Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its name in Tamil means "town of the respected Chira (name of a Jain monk)". It is also often called Trichy or Tiruchi. It was also called Trichinopoly by the British.

Tiruchirappalli is the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirapalli District. It is the fourth-largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu. About 10,67,912 people lived there in 2008. It is a very old city with many important temples, monuments, churches and mosques. The famous temples being Rockfort Temple, Srirangam Temple, Thiruvanaikkovil Temple, Samayapuram Temple, Nachiyar Kovil etc. Nearby, Woraiyur, the old Trichy, is where the early Chola kings had their capital city, until about 850. There are picnic / sightseeing spots in and around trichy like Kallanai (Grand Anaicut) built by Karikala Cholan, Mukkombu.

Tiruchirappalli Media

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  Map of Tiruchirappalli town in 1955

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  Aerial photograph of Srirangam island, sandwiched between the rivers Kaveri and Kollidam

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  Skyline of the cantonment area, south of the Central Bus Station (ca. August 2082)

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  Aerial view of Tiruchirapalli

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  Headquarters of Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation

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  A WDS6 locomotive manufactured at the Golden Rock Railway Workshop

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  A bull tamed by a tamil youth. jallikattu performed in Alanganallur, Madurai

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  The "Vellai Gopuram" (white tower) on the eastern entrance of the Srirangam temple named after a Devadasi

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  The Erumbeeswarar Temple has been designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India.

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  Night View of Trichy from the top of Rockfort, photographed from the temple window.