Tamil Nadu is the only state in India which has both the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats and they both meet at the Nilgiri hills. The western, southern and the north-western parts are hilly and rich in vegetation. At this point is the town of Kanyakumari which is the meeting point of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. The southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula is located in Tamil Nadu. To the east is the Bay of Bengal and the union territory of Puducherry. The bordering states are Kerala to the west, Karnataka to the northwest and Andhra Pradesh to the north. Tamil Nadu covers an area of 130,058 square kilometres (50,216 sq mi), and is the eleventh largest state in India. Tamil Nadu is home to many natural resources, grand Hindu temples of Dravidian architecture, hill stations, beach resorts, multi-religious pilgrimage sites and eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Its classical language Tamil has been in use in inscriptions and literature for 2500 years. The region has been the home of the Tamil civilization since at least 1500 BC, as attested by numerous archeological sites in and around Adichanallur. It is one of the foremost states in the country in terms of overall development. The state has the highest number of business enterprises in India, compared to the population share of about 6%. It is the fifth largest contributor to India's GDP and the most urbanised state in India. Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area (about the size of Greece) and the seventh most populous state. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the States of Puducherry (Pondicherry), Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Mr Parameswaran, 91, considered the senior-most RSS ideologue who has already been conferred the Padma Shri by the Vajpayee government in 2004, received the Padma Vibhushan award.தமிழ்நாடு "Country of the Tamils", pronounced is one of the 28 states of India. "I think that through this award, Prime Minister Modi-led central government is honouring Tamil people and Tamil Nadu," he said. Ilaiyaraaja, credited with integrating folk and western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream, called the award an honour for people of Tamil Nadu. a Tamil folk art exponent were among the others selected for Padma Shri awards. Vasudevan, known as plastic road maker of India Murlikant Pedkar, India's first paralympic gold medalist in 1972 Subasini Mistry, a poor woman activist who built a humanity hospital for poor in West Bengal Sulagatti Narasimma, 90, a farm labourer providing midwifery services in backward areas of Karnataka Yeshi Dhoden, a 90-year-old Tibetan monk healer and Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan.
Ilaiyaraaja integrated folk and western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream The awardees include Indonesia sculptor I Nyoman Nuarta, Malaysia cultural icon and classical Oddisi dancer Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Cambodia's youngest parliamentarian Hun Many, also the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar called it "an unprecedented and symbolic gesture of India ASEAN bonding". In all, the government has selected 85 personalities including ace cueist player Pankaj Advani, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the Metropolitan Bishop of the Mar Thomas Syrian Church Philipose Mar Chrysostom for the Padma awards announced on Thursday evening ahead of Republic Day celebrations.Īlso on the list of awardees are 10 individuals, one each from the 10 ASEAN countries whose leaders are in country for the Republic Day parade.
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