Talk:Tiruchirapalli

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[edit] Welcome

Needs a serious workover. Lacks any sort of hard facts, and the rich history doesn't find any mention. By the way, this is just a rant while hoping that someone will actually do some of the hard work. [[User:AmarChandra|Amar | Talk]] 16:14, Jul 9, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Age of Rock Fort

The article stated that as one of the oldest rocks on earth, Rock Fort is 3,800 years old. This is certainly wrong. The oldest rocks on earth are 4,000 million years old according to Press, Siever, Grotzinger and Jordan Understanding Earth. So I changed it to 3,800 million years.

--Kune 17:54, 2005 May 28 (UTC)

Do we actually have any source confirming that some of the oldest rocks in the world are found on the outcrop that Rock Fort is built on? Adityan 01:15, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ICOTW

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Allagappan.gnu 06:41, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] wrong information

the name tiruchirappalli is not from the jain monk. it is absolutely a wrong information. please remove the wrong data and put the correct one after a discussion with concerned people in trichy. thanks and regards, Manikandan maniskandan@gmail.com Trichy

29 June 2006: This is Thirumalai or srirangam_malai: I also agree to the point that Trichy has nothing to do with a Jain monk. I have updated with the real reason as "Thiru ShriRanganathan Palli", which I have heard from many elders. If somebody else can prove that the Jain Monk theory is wrong, we should delete it. thirumalai at gmail dot com

19 Oct 2006: This is Thirumalai or srirangam_malai: Back once again. It seems that somebody has deleted the real reason behind the name of the City, which is more convincing and real than the Jain monk one. By the way, in that Jain monk theory, what does "palli" means? The place where the jain monk slept? :-)

21 April 2007 : There are no known records of any Jain habitations or presence in Trichirapalli and no known records of any person by the name ' Chira '. ' Woriyur' which forms a part of the city was under the Chola influence since 300 BC . While the origins of the name are certainly debatable, linkage with a Jain monk ' Chira' seems to be the least probable. Origins may be from ' Sila ' - meaning stone / hill ( referring to the Rock ) and ' palli ' - meaning - to sleep are more plausible.

Further, the terrain has a few large rocks - the Rock on which the 'Thayumaanavar temple and Ucchipilayar ' temple is located is one. The other significant ones are the ' Golden Rock ' and the Malaikoil rock ( on which the Thiruerumbeeswarar temple' are located. Regards Murugavel

As a resident of trichy, I do know that the name has no relation to any Jain Monk. The below is the legitimate link showing the real name meaning http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s132.html

the reason is as follows

Legend has it that Shiva was worshipped by the demon ruler Tirisiran, hence Tiruchirappalli, Tirisirapuram etc. Also, since the three peaks here on this hill are occupied by Shiva, Parvati and Vinayaka, the name Tri-Shikharam or Tirisirapuram came into being. Legend has it that Shiva in the guise of a woman (mother) attended to the call of a devotee in labor, hence Matrubhuteswarar.

I am new to wikipedia...and I am not able to modify it...someone please do it...Thanks regs subbu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.4.218.56 (talk) 11:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] wrong information?

The area number seems wrong - 4000 km2 would make it four times as large as Chennai.

[edit] Area?

I think the given area is that of Trichy district's, and not the city's.

[edit] 3rd largest?

Trichy is the 4th largest city of the state. The first four being Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai.

[edit] Coordinates

The currect coordinates for Tiruchi is 10.80511,78.547 Please do not confuse —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.91.136.50 (talk) 16:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Wrong hyperlink given under "Notable people from Tiruchirapalli" section

Under the "Notable people from Tiruchirapalli" section in this article, the link to "M. K. Tyagaraja Bhagavadar, the Tamil film industry's first super star " points to "Tyagaraja" - the carnatic music saint, which is wrong. The link should rather point to M.K. Tyagaraj Bhagavathar. kathya 21:43, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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