Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli, often called Trichy or Tiruchy, is a city in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. It has a population of 916,857 as of 2011 census. The climate in the city is extremely hot but humidity is low.

Understand
Tiruchirappalli is an ancient city of South India and it was the capital of Chola and Naicka kings for many centuries. The battle between the British (East Indian Company) & French with the help of locals marked the beginnings of the British Raj in the southern part of India.

Get in
Tiruchirappalli is well connected to Chennai the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Geographically located in the centre of Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirappalli provides good connectivity between all major towns and cities in Tamil Nadu both by road and rail.

By car
Major national highways pass through Tiruchirappalli leading to well-connected road network to rest of India. Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road) or National Highway 45 (NH45) is one of the busiest National Highways in Southern India with a total length of 472 km (293 mi). The highway exactly starts from Kathipara junction in Guindy, a very busy confluence of five roads in south Chennai and extends up to Theni. It connects Chennai to its airport and the southern suburbs. The two important cities connected by this highway are Chennai and Tiruchirappalli and the two important towns connected by this highway are Dindigul and Theni in Tamil Nadu. The highway has a 4 lane (2 lanes each direction) system between Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, though a complete change to 6 lanes is being planned. And Dindigul - Theni part is under four-lane construction. The Chennai International Airport is located on this highway within the Chennai City limits.

By bus
The highest number of buses leaving Chennai is towards Tiruchirappalli and vice versa. One can either take the State Government run buses (State Express Transport Corporation or Tamil Nadu State Transport Corp.) or private buses. The private buses run by the following operators are very convenient and timely and comfortable:


 * 1) KPN Travels
 * 2) Parveen Travels
 * 3) SRM Travels
 * 4) MJT Travels
 * 5) RKT Tours and Travels
 * 6) SRS Travels or
 * 7) RPN Travels
 * 8) Sri Renganathan Travels

All these have Internet bookings so you can plan your trip in advance.

By train
is well connected to all cities and most of the major towns in India. Located at the middle of Tamil Nadu makes it one of the busiest railway stations in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the major junctions which has trains to Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Mysore, Kochi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Howrah and other parts of India. Rail tickets can be booked online via the official government website.

Get around
Commonly used modes of local transport in Tiruchirappalli is the state government-owned Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses, Taxi and auto rickshaws.

Talk
Tamil is the language spoken in Tiruchirappalli. The accent of Tamil spoken here is neutral (unlike the cities of Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli, which have their own characteristic and heavy accents).

English is understood by most of those in the city.

The headquarters of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha located at Tiruchirappalli has contributed a lot towards growing the Hindi language.

See
Tiruchirappalli district is famous for many ancient and popular temples and religious institutions. The bus network of Tiruchirappalli is very developed and most of the city readily accessible by bus at reasonable prices.







Apart from temples, there are also some destinations, ideal for picnics, day trips or just looking around.



Buy

 * Chinna Kadai Street,(NSB Road): The main shopping centre is the "Chinna Kadai" street that runs along the "teppakulum" (temple tank) of the Uchchi Pillaiyar Rock temple. The street is packed with apparel, jewellery and household merchandise stores interspersed with restaurants and snack bars.
 * The most popular stores for apparel shopping are
 * Saradhaas - very old store famous for silk saris and biggest store. Cheap and best quality
 * Krishna Readymade Hall - cramped shop with good selection of readymade salwar and western wear
 * Lakshmi Silks - further down the street beyond the Uchchi pillaiyar temple, good collection of wedding saris
 * The Chennai Silks - variety of modern styles
 * Ahmed Bros - variety of modern styles
 * Traditional jewellery can be found in
 * Mangal and Mangal-Good collection of jewellery.
 * Gopaldas - good quality, traditional designs
 * Sampath jewellers - Gold ornaments collections and silver collections
 * Shree Lakshmi Kreations -Good source of Natural Diamonds and Diamond jewellery, Traditional Jewellery and coloured gemstones.They also manufacture jewellery according to your design.
 * Thillainagar This is a well-developed area where we can shop for the branded items
 * Manghalam Towers A Popular mall spread over 60,000² ft at the heart of Tiruchirappalli. "Reliance Hypermart" occupies 2 floors, has products ranging from groceries, household utensils, apparels, furniture, electronics, luggage, foot wears and so on. The mall has "Vijay Food Court" having various food brands including Tandoor Xpress, Noodle King, ifruit and Baskin Robbins
 * Femina Shopping Mall Hypermart in the centre of the city. Over 40,000² ft of shopping space, with all products from jewellery to chocolates, clothes, high-end sarees and garments, a food court and children"s arcade, most products are imported from various parts of the world.  catering to clients of all different classes, the moto here is to make sure everyone enjoys shopping as an experience to actually shop, so that they walk out knowing for certain they have got a good deal, this is made possible by our dedicated purchasing team  who go all out to shelf products that are new, attractive and of the highest quality yet affordable.

Learn
There are some very popular schools with high educational standards in the area, including The Higher Secondary School for Boys (Srirangam), Campion, St. Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, Holy Cross Girls Higher Secondary School, St. John's Vestry, Sri Akilandeshwari Vidhyalaya, Mahatma Gandhi, RSK, Montfort School and Kamakoti Vidhyala, Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School Ponmalaipatti.

There are several colleges in Tiruchy including Mookambigai College of Engineering, JJ College of Engineering and Technology, approximately 20 km from the central bus stand, St.Joseph's, Jamal Mohamed College, Bishop Heber's College, National College, Holy Cross College, SRC, IGC, EVR and the Law College of Tiruchirappalli.

The National Institute of Technology & the Bharathidasan Institute of Management are located near Tiruverumbur, 14 km from Tiruchirappalli.

BharathiDasan University is 2 km from Tiruchirappalli towards Pudukkottai Road.

Dakshina bharat Hindi prachar sabha located near Tennur High road, Tiruchirappalli is a portal for those who are eager to learn Hindi.

Drink

 * Badam Milk, Near the Central Bus Stand.
 * Badam Milk, Near the Central Bus Stand.

Hospitals

 * Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Ariyamangalam Area, Chennai - Madurai Highway, Tel:0431-3307777
 * CSI Mission Hospital, Woriur, Tel:0431-2761927
 * Kauvery Hospital Heart City, No-12/52, Alexandria Road, Cantonment, Tel:0431-4003500 Emergency Tel:0431-4022555
 * Kauvery Medical Centre, No.1, K.C.Road, Tennur, Tel:0431-4022555
 * KMC Specialty Hospital, No.6 Royal Road, Cantonment, Tel:0431-4077777
 * Tiruverumbur Medical Centre, is located at Tiruverumbur nearly 10 km from Tiruchirappalli

Pharmacies

 * Vasan Medical, All Over the City
 * Apollo Pharmacy, All Over the City
 * Med Plus, All Over the city
 * Thulasi Pharmacy India, Thillai nagar, Cantonment, Thiruvanaikovil

Go next

 * Jayakondam &mdash; 120 km, important historical place
 * Kulithalai &mdash; on your way to Kulithalai, you can enjoy the road journey virtually on the banks of Cauvery, unforgettable experience
 * Karur &mdash; 80 km, industrial town for handlooms and woven fabrics and you can find few temples
 * Madurai &mdash; one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in India
 * Musiri &mdash; location of the longest river bridge across the River Cauvery in Tamilnadu
 * Pudukkottai &mdash; 45 km from Trichy; near Sithannavasal, famous for its carvings & paintings dated back centuries
 * Thanjavur &mdash; another Historical city away from 60 km, Important tourist centre in South India, famous for its Brihadeeshwara Temple (Big Temple), Don't miss it. There are many interesting places and temples in and around Thanjavur
 * Kumbakonam &mdash; This is called City of Temples. away from 90 km, Important tourist centre in South India, famous for the Sarangapani Temple,, Chakrapani Temple,,Kumbeswarar  Temple,,Mahamaham Tank,etc. There are many temples in and around this city.On the way from Thanjavur to Kumbakonam you can visit made up Thiruvalanchuzhi (White Pill made up of sea froth)"Swamimalai(Murugan Temple)", Patteeswaram Durga Temple, Saththimuththam Temple etc.Navagraha Sthalams are worth visiting.