Theni

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Theni
Town
View of Theni from Western Ghats
Nickname(s):  Gateway to highland
Theni Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°00′32″N 77°28′12″E / 10.009°N 77.47°E / 10.009; 77.47Coordinates: 10°00′32″N 77°28′12″E / 10.009°N 77.47°E / 10.009; 77.47
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Theni Municipality
• Chairman	S Murugesan
• Commissioner	S Nagarajan
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	04546
Vehicle registration	TN 60, TN 60Z
Distance from State Capital Chennai	498 kilometres (309 mi) southwest
Climate	Average and moderate cool at winter (Köppen)
Precipitation	658 millimetres (25.9 in)
Avg. summer temperature	39.5 °C (103.1 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	25.8 °C (78.4 °F)
Website	www.theni.tn.nic.in

Theni is a hillock town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Theni district. It situated in 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.^{[citation needed]} The area is sometimes known as "Earth's Hidden Paradise".^{[citation needed]}

Notable people[]

These are people from Theni town itself. For people from the surrounding area, see Theni district

• Ilayaraaja - Music Maestro, Singer, Music producer, Writer, World Music
• Bharathiraja -Director, Writer, Producer
• Dhanush - actor, producer, singer, writer, lyricist
• Ramachandran Durairaj- Tamil actor
• Theni Kunjarammal - actress and playback singer
• Kasthuri Raja - director
• P. T. Rajan - former CM of Madras state
• Selvaraghavan - director
• Singampuli - actor, director, comedian
• Vaiyapuri - comedian
• Vairamuthu - poeter

See also[]

• India-based Neutrino Observatory

References[]

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