo: Ramkumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kodaikanal is one of Tamil Nadu's finest hill stations, 7,200 ft above sea level amongst the Western Ghats of India, in the Palani Hill Range and under the administrative control of Dindigul District.
Kodaikanal
- Type: Town with 115,000 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.2409° or 10° 14′ 27″ northLongitude
77.4894° or 77° 29′ 22″ eastPopulation
115,000Elevation
1,791 metres (5,876 feet)Open location code
7J2V6FRQ+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 668284157OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
12684105
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In Other Languages
“Kodaikanal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوديكانال”
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