Know Your State #31 Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Establishment Year

• 26 January 1950

Capital

• Chennai

Tourism Slogan

• Enchanting Tamil Nadu

Number of District

• 32

Official Language

• Tamil

High Court

• Madras High Court

Chief Justice

• JUstice Huluvadi G Ramesh 

Governor

• C. Vidyasagar Rao

CM

• K. Palaniswami

Literacy

• 80.33%

Heritage Site

1. Great Living Chola Temples
2. Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

Airport

1. Chennai International Aorport
2. Coimbatore International Airport
3. Hosur erodrome 
4. Madurai International Airport 
5. Tiruchirapalli International Airport 
6. Tuticorin Airport 

Tribe

• Irular

Folk dance

1. Parai Attam
2. Kummi
3. Karagattam
4. Mayil Attam
5. Paampu attam or Snake Dance
6. Oyilattam
7. Puliyattam
8. Poikal Kudirai Attam
9. Bommalattam
10. Theru Koothu 
11. Kolattam 

Animal

• Nilgiri tahr 

Bird

• Emerald dove

Flower

• Gloriosa lily

Tree

• Palm tree

Fruit 

• Jackfruit

Festival

• Pongal

Lake

1. Berijam Lake
2. Chembarambakkam Lake
3. Kaliveli Lake
4. Kodaikanal Lake
5. Ooty Lake
6. Perumal Eri
7. Red Hills Lake
8. Sholavaram Lake
9. Singanallur Lake
10. Veeranam Lake

River

1. Kaveri River
2. Palar River,
3. Vaigai River
4. Noyyal River
5. Cheyyar River
6. Bhavani River
7. Thamirabarani Rive

Dam

1. Aathupalayam Dam
2. Amaravathi Dam
3. Kallanai Dam 
4. Kodiveri Dam
5. Mettur Dam
6. Nallathangal Dam
7. Orathuppalayam Dam
8. Solaiyar Kerala Dam
9. Vaigai Dam

Waterfall

1. Agasthiyar Falls
2. Amirthi Falls
3. Ayyanar Falls
4. Bamen Falls
5. Bear Shola Falls
6. Catherine Falls
7. Chinnakallar Falls
8. Elk Falls
9. Fairy Falls
10. Gaur Vellaiyan Falls
11. Glen Falls
12. Halashana Falls
13. Jalagamparai Falls
14. Kalhutti Fall
15. Kalikesam Falls
16. Karteri Fall
17. Kiliyur Falls
18. Kolakambai Falls
19. Koraiyar Falls
20. Kumbakkarai Falls
21. Kutharapaanjan Falls
22. Kuthiraiyar Falls
23. Kutladampatti Falls
24. Kutralam Falls
25. Law's Fall
26. Mangalam Aruvi
27. Manimuthar Falls
28. Mayil Uthu Falls
29. Monkey Falls
30. Neptune Falls
31. Paalaru Falls
32. Palar Falls
33. Pambar Falls
34. Papanasam Falls
35. Periyar Falls
36. Poombarai Falls
37. Pudur Megan Falls
38. Pykara lower Falls
39. Pykara upper Falls
40. Sengupathi Falls
41. Shenbaga Devi Falls
42. Shenbaga Thoppu Meenvetti Parai Falls
43. Shenbagathoppu Falls
44. Skamba Falls
45. Snake Fall
46. Suruli Falls
47. Thakkam thootam Falls
48. Thalaiyar Falls
49. Thirumoorthy Falls
50. Thiruparappu Falls
51. Thoovanam Falls
52. Ullakarvi Falls
53. Baana Theertham Falls
54. Vaideki Falls
55. Vattaparai Falls
56. Vattaparai Falls

Zoological Park

1. Amirthi Zoological Park, Vellore
2. Arignar Anna Zoological Park  Chennai
3. Chennai Snake Park Trust, Chennai
4. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Chennai

Wildlife Sanctuary

1. Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
2. Kalakkadu
3. Karikili
4. Mudumalai National Park
5. Mukkurthi
6. Point Calimere
7. Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
8. Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary
9. Shenbagathoppu Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary
10. Vallanadu
11. Vedantangal
12. Vettangudi

Tiger Reserve

1. Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
2. Anamalai Tiger Reserve
3. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
4. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
5. Nuclear Power Plant
6. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
7. Madras Atomic Power Station

Thermal Power Plant

1. Neyveli Thermal Power Station II
2. Vallur Thermal Power Station
3. Tuticorin Thermal Power Station
4. Neyveli Thermal Power Station I
5. NTPL Thermal Power Station
6. Mettur Thermal Power Station
7. North Chennai Thermal Power Station
8. Muthiara Thermal Power Station
9. IL&FS Thermal Power Station
10. Ennore Thermal Power Station
11. Tutiorin (Pvt) Thermal Power Station
12. Neyveli Zero Lignite Power Station

Gas Based Power plant

1. Basin Bridge Gas Turbine Power Station
2. Aban Combined Cycle Power Plant
3. Kovikalpal Gas Turbine Power Station
4. Kuttalam Gas Turbine Power Station
5. PPN Combined Cycle Power Plant
6. Valantarvy Power Station
7. Diesel Engine Power Station
8. GMR Vasavi Diesel Power Plant
9. Samalpatti Diesel Power Station
10. Samayanallur Diesel Power Station

Hydroelectric Power Station

1. Mettur Dam
2. Lower Mettur Barrage
3. Bhavani Kattalai Barrage
4. Kadamparai pumped storage
5. Aliyar PH
6. Kundah
7. PYKARA POWER HOUSE
8. PUSHEP
9. Sholayar
10. Periyar PH

Solar Power Station

1. Kamuthi Solar Power Project
2. B&G Solar Pvt Ltd - Mayiladuthurai
3. Numeric Power Systems, Coimbatore
4. Zynergy, Vannankulam village, Peraiyur, Madurai district

Wind Power Station

1. Theni
2. Kayathar Subhash
3. Muppandal Wind
4. Gudimangalam
5. Chennai Mohan
6. Perungudi Newam
7. Kethanur Wind Farm
8. Muppandal Madras
9. Poolavadi Chettinad
10. Shalivahana Wind