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Also known as Denkanikota

Denkanikottai also known as Thenkanikottai is a Panchayat Town in Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the headquarters of Denkanikottai Taluk. Its altitude 879 m (2,884 ft) elevation above the sea level. It is a multicultural town with a mix of linguistic groups. Tamil is the official and spoken language. There are a significant number of Kannada, Urdu and Telugu and speakers in the town as it is very near to Karnataka State bordering it. The place is named after the legend of Betrayaswamy Temple located in the centre of the town.

Key facts

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View of Betrayswamy Temple
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Denkanikottai
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Thenkanikottai
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The Little England
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Town
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Denkanikottai Temple .png
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Betrayswamy Temple, Denkanikottai
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India Tamil Nadu#India
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Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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India
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Tamil Nadu
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22px Tamil Nadu
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Region
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Kongu Nadu
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District
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Krishnagiri
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Town Panchayat
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Denkanikottai Town Panchayat

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Denkanikottai also known as Thenkanikottai is a Panchayat Town in Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the headquarters of Denkanikottai Taluk. Its altitude 879 m (2,884 ft) elevation above the sea level. It is a multicultural town with a mix of linguistic groups. Tamil is the official and spoken language. There are a significant number of Kannada, Urdu and Telugu and speakers in the town as it is very near to Karnataka State bordering it. The place is named after the legend of Betrayaswamy Temple located in the centre of the town.

==History== Until 1654 A.D., Denkanikottai was ruled by Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar of Srirangapattana, Kingdom of Mysore The territory later moved into the hands of Hyder Ali. Later it was part of the struggle between the British and Hyder.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Denkanikottai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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