Theni
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Theni (தேனி) | |
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Town | |
Nickname: Gateway to highland | |
Coordinates: 10°00′32″N 77°28′12″E / 10.009°N 77.47°ECoordinates: 10°00′32″N 77°28′12″E / 10.009°N 77.47°E | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Theni |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Theni Municipality (தேனி மாநகராட்சி) |
• Chairman | S Murugesan |
• Commissioner | S Nagarajan |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Languages | |
• Tamil, English, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone code | 04546 |
Vehicle registration | TN 60, TN 60Z |
Distance from State Capital Chennai | 498 kilometres (309 mi) southwest |
Climate | Average and moderate cool at winter (Köppen) |
Precipitation | 658 millimetres (25.9 in) |
Avg. summer temperature | 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 25.8 °C (78.4 °F) |
Website | www |
Theni (தேனி) is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located in a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, bananas, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.[citation needed] The area is sometimes known as "Earth's Hidden Paradise".[citation needed]
Notable people[edit]
These are people from Theni town itself. For people from the surrounding area, see Theni district
- Ilayaraaja - Music Maestro, Singer, Music producer, Writer, World Music
- Bharathiraja - Director, Writer, Producer
- Suruli Rajan - Tamil Actor
- Dhanush - actor, producer, singer, writer, lyricist
- Ramachandran Durairaj- Tamil actor
- Theni Kunjarammal - Tamil Actress and playback singer
- Kasthuri Raja - director
- Selvaraghavan - director
- Singampuli - actor, director, comedian
- Vaiyapuri - comedian
- Vairamuthu - poeter
- Swamy Omkarananda Vedic Scholar and founder of Sri Swami Chidbhavananda Ashramam Vedapuri, Theni