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Coimbatore , also known as Kovai, is one of the major industrial cities in South India . It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Coimbatore District. Coimbatore is well known for its textile industries, engineering industries, automobile component manufacturers and its engineering colleges. Coimbatore is also known as Koneyammanputhhur, which means birth-place of the goddess (koni amman ).

Coimbatore , known as an industrial hub, is also dubbed the 'Manchester of South India'. It is also well known for educational institutions, its pleasant weather, friendly culture and exceptional hospitality. There is also a significant minority of people of North and West Indian origin in Coimbatore . People here are highly enterprising and industrious, which is one of the reasons cited for its phenomenal industrial growth. A boost for this industrial growth were provided by Naidus who settled here a few centuries before from Andhra Pradesh. This was followed by Gownders who are basically hardworking entrepreneurs. The nearest major cities are Chennai (previously Madras), Bangalore, Trichy, Cochin-sea port, Salem which are 500 km, 335 km, 232 km, 210km and 160 km from Coimbatore, respectively. Coimbatore city is well connected by rail, road and air.

Coimbatore has a very good health and medical care facility. There are large corporate hospitals where high quality and treatment for complicated illnesses are provided.

The Tamil language spoken itself has a flavour of hospitality, and is referred to as 'Kongu Tamil'. Other than Tamil, the languages spoken in Coimbatore include Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and English.

Pollachi, a vibrant and expanding town, 40 km from Coimbatore , was known to the Romans of Caesar's day for its spices, as is evidenced by numerous Roman coins from that epoch unearthed in Coimbatore district. During Alexander the Great's stay in India , he ordered diamonds from Coimbatore .

Coimbatore has experienced 6.0 Richter Scale earthquake in the past (It is classified as Class III/IV Zone) which brought black soil up thus making the region fertile.

Coimbatore district exports Rs.15,000 Crores outside India . A PriceWaterHouseCoopers study puts its revenue potential from IT/ITES sector at $1.5 billion.

Coimbatore City is one of the top 10 fastest growing cities of India . Coimbatore district has a population of about 42.25 Lakhs (Census in 2001). Coimbatore is also a district capital. There are more than 25,000 small, medium, large scale industries and textile mills.

TEMPLES IN COIMBATORE

Marudhamalai Murugan Temple - Coimbatore

Sree Ayyappa Temple - coimbatore

Arulmigu Chokkalingeswarar Aalayam - Coimbatore

Arulmigu Eachanari Vinayagar Thirukoil - Coimbatore

Arulmigu AranganathaSwamy Thirukoil - Karamadai

Arulmigu Koni Ammann Thirukoil- Coimbatore

Isha temple - coimbatore

Arulmigu Patteswarar Thirukoil - Perur

Arulmigu AadeshwaraSwamy Thirukoil - Periakalandai

Arulmigu SubramaniaSwamy Thirukoil - Marudamalai

Sri MariAmman & Vinayagar Temple - Sulakkal

Arulmigu Sri VenkatesaPerumal Thirukoil - Mondipalayam.

HOSPITALS

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A Trip down memory lane

Originally Coimbatore district formed part of the Kongu country, the history of which dates back to the Sangam age. It is found that in early days the area was inhabited by the tribes, the most predominant among them being the Kosars who are reported to have had their headquaeters at Kosampathur which probably later became the present Coimbatore.

However, tribal predominance did not last long as they were over-run by the Rashtra Kutas. From Rastrakutas the Region fell in to the hands of the cholas who were in prominence at the time of Raja Raja Chola. On the decline of Cholas the Kongun territory was occupied by the Chalukyas and then by the Pandyas and the cysalas.

Due to internal strife in the Pandyas Kingdom the Muslim rulers from Delhi happened to interfere. Thus the area fell into the hands of Madurai Sultanate from whom the Vijayanagar rulers wrestled for the region during 1377-78 after overthrowing the Madurai Nayaks.During the period of Muthu Veerappa Nayak and later during the period of Tirumal Nayak internal strife and intermittent wars ruined the kingdom.

As a consequence during the period of Tirumal Nayak,the Kongu region fell into the hands of the Mysore rulers from whom hyder Ali took over the area. However, consequents on the fall of Tippu Sultan of Mysore in 1799, the Kongu region came to be ceded to the East India Company by the Maharaja of mysore who was restored to power by the East India Company after defeating Tippu Sultan. From then till 1947 when India attained Independence, the region remained under British control who initiated systematic revenue administration.


In 1840, the areas were merged into one and brought under one District Collector. During the time, Mr.H.S. GREAME, [I/C] from 20/10/1803 to 20/01/1805 was the Collector. In 1868, the Nilgiris District was bifurcated from the Coimbatore District. At the opening of the present century there were ten taluks in the district viz., Bhavani, Coimbatore, Dharapuram, Erode, Karur, Kollegal, Palladam, Pollachi, Sathyamangalam and Udumalaipettai. The name of Sathyamangalam taluk was subsequently changed as Gopichettipalaiyam.

Avinashi taluk was formed in the year Karur taluk happened to be transferred to Tiruchirappalli district. In 1927, some villages of Bhavani taluk together with a few village from Salem district were constituted into Mettur Area but very soon i.e, in 1929, this area was transferred to Salem district.

Again in the year 1956 considerable area of the district, viz., the whole of Kollegal taluk was transferred to Mysore State as part of the States Re-organisation Scheme. In 1975, Sathyamangalam sub-taluk was upgraded as a full fledged taluk.

Again in 1979, Perundurai sub-taluk of Erode and Mettupalayam sub-taluk of Avanashi were also upgraded into independent taluks.Thus the total number of taluks in the district came to twelve. This, however, did not last long. In the same year (1979) six taluks were bifurcated from the district to constitute a new district viz, Erode.

Under G.O. Ms. No. 1917 Revenue dt. 31-8-79, the following six taluks were bifurcated from then Coimbatore district to from Erode district. Bhavani, Gopichettipalayam, Sathyamangalam, Erode, Perundurai and Dharapuram. This bifurcation considerably reduced the size of the district. It has only nine taluks now, viz. Pollachi, Coimbatore (North), Avanashi, Palladam, Udumalpettai, Tirupur, Valparai, Coimbatore (South) and Mettupalayam.

Tourist in combatore

Coimbatore is one of the largest cities in Tamil Nadu and is situated on the banks of the river Noyyal. It is also referred to as the “Manchester of South India”. The city is a perfect destination for spending a vacation because of its wonderful picturesque places. The city has also a large number of clubs to chill out. Touristplacesinindia.com offers you with complete information on all that you want to know about tourist attractions in Coimbatore.

The city is well connected by air, roads and train services. Three National Highways pass through the city connecting it with other parts of India. Peelamedu Airport is the nearest airport which is connected with other states in India by regular domestic carriers. Besides this, the railway junction at Coimbatore serves as the major railhead of the city. Some of the major tourist attractions in Coimbatore include: