Western Tamil Nadu

Western Tamil Nadu is in Tamil Nadu, India. It consist of Coimbatore, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Erode, Nilgiris and Tiruppur districts.

Cities

Map of Western Tamil Nadu

11.2377.11 Annur
11.35055676.7747222 Aruvankadu
11.0168476.955833 Coimbatore — largest city in the region; industrial and educational cluster; the textile capital of South India; also known as the Manchester of the South
11.35376.795914 Coonoor — Hill station
11.4725576.382015 Devala — Hill town
11.3410477.717166 Erode — center for turmeric and textile productions; known as textile city and turmeric city
11.4536177.438337 Gobichettipalayam — also known as mini Kollywood; famous for white silk, turmeric and plantain
11.1527876.926398 Gudalur — Hill town
11.41476.86639 Kotagiri — Hill station
11.30555676.93510 Mettupalayam
11.4176.711 Ooty — a popular hill station; reachable by heritage mountain railway from Mettupaalayam
10.6572777.0106712 Pollachi — Picture postcard views
11.1085277.3410713 Tiruppur — also known as an export city; largest exporter of textiles in the country
10.4708276.8432614 Topslip — Tourist destination
10.5845777.2514515 Udumalaippettai — Little cute town
10.3235976.95116 Valparai — Small ethnic place

Other destinations

11.5630676.534651 Mudumalai National Park — offers a variety of flora and fauna plus the opportunity to go on an elephant safari

Understand

Boats parked near the telescope house, Ooty.

Monkey Falls, on the Pollachi-Valparai road

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.

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