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Place details
- Locality
- Tenkasi
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 70,545
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tenkasi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Tenkasi (Tamil Nadu)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pandya Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tenkasi
- Settlement.founder
- Parakirama Pandian (12th Century AD)
- Settlement.government_type
- Selection Grade Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Tenkasi Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_rank
- 20
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 26
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 26.13
- Elevation
- 143
- Image
- The magnificent Kasi Vishwanathat Temple Rajagopuram.jpg
- Dialing code
- 4633
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- Commons category
- Tenkasi
- postal code
- 627811
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10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Demographics
- History
- Geography
- Politics
- Transportation
- Rail connectivity
- Air connectivity
- Villages
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Tenkasi () is a Municipality and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Tenkasi is the third largest city in Tenkasi district after Kadayanallur and Sankarankovil.
Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu, Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the five sabhas of Lord Nataraja, an incarnation of Lord Shiva. Tamil poet Thirikooda Rasappa Kavirayar describes this temple in his poem as “Kutrala Kuravanji” which means 'beauty of Kutralam'. the city also houses the famous TenKasi Viswanathar temple, Sankarankoil temple and Ilangi Kumarar temple.
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