Tenkasi

Tenkasi, literally the " of the South", is a small picturesque town located near the famous waterfalls of Courtalam in .
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  • Type: Town with 70,500 residents
  • Description: Village in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Pavanasa puram” and “Tenkāsi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Tenkasi and Tenkasi Junction railway station.

Hindu temple
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Kasi Viswanathar Temple in Tenkasi, a city in in the South Indian state of , is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed in the Tamil style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been built by Pandyan ruler Parakrama Pandyan during the 13th century, with later additions from Madurai Nayaks.

Railway station
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a junction railway station serving the town of Tenkasi in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Courtallam and Aygudi.

Photo: Abhijith VG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, natively spelt Kutrālam or Kuttālam, is a panchayat town situated at a mean elevation of 160 m in the foothills of the in of Tamil Nadu, India. The Coutrallam Falls on the is a major tourist attraction.

Village
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, also spelled Aaikudi, is a panchayat town in in the state of , . is situated 6 km northeast of Tenkasi.

Village
, also spelled Elathur, is a Taluk at in the state of , India. It is close to the town of Tenkasi and also 10 km from the Courtallam waterfalls. is situated 7 km northwest of Tenkasi.

Tenkasi

Latitude
8.9568° or 8° 57′ 24″ north
Longitude
77.3121° or 77° 18′ 44″ east
Population
70,500
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN TKS
Open location code
6JWVX846+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245582256
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1254744
Wiki­data ID
Q259749
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tenkasi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تينكاسي”
  • Bengali: “টেঙ্কাসি”
  • Bishnupriya: “তেনকাসি”
  • Bulgarian: “Тхенкаси”
  • Cebuano: “Thenkasi”
  • Chinese: “坦卡希”
  • Chinese: “滕卡西”
  • Dutch: “Tenkasi”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tenkasi”
  • French: “Tenkasi”
  • German: “Tenkasi”
  • Greek: “Τεκανσί”
  • Gujarati: “તેનકાસી”
  • Hindi: “तेंकाशी”
  • Hindi: “तेनकाशी”
  • Hindi: “तेन्कासी”
  • Irish: “Tenkasi”
  • Italian: “Tenkasi”
  • Japanese: “テンカシ”
  • Japanese: “テンカシ県”
  • Kannada: “ತೆಂಕಾಶಿ”
  • Kannada: “ತೆಂಕಾಸಿ”
  • Kashmiri: “تینکاسی”
  • Korean: “텐카시”
  • Magahi: “तेन्काशी”
  • Malagasy: “Tenkasi”
  • Malay: “Tenkasi”
  • Malayalam: “തെങ്കസി”
  • Malayalam: “തെങ്കാശി”
  • Marathi: “तेनकाशी”
  • Nepali: “तेनकाशी”
  • Oriya: “ତେଙ୍କାସି”
  • Portuguese: “Tenkasi”
  • Russian: “Тенкаси”
  • Spanish: “Tenkasi”
  • Swedish: “Thenkasi”
  • Tamil: “தென்காசி”
  • Telugu: “టెన్కాసి”
  • Telugu: “తెన్‌కాశి”
  • Urdu: “تینکاسی”
  • Vietnamese: “Tenkasi”

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