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Western Tamil Nadu

Western Tamil Nadu is in , . It consists of Coimbatore, Erode and Tirupur districts.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Coimbatore and Ooty.

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is an industrial city of 2 million people in , often likened to being the or of . It's famous for the manufacture of motor-pump sets and varied engineering goods.

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, short for Ootacamund and officially Udhagamandalam, is a popular hill resort in the state of in . The name Udhagamandalam is derived from the Toda word "othakal-mund" which means "house in mountains".

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is a city in in South India, likely to be called by various names such as Textile City, Turmeric City or Loom City of India.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tiruppur and Coonoor.

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Tirupur is a city in , south . It is known as the knitwear capital of India because the city accounts for 90% of India's cotton knitwear exports from the country.

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is a famous hill station that is 17 km from in , . It is probably the second most popular hill station in the Nilgiris. The hill station stands at a height of 1,839 metres and is known for its great picnic spots and picturesque surroundings.

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is a hill station and a municipality in the of the state, . The Nilgiri hills have been the traditional home of the "Kota" tribes.

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in , , near the . It is known as a place to see elephants, tigers, peacocks, deer and other animals.

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is a hill station in the Coimbatore District of . It is 104 km from and 64 km from , 110 km from Ernakulam via Athirapalli, Vazhachal, Malakkarapa. There is a Kerala-Tamilnadu Border checkpost near Uppar Sholayar Dam.

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is a town and a municipality close to the foothills of in , 40 km south of . It is picture perfect for the nomenclature — Mini Kodambakkam.

is a town and municipality in , . is an important town in the northwestern part of the state and is the headquarters of the taluk of the same name.

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, is a small town located in the of in between and , at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903.

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is in and is a nice resting place away from the humdrum of the high route to .

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is a municipality of Coimbatore district. It is situated at the foothills of Nilgiris on the bank river Bhavani on Coimbatore-Guddalor State Highways.

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is a small town near in , . is a cheap alternative to Ooty as there is very little traffic and accommodation is not that expensive. Nature is the main attraction of .

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is a city in , about 32 km from . The name came from "Vanniyur", later transformed into Anniyur and now . The myth behind the name goes like, Above 1000 years ago, when a small hunter hit a stone under a "Vanni" tree, it started bleeding.

is located near in the state of , , at an altitude of 800 feet from the sea level on the Anamalai mountain range. It is a part of the protected Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary.

Western Tamil Nadu

Latitude of center
11.0168° or 11° 1′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
76.9558° or 76° 57′ 21″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q14928168
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In Other Languages

“Western Tamil Nadu” goes by many names.
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Tamil Nadu”

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