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The Government of Tamil Nadu ( Tamil: Tamiḻnāṭu aracu; IPA: [t̪əmɪɻnɑːɖʉ əɾəsʉ]) is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary. Under the Constitution of India, de jure executive ...
Temple car procession during Thanjavur Chariot festival, Tamil Nadu. Temple cars [1] [2] or Temple chariots are used to carry representations of Hindu deities around the streets of the temple on festival days. These chariots are generally manually pulled by the devotees of the deity. As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts, 79 of which ...
List. There are 43 departments as follows: [1] Department of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare. Department of Agriculture. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. Department of Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare. Department of Commercial Taxes and Registration. Department of Co-operation, Food and ...
Local Government. v. t. e. Local bodies in Tamil Nadu constitute the three tier administration set-up in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a system of local government which forms the last level from the Centre. [ 1] Chennai Corporation (now in Tamil Nadu) in the then Madras Presidency, established in 1688, is the oldest such local ...
The region of Tamil Nadu in the southeast of modern India, shows evidence of having had continuous human habitation from 15,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE. [ 1][ 2] Throughout its history, spanning the early Upper Paleolithic age to modern times, this region has coexisted with various external cultures. The three ancient Tamil dynasties namely Chera ...
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [ 1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
Until 1850, Sri Andal temple was under the care of the king of Trivancore. The British ruled the country till India attained freedom in 1947. The temple's gateway tower, 192 ft (59 m) tall and it is believed that this is the official symbol of the Government of Tamil Nadu (Sri Vatapatrasayi Temple Tower). [10]
Area of Raj Bhavan. Raj Bhavan is situated in the Guindy Park Reserved Forest Area. The blackbuck, a near-threatened species of antelope, was introduced to Guindy Park by Lord Willingdon in 1924. The present area of the Raj Bhavan Estate is 156.14 acres (0.6319 km 2 ), after large areas of land adjoining Raj Bhavan were made over for other ...