Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi is a port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Thoothukudi is a port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The city is capital and headquarters of the district. According to the Confederation of Indian Industry, Thoothukudi has the second highest Human Development Index in Tamil Nadu, next to Chennai. Thoothukudi City serves as the headquarters of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited, one of the leading private sector banks in India. Major educational establishments in the city include the Government Thoothukudi Medical College, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Maritime Academy, V.O. Chidambaram College, Kamaraj College, Anna University, and Government Polytechnic College. The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority is one of the major ports in India. Thoothukudi is an emerging energy and industrial hub of South India.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Nehru Park
- 02Roche Park
- 03Sri Santhanamari Amman
- 04Our Lady of Snows Basilica
The church dates back to the 16th century.
- 05Rajaji Park
- 06Sacred Heart Cathedral
From Wikivoyage: Thoothukudi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Tuticorin is famous for Our Lady of Snows Shrine Basilica festival which takes place during August every year. To show their love and gratitude, devotees presented a golden car which is used to carry the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Snows around the town during her feast day. The Golden Car first appeared in procession on 2 February 1806 and since then on 5 August of every year.
From Wikivoyage: Thoothukudi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
There are many restaurants in Tuticorin. Most of them are of South-Indian cuisine. Some are vegetarian and some are non-vegetarian. Enquire with your hotel receptionist or Auto-Rickshaw driver or Taxi Driver or any local friends or relatives for restaurants.
From Wikivoyage: Thoothukudi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Thoothukudi
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 139 km · Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 227 km · Jaffna (JAF), 238 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Thoothukudi134 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · ₹1,250–1,570
- Tiruchirappalli → Thoothukudi236 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · ₹1,850–2,320
- Kochi → Thoothukudi243 km · quickest by road, 6h 20m · ₹2,090–2,610
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Thoothukudi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Thoothukudi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 01129 km
- 02132 km
- 03173 km
- 04182 km
- 05189 km
If you know how people move in Thoothukudi – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi is 51 km from Tirunelveli, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.