Western Tamil Nadu
Western Tamil Nadu
Western Tamil Nadu is in India. It consists of the districts of Coimbatore, Erode, Nilgiris, and Tirupur.
Cities
- Annur
- Aruvankadu
- Coimbatore 📍 — largest city in the region; industrial and educational cluster; the textile capital of South India; also known as the Manchester of the South
- Coonoor 📍 — Hill Station
- Devala 📍 — Hill Town
- Erode 📍 — center for turmeric and textile productions; known as textile city and turmeric city
- Gobichettipalayam 📍 — also known as mini Kollywood; famous for white silk, turmeric and plantain
- Gudalur 📍 — Hill Town
- Kotagiri 📍 — hill station
- Mettupalayam
- Ooty 📍 — a popular hill station; reachable by heritage mountain railway from Mettupaalayam
- Pollachi 📍 — Picture postcard views
- Tirupur 📍 (Tiruppur) — also known as an export city; largest exporter of textiles in the country
- Topslip 📍 — Tourist destination
- Udumalaippettai 📍 — Little cute town
- Valparai 📍 — Small ethnic place
Other destinations
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Isha Yoga Centre 📍 — an ashram near the city of Coimbatore
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Mudumalai National Park 📍 — offers a variety of flora and fauna plus the opportunity to go on an elephant safari
Understand
Get in
From Karnataka via Mysore, Bangalore.
Get around
See
Do
Eat
Traditional South Indian food on plantain leaf.
Drink
Hot piping coffee.
Stay safe
Be careful at waterfalls as rocks may be slippery. Do not enter forests without permission and proper things like a torch (flashlight), drinking water, magnetic compass, food, adequate clothing, and maps as mobile signals are not available within some forests. Do not litter plastic wrappers or bottles in forests. Do not start a campfire in the jungle.