Tamil Nadu
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| Districts | 37 |
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| Chief minister | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Capital | Chennai |
| Population | 67. 86 million (2012) |
| Points of interest | Meenakshi Amman Temple |
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| ID | 2324388 |
About Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu, a South Indian state, is famed for its Dravidian-style Hindu temples. In Madurai, Meenakshi Amman Temple has high ‘gopuram' towers ornamented with colourful figures. On Pamban Island, Ramanathaswamy Temple is a pilgrimage site. The town of Kanyakumari, at India's southernmost tip, is the site of ritual sunrises. Capital Chennai is known for beaches and landmarks including 1644 colonial Fort St. George.
NR Narayana Murthy: Why India is debating a 70-hour work week
... Earlier this year, protests from workers and opposition leaders forced the Tamil Nadu state government to a bill that would have allowed working time in factories to increase to 12 hours from eight...
The unending pain of India's sanitation workers
... Hundreds of miles away, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Annamma is in a similar state...
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... They are among a dwindling number of photographers who once specialised in taking photos of the dead in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
Chip war: Apple strikes major US-made semiconductor deal
... The move expanded the company s Indian manufacturing operations - it has been making iPhones in the southern state of Tamil Nadu since 2017...
The Kerala Story: Why an Indian film on Islamic State is so controversial
... In Tamil Nadu state, an association of multiplex owners said they would stop screening the film, citing protests and low audiences...
India's booming population needs more women at work
... But the HR professional from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, who says she was at the " peak of her career" then, was clear that she wanted to spend time with her family...
Dubai fire: Sixteen killed in blaze at Al Ras apartment building
... Salinga Gudu told The National that his brother Gudu Saliyakoondu, a watchman from India s Tamil Nadu state, had died trying to save residents inside of the building...
Kerala: A ghost town in the world's most populated country
... Kerala - along with neighbouring Tamil Nadu - is some sort of an outlier in teeming India: the decadal rise in population here between 2001 and 2011 - when the last census was conducted - was lowest (4...
