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unusual facts about Tirunelveli district


Eutropis beddomii

Eutropis beddomii is found in southern India (Salem, Tinnevelly, Malabar, Mysore, etc.), the most northern locality known being SE Berar.


Trimeresurus strigatus

Found in the hills of southern India, Trimeresurus strigatus is distributed in the Nilgiri, Anaimalai, Palni, Tinnevelly, and Shevaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats at elevations of 3,000-6,000 ft (900-1,800 m) (M.A. Smith, 1943).


see also

Alangulam

Alangulam, Tirunelveli, a town in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu in India

Avalokiteśvara

The Japanese scholar Shu Hikosaka on the basis of his study of Buddhist scriptures, ancient Tamil literary sources, as well as field survey, proposes the hypothesis that, the ancient mount Potalaka, the residence of Avalokiteśvara described in the Gandavyuha Sutra and Xuanzang’s Records, is the real mountain Potikai or Potiyil situated at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Daas

The film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper caste men hold a chariot festival.

Mallika Srinivasan

She has an abiding interest in ensuring development of education and healthcare in India and has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (A leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Tirunelveli district in South India.

Pettai

Pettai, Tirunelveli, an industrial suburb of the city of Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District