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About Bengaluru

With soulful ambience and immense greenery , Bengaluru is defined as the garden city of India which is also the third biggest city in the country. With growing popular IT sectors , this high-tech city is sometimes referred as the Silicon Valley of India. Headquarters of ISRO , Infosys , Wipro and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited are positioned here. The city has the airport named Kempegowda International Airport which is well connected to the city by local AC and Non-AC buses , taxis and autos. For local transportation , the city has Namma Metro rail service and BMTC buses.

Touchdown in the Pearl City Tuticorin

Tuticorin also known as Thoothukudi is one of the oldest cities in India and well known for its pearl fishery and shipbuilding. It is the centre for maritime trade over a century and handling an array of cargo to other coastal regions of India including its neighbouring country SriLanka and Maldives. Tuticorin port is very old and has a connection to the 6^th century. Pandyas and Cholas ruled Tuticorin in ancient times and this city was the seaport of the Pandyan kingdom. In 1948 , Portuguese captured the port and later by Dutch in 1658 then handed over to the British in 1825.

The revenue of Tuticorin is mainly inclined towards the trade and commerce via waterways and hence there are so many shipbuilding industries people can find here. Another important revenue source is salt pans in and around the city. Some important small and large scale industries situated in Tuticorin are Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) , Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals(TAC) , Heavy Water Board Plant , Madura Coats and Mills , Tuticorin Spinning Mills , VVD Coconut Oil mill , Venus Home Appliances , PSS Krishnamurthi Exports Pvt Ltd , Maris Associates , Dhrangadhra Chemical works , Kilburn Chemicals , Nila Seafoods , Diamond Seafoods , Ramesh flowers , and KSPS Salts.

Quick facts about Tuticorin

Year Incorporated: Tuticorin linked to the history of 6th Century BCE
Official language: Tamil and English are the official languages in Tuticorin
Elevation: 4m (13 feet)
Area: The total area of Tuticorin city is 90.66 square kilometres.
Weather: Tropical climate – Hot and Humid. Summer starts from the middle of January and extends to June. October and November are rainy whereas frequent rain showers also happen
Best time to visit: October to March. Travellers can enjoy a pleasant weather during the winter season.
Distance from Airport to city: The driving distance is 17 Km from Tuticorin Airport (TCR) to Tuticorin City.
Major Railway stations: Thoothukudi Melur Station and Vanchi Maniyachi Section.
Major Bus stations: Thoothukudi New Bus Stand and Thoothukudi Old Bus Stand
Nicknames: Pearl City , Pearl Harbour of India , Thiru Mandira Nagar , Sea Gateway of Tamilnadu.

Top Attractions in Tuticorin

Tuticorin Beach: Harbour beach , Muthu Nagar new beach and Tuticorin Roche beach are the primary attractions in this beach town. Travellers and local residents often visit here at dusk to enjoy watching the sunset.

Tuticorin Port: It is also called V.O.Chidambaranar Port. The port is the second largest and tenth major port in India. Enormous logistic companies are located here. Colombo , Singapore , JNPT (Mumbai) , Mundra , Jebel Ali , Salalah , Rotterdam , Karachi , Hong Kong and all other major ports in the world are directly connected to this port for cargo and container vessel transport. Hence , Tuticorin is called the port city and the harbour is one of the major tourist spots in the city.

Thermal Power Station: The power plant which is nearby the city’s new port produces 2950 MW of electricity. Regarding Tamilnadu government power supplies , the contribution of Tuticorin Thermal Power Station is approximately 29% of total power.

Tiruchendur Murugan Temple: Lord Murugan is the main deity in this temple. Millions of devotees from all over the world visit this esteemed religious temple every year to pay their respect and offerings. Various festivals happen throughout the year and Skanda festival is most prominent among them which happen every year on October and November. Many tales of miracles and religious happenings are associated with this temple. This temple is located just 200 metres from the sea and is never flooded nor damaged not even during Tsunami.

The other attractions include:

• Hare Island
• Nalla Thanni Island
• Ettaiypuram Palace
• Nellaippar and Gandhimathi Temple in Tirunelveli
• Sri Vaikuntam Temple
• St James Church
• Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary
• Kalugumalai
• Kattabomman Memorial Fort

Transportation in Tuticorin

Tuticorin has four means of extensive transport – roadways , railways , airways and seaway. In Tamilnadu after Chennai , Tuticorin is the only city which has all four transport means. The city’s corporation maintains more than 700 buses to serve their intercity and local people. Old bus stand in Palayamkottai road and New bus stand in Ettaiyapuram road are the two bus stands that cater local transport.

Delicacies of Tuticorin Cuisine

Tuticorin is famous for Seafood , Macroons , Barota (they say “Parotta”).

Travellers can enjoy traditional culinary delights of Tuticorin which are prepared with ‘Veetu Masala’. Spices like coriander seeds , red chillies , cumin seeds , peppers along with some lentils are blended and ground for the masala and served with parboiled rice.

Meen Kulambu or Fish curry , Meen Varuval or Fish fry , Karuvaadu Kulambu or dry fish curry are the prominent authentic dishes of this city which are prepared with the basic masala along with onions , tamarind and coconut. Next important food here is Barota. People will get addicted to the culinary taste of barota made here along with their special gravy which is so special and it is very unfortunate if people miss the barota while being there.

Vatthal Kulambu or Puli kulambu , Sambhar , UlundhangKali and Venthaya Kali are some vegetarian delicacies.

Another sweet delicacy of this city is Macroons. It is an Indo-Portuguese pastry originated here and is prepared with egg whites. It has a distinct taste than other macroons found around the world as it is made fully with only cashews (rather than using other nuts) along with egg whites and sugar.

About Tuticorin Airport

Located at Vagaikulam , the Tuticorin airport is 17 km from the heart of the city. It has a single terminal and operates only domestic flights. So , you can find flights from Bengaluru and flights from Chennai at the airport.