Tenkasi

Tenkasi, literally the " of the South", is a small picturesque town located near the famous waterfalls of Courtalam in .
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  • Town with about 70,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (470 feet)
  • …is also known as “Pavanasa puram”
  • Description: Village in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Tenkasi and Tenkasi Junction railway station.
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Kasi Viswanathar Temple in Tenkasi, a city…
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Courtallam and Aygudi.
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Rajah , natively spelt Kutrālam or Kuttālam…
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, also spelled Aaikudi, is a panchayat town… is situated 6 km northeast of Tenkasi.
, also spelled Elathur, is a Taluk in the in the state of , India. is situated 7 km northwest of Tenkasi.

Tenkasi

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Latitude
8.9568° or 8° 57′ 24″ north
Longitude
77.3121° or 77° 18′ 44″ east
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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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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”
  • Magahi: “तेन्कासी”
  • 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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