Eraniel
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Place details
- Locality
- Thingal Nagar
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 10,375
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Eraniel
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Eraniel.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Eraniel
- Settlement.image_caption
- Eraniel Junction
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kanniyakumari district
- Area
- +8.68
- Elevation
- +10
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Eraniel.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Eraniel Palace
- Demographics
- Education
- Transportation
- Hospital
- Economy
- Government offices
- Nearest Places
- References
Eraniel is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent Venad and later Travancore kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvananthapuram rose to prominence. Currently, it is known for its archaeological importance for the ruins of the dilapidated Eraniel Palace.
==Geography== thumb|left|Eraniel Railway Station