Tirunelveli mostly referred as Nellai is one of the historical city of Southern India nested in Tamilnadu Tirunelveli is located at a distance of 700 km from Chennai. This city is referred as the Temple City as a lot of temples are there in this beautiful place. This town of state Tamilnadu is situated on the street side of Thamiraparani river. Tirunelveli attracts a lot of people towards itself because of its scenic beauty and as it carries taste of old tradition and temples in it. Tirunelveli carries the wealth of old Indian Culture. The plus point of this city is Courtallam waterfall considered on of the famous Water falls in Tamilnadu . There is a large number of hotel range in this city. As per Population Counting which is conducted in 2001, the total population of Tirunelveli district is about 28,01,194 in which about 14,29,112 are females and about 13,72,082 are males. Tirunelveli district is rich in its mineral assets, culture, ruby sand etc. Tirunelveli district covers almost 6,823 Sq. km area of state Tamilnadu.
A man named Robert Caldwell came to this city in 19th century with a motive to advertise the importance of education among population and also to advertise their faith on religion. However, the history of town Tirunelveli was examined by him, actually Robert was a Christian apostle.
Tirunelveli was ruled by Pandya kings as their secondary capital. Tirunelveli was one of the important town of the Chola empire and of the Vijayanagar dynasty. Tirunelveli was the major economical city in the time of Arcot Nawab . Arcot Nawab was one of the various ruling empire of state. Britishers, in 1801 named the city as Tinnevelly and also establish it as the Headquarter of Tirunelveli city.
Town Tirunelveli is too referred as Nellai. In state's official language, 'Nell' is referred as rice fields. Words Tirunelveli and Nellai, and have relation with rice fields. The plaetoid shows that the city is enclosed by Rice Fields along with Tamirabarani river.This river provides water to the fields of rice. The origin of name "Tirunelveli" is concerned with Puranic times.
According to a theory, a enthusiastic man had a dream to live along with his family on the shore of the river Tamirabarani . But there was a dearth in the town and he had to plead and assemble rice from populace of the town. Then he broaden out the rice to arid in the sunbeams and go for his rite and then started praying to God for shower. Abruptly a cloudburst bust out and then rained deeply. Even if his appeal got answer from God, now he was troubled about the rice which he broaden out in the daylight. Subsequently the man ran to gather it but he saw, there was nothing petite of a wonder. Not a plunge of water fall on the rice. Thus, the town is known as Tirunelveli in which "Nel" means rice and "Veli" means a shielding hedge.
Tirunelveli is situated at an height of 47 metres from the sea level in the southern-most angle of the Deccan upland. The borders central town like Gangaikondon to its north, Tuticorin to its east, Tenkasi and Alungulam to its west, Kalakkad to its southwest. The foremost lakes in the town are Nainar and Udayarpetti . The nearest city to this region is Alangaraperi.
The weather of city Tirunelveli is usually warm and muggy. The standard temperature throughout summer ranges from 25 to 41° C and throughout rest of the year, it is18 to 29°C. The usual yearly rain bust is 680 mm. As the financial system of the quarter is mainly based on cultivation variations in the cloudburst or flooding of the river, Thamarabarani has an instant bang of employment in the district.
Tirunelveli has a series of companies, counting cement factories, tobacco companies, steel products, and mills for cotton textiles.. A lot of small scale industries,like tanneries and brick kilns are also in the city.
Installation of Wind energy power is most suitable in this district. The industries established in this area provides employment to the populace of the district. These industries contributes a lot towards the economy of the region.
This temple is the main attraction of Tirunvelli district. It is a clone temple committed to idol Parvati and noble Shiva.
Sri Alzhiya Mannar Rajagopala Swamy Temple is located in Palayamkottai region of District Tirunelveli district. It is an prehistoric place of worship and alleged Perumal holy place of concerning 1000 years aged.
The Mela Thiruvenkatanathapuram temple is situated at a distance of 8 to 9 km from Tirunelveli. Mela Thiruvenkatanathapuram temple is also known as Thirunankovil and is dedicated to Lord Srinivasa.
Tirunelveli is well connected to rest of the country through road link as Tirunelveli is situated very near to NH-7. Tirunelveli is also connected to state highway as well. State Government operates buses to major cities like Chennai, Bangalore etc.
Reaching Tirunelveli by train is too easy and comfortable as Tirunelveli is well connected to rest of the country by rail link. Tirunelveli Junction Railway Station connects Tirunelveli to cities like Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Kanyakumari.
The nearest airport to this city is Tuticorin airport which is situated at distance of 28km from Tirunelveli. Although, few flights are connected to Tuticorin airport but an another airport, Trivandrum airport is situated at a distance of 150 km from Tirunelveli city and a number of flights approach to major cities from there.