What are famous things about Tamil Nadu?

 Well, thats a nice question, but since without being particularly specific about what field it is being asked about,

Let me take you on a 5 min trip through out Tamil Nadu.

I may not bring everything inside this answer, but consider this my opinion.

Lets go through the cities,

CHENNAI

Being the capital, it has a lot of things, but Marina always come the first.

Next comes a city, which itself is so beautiful, and the most liked city.

COIMBATORE

TRICHY

The most peaceful city, and yeah - INDIA’S 2nd CLEANEST CITY, and the house of THE ROCKFORT

MADURAI - With alot to explore

THANJAVUR - With the Architecture

HOSUR - The Industrial Hub

THIRUNELVELI at the South

The Salt Godown of India - TUTICORIN

The beautiful KANYAKUMARI at the End

The cool KODAIKANAL

Competing with another Cool hub, OOTY

Not to forget, another cool hub YERCAUD

Not to forget, but sadly also not so famous!

The VERY BEAUTIFUL THENI,

MASINAGUDI

KOLLI HILLS

Now lets get into the FOOD!

The best in the world!

IDLI SAMBAR

GHEE ROASTS

PURE VEG MEALS

PURE NON VEG MEALS

BAROTTAAAA!

And a lots more…

CULTURE

TAKING PROUD IN OUR JALLIKATTU

THE HARD WORKING EFFORTS MIXED WITH TRUE DROPS OF SWEAT AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL LANDS - OUR FARMERS AND THE LANDS.

The Epic Art - Dance Form - BHARATANATYAM

The unique and very beautiful Festival - PONGAL!

The Manly Mustache - MEESAI!

I dont wanna put up a celebrity pic, favoring one. But it would actually look like this! And when its twirled we feel heavy vibes of courage!

And we have another thing celebrated here,

Love for CSK! - Where fans get their excitement to their nerves. Whistle Podu ;)

And when it come to personalities,

We have our Superstar - Rajinikanth

And the Real Rockstar - AR RAHMAN

Not to forget, THE REAL STARS OF TAMIL NADU - STUDENTS! Those who shook the World just by their presence!

And I would like to end with this personality,

ZERO HATERS, ZERO CONTOVERSIES, ZERO HATRED, ZERO CORRUPTION, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF PATRIOTISM

Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM.

Hope you liked this short trip, tried my best.

Who is the most corrupted person in Tamil Nadu's history so far?

 J Jeyalalitha is the most corrupt. Nob

All her corruptions are proved with evidences by Dr. Subramaniya swamy and she was :

# pulled down from her CM post

# banned from contesting in election

# slapped with Rs.100 crores penalty

See her jewels and her foster sister Sasikala’s jewels. All these bought from a salary of Rs.1 per month.

Her wealth of Rs. 2000 crores handed over to TN govt., last year.

The news says:

27 kgs of Gold ornaments, 1526 acres of Land ownership documents. Rs. 2 thousand crores wealth handed over to TN govt.

Apart from Kerala, is there another place in India you’d recommend visiting?

 Tamil Nadu is the another best place to visit in India. Lots of Historic Temple, world class beach,Hill station and much more.

(all pictures are credited to google)

Here is the list of some beautiful places:-

1. Kanyakumari

Located at most southern tip point of India Renowned for its breathtaking confluence of three vast water bodies – the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean.

2.Ramaeswaram

Famous Ramanathaswamy Temple and dhanushkodi like historical place and is separated by a small Pamban bridge from Sri Lanka.

3. Thanjavur

Also known as tanjour and city of temple famous for brihadeeswara temple.

4.Madhurai

Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu it also called Lotus city as it built in the shape of Lotus. Madurai also famous for Meenakshi Amman temple.

5. Kodaikanal

Kodaikanal is one of best best hill station and one of the favourite honeymoon destinations in india.

6. Chennai

Chennai is the Capital city of Tamil Nadu also known as Madaras. Located on the Coast of Coromandel Bay of Bengal. Chennai has the world famous Marina beach.

7.Ooty

Hill station located in Nilgiri hills Tamil Nadu also called the queen of hills.

8. Mahabalipuram

Mamallapuram or Mahabalipuram as it is famously known for its carved temples and rock-cut caves, is a historically important and well-loved tourist location situated on the Coromandel Coast along the Bay of Bengal, in the state of Tamil Nadu.

 

Who was the longest ruling king in Tamil Nadu history?

 The Honours go to the Pallavas and cholas :

1 )Simmavishnu ( 550–610 CE):

Even from the very beginning of his reign, simmavarman 3 was only the de jure ruler of the kingdom, the de facto ruler being his son and crown prince Avani Simha or Simhavisnu. It is probably on account of that the Pallankoyil plates of the king dated in his sixth year do not give any details regarding his political achievements. It was during Simmavarman 3 s rule, his son, Simmavishnu took on a southern expedition and he conquered the Cola country and annexed it to the Pallava kingdom. Simhavarman III had two sons, Simhavisnu and Bhimavarman. Of them, the former ascended the imperial throne at Kanchi after his father. Bhimavarman seems to have settled in Kambhujadésa .

The Kasakkudi plates mention that Simhavisnu vanquished “the Malaya, Kalabhra, Malava, Cola and Pandya kings, the Simhala king who was proud of the strength of his arms and the Keralas’’. All these kingdoms lay to the south of the Pallava kingdom and hence it is possible that they were subdued by Simhavisnu in the course of a single campaign.

Conquest of the Telugu Codas

The Pallankoyil plates also mention that the Pallava Simhavisnu conquer- ed another Simhavisnu and the latter has been identified with the eldest son of Nandivarman, the Telugu-Coda king. The same incident has been referred to in the Kasakkudi plates where it is stated that Avani Simha conquered another Simha. Thus Simhavisnu was able to bring the Tamil country under one umbrella and annex the Renadu kingdom.

But his attempt to extend the Pallava Sway over the Visnukundin area was checked by the then Visnukundin king Vikramendra-bhattaraka I. The Indrapalanagara copper plate inscription* of the Visnukundin king mentions that he gained a victory over the Pallava ruler Simha in S. 488 corresponding to A.D. 566.

Western Calukyas of Badami

When Simhavisnu was expanding steadily in the northwest the Western Chalukyas were expanding in South . The rivalry between the two powers of Kanchi and Badami started at this juncture and continued for another two centuries. In theirs troop movements towards each, the Chalukyas held an upper hand initially as evidenced in Mahakutta inscriptions but the Chalukya king eventually lost his life in the battle making the pallavas victorious in this hard fought battle. The rivalry was thrust upon the Chalukya successors Pulikeshin 2 , Vikramadhitya 1&2 , Kirthivarman and the Pallava successors Narashimma, Mahendra 2, Parameswara and Nandivarman 2 . He held the largest Pallava empire of all times.

2 ) Nandivarman 2 ( 730–797 CE):

Paramésvaravarman II after his death in the Vilande battle was succeeded on the Pallava throne by Nandivarman II Pallavamalla, a prince froma collateral branch of the Pallavas which was ruling Indochina from the times of Simmavishnu. He and his line of successors ruled the Pallava country for nearly two centuries til the end of the Pallava hegemony

During the reign of Nandivarman II, many important political events took place in south India, wiz., the disappearance of the Western Calukyas of Vatapi, the emergence of the Rastrakitas of Manyakhéta and the rise of the Pandyas of Madurai. At the beginning of the tenth century A.D., his descendants on the Pallava throne yielded subsequently to the aggressive ambitions of the Colas.

He was defeated by chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Gangas and Pandyas and by his long tactical rule he defeated Pandyas and Gangas.

3 ) Paranthaka chola 2( 905–955)

He defeated Pandyas, Andhra, Lanka and Rashtrakuta but experienced a crushing defeat at the hands of the powerful Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna 3. His long rule strengthened the small chola kingdom to become an Asian power under Rajaraja and Rajendra and their successors

4) Kulothunga chola 1 ( 1070–1122CE ) :

He is actually from the chalukya clan of the cholas who ruled the chola country for nearly 100 years. He was a peaceful emperor.He presided over the disintegration of the large chola empire. He sent emissaries to Myanmar and China. His defeats and victories include the Chalukyas and Kalingas. He was raised in Malaysia. Chinese accounts regard him as a Malaya king who ascended the chola throne.