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The shortened forms "Trichy" or "Tiruchi" are used in everyday speech and the full name Tiruchirapalli appears in official use by government and quasi-government offices but seldom used by the general public. [19] [20] According to the late scholar C. P. Brown, Tiruchirappalli might be a derivative of the word Chiruta-palli (lit. "little town").
Tiruchirappalli District is one of the 38 districts, located along the Kaveri River, in Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the district is the city of Tiruchirappalli . During the British Raj , the district was referred to as Trichinopoly , and was a district of the Madras Presidency ; it was renamed upon India's declaration of independence ...
Tiruchirappalli International Airport (IATA: TRZ, ICAO: VOTR) is an international airport that serves Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.The airport is situated on National Highway 336, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city center, and occupies 702.02 acres (284.10 ha). [4]
Under the Early Cholas, Tiruchirappalli became an important administrative and cultural centre. Urayur, the old Tiruchirappalli, is believed to have been their capital. The first ever reference to the Cholas is available in a stone edict of Asoka dated to 300 BC. Tiruchirappalli is also mentioned by Ptolemy in the 3rd century BC. [2]
Tiruchirappali is located at The city is at a distance of 325 kilometres (202 mi) south-west of Chennai [1] and 402 kilometres (250 mi) north of Kanniyakumari on the National Highway NH 45 and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south-east of Coimbatore [2] and 128 kilometres (80 mi) west from the Bay of Bengal coast, [3] The city of Madurai is situated 161 kilometres (100 mi) south of Tiruchirappalli.
The campus of Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli is located on a 172.27 acres (69.72 ha) land on the Tiruchirappalli-Pudukkottai highway. [2] The ₹ 584 crore (US$67 million) campus consists of student hostels, faculty residences, a library, recreational facilities and Executive Residences.
The Tiruchirappalli Metropolitan Area, or Tiruchirappalli Urban Agglomeration, is the 51st largest urban agglomeration in India and is the fourth largest metropolitan city in the state of Tamil Nadu next to Chennai, Coimbatore,Madurai.
The list of tourist attractions in Tiruchirappalli a city in Tamil Nadu state of India. [1] Temples. Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam; Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort;