Tiruchendur

Tiruchendur is in , a state in , on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. This Town is famous for the Temple of Lord Muguran/ Lord Karthikeya/Lord Subramanya As per legend, demon Soorapadhman had become powerful, after obtaining boons from Lord Shiva.
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  • Type: Town with 10,000 residents
  • Description: panchayat town located in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Thiruchendur”, “Tiruchchendūr”, and “Tiruchendūr”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tiruchendur railway station and Thoondugai vinayagar temple.

Railway station
Photo: Rahuljeswin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the town of Tiruchendur, located in of the Indian state of .

Hindu temple
is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ganesha, located in Thiruchendur Murugan Temple complex in the State of Tamil Nadu, India.

Tiruchendur

Latitude
8.4956° or 8° 29′ 44″ north
Longitude
78.1233° or 78° 7′ 24″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6JWWF4WF+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3421197615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1254390
Wiki­data ID
Q1792360
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Tiruchendur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Thiruchendur”
  • Basque: “Thiruchendur”
  • Bengali: “থিরুচেন্দুর”
  • Bishnupriya: “তিরুচেন্দুর”
  • Bulgarian: “Тиручендур”
  • Cebuano: “Tiruchchendur”
  • Chinese: “Tiruchendur”
  • Chinese: “緹魯塵杜爾”
  • Chinese: “缇鲁晨杜尔”
  • Chinese: “蒂鲁琴杜尔”
  • Dutch: “Tiruchendur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tiruchendur”
  • French: “Tiruchendur”
  • German: “Tiruchendur”
  • Gujarati: “થિરુચેંદુર”
  • Hindi: “तिरुचेंदूर”
  • Italian: “Tiruchendur”
  • Japanese: “シルチェンドォー”
  • Kannada: “ತಿರುಚೆಂದುರ್”
  • Kannada: “ತಿರುಚೆಂದೂರ್”
  • Kannada: “ತಿರುಚ್ಚೆಂದೂರು”
  • Kashmiri: “تھیروچندر”
  • Korean: “티루첸두르”
  • Malay: “Tiruchendur”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiruchendur”
  • Portuguese: “Thiruchendur”
  • Russian: “Тиручендур”
  • Spanish: “Thiruchendur”
  • Spanish: “Tiruchendur”
  • Swedish: “Tiruchchendur”
  • Tamil: “திருச்செந்தூர்”
  • Telugu: “Tiruchendhur Murugan Temple”
  • Telugu: “తిరుచెందూర్”
  • Urdu: “تھیروچندر”
  • Vietnamese: “Tiruchendur”

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