List of cities and towns in India by nicknames - Wikipedia List of cities and towns in India by nicknames This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2016 ) This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by ( or have been known by ) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce. Contents 1 List by states 1.1 Andhra Pradesh 1.2 Bihar 1.3 Gujarat 1.4 Haryana 1.5 Jharkhand 1.6 Karnataka 1.7 Kerala 1.8 Madhya Pradesh 1.9 Maharashtra 1.10 Odisha 1.11 Odisha 1.12 Punjab 1.13 Rajasthan 1.14 Tamil Nadu 1.15 Telangana 1.16 Uttar Pradesh 1.17 West Bengal 2 Anchors 3 References 4 External links List by states Andhra Pradesh City / town Nickname Kakinada Pensioner 's Paradise Piduguralla Lime City Rajahmundry Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh Tenali Andhra Paris Tirupati Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam Financial Capital of Andhra Pradesh The Jewel of the East Coast Goa of the East The City of Destiny Bihar City / town Nickname Muzaffarpur The Land of Leechi Sweet City Cultural Capital of Bihar Gujarat City / town Nickname Ahmedabad INDIA 'S first world heritage city Surat Textile City of India Diamond City of India Cleanest City of India 4th fastest growing city of the world Valsad Mango capital of the world ( Alphonso Mangoes ) Baroda ( Vadodara ) Banyan City Cultural Capital of Gujarat ( Sanskari Nagari ) Power Hub of India Haryana City / town Nickname Panipat City of Weavers Fatehabad 2nd Pink City of India Jharkhand City / town Nickname Jamshedpur Steel City of India Karnataka City / town Nickname Bangalore ( Bengaluru ) Silicon Valley of India Science City of India Garden City of India Coorg ( Kodagu ) Scotland of India Mangalore ( Mangaluru ) Rome of the East Mysore ( Mysuru ) Sandalwood City Cultural Capital of Karnataka City of Palaces Heritage City of Karnataka Kerala City / town Nickname Kochi ( Cochin ) Queen of Arabian Sea Thrissur ( Trichur ) Banking City of India Gold Capital of India Cultural Capital of Kerala Kollam Cashew Capital of the World Trivandrum ( Thiruvananthapuram ) Evergreen City of India Alappuzha ( alleppey ) venice of east Kasaragod Land of Seven Languages ( Saptha bhasha sangama bhoomi ) Harkwillia Madhya Pradesh City / town Nickname Bhopal The City of Lakes ( Indore ) Mini Mumbai city ( jabalpur ) Sanskari city, marble city ( Ujjain ) Dharmik nagari ( Satana ) Cement city Maharashtra City / town Nickname Yavatmal Cotton City of India Nagpur Orange City, tiger city Pune Queen of Deccan Kolhapur City of Wrestlers Odisha City / town Nickname Bhubaneswar The Temple City Odisha ( class = `` wikitable sortable '' ! Nickname - Berhampur The Textile City ) Punjab City / town Nickname Patiala Royal City Rajasthan City / town Nickname Jaipur Pink City Jodhpur Blue City Sun City Udaipur City of Lakes Venice of the East Tamil Nadu City / town Nickname Chennai ( Madras ) Detroit of Asia Automobile Capital of India Healthcare Capital of India Coimbatore Manchester of South India Madurai Athens of the East City of Festivals City that never Sleeps Puducherry ( Pondicherry ) Paris of the East Tirunelveli City of paddy fields Oxford of Southindia Tuticorin ( Thoothukudi ) Pearl City Auroville - City of Dawn Telangana City / town Nickname Hyderabad City of Pearls Uttar Pradesh City / town Nickname Lucknow City of Nawabs City Nickname Kanpur The Leather City Of The World Manchester Of The East West Bengal City Nickname ( s ) Calcutta ( Kolkata ) City of Joy City of Palaces Cultural Capital of India Siliguri Gateway to the Dooars Anchors ( For other places with the same nickname as ' Paris of the East ', see Paris of the East ) ( For other places with the same nickname as ' Venice of the East ', see List of places called Venice of the East ) ( For other places with the same nickname as ' City of Palaces ', see City of Palaces ) References Jump up ^ Kalavalapalli, Yogendra ( 19 July 2016 ). `` Pensioner 's paradise Kakinada coming of age ''. Livemint.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017. Jump up ^ P. Samuel Jonathan ( 23 November 2011 ). `` Lime City ''. Piduguralla ( Guntur District ). Retrieved 12 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Introductory ''. Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` About Tenali ''. VGTM Urban Development Authority. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Administration - AP - Financial Capital ''. Visakhapatnam. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015. ^ Jump up to : Academy, Students ' ( 14 November 2014 ). Visakhapatnam - The City of Destiny - India. Lulu.com. p. 5. ISBN 978 - 1 - 257 - 06510 - 3. Retrieved 14 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` : : Welcome to Official Website of Muzaffarpur District, Bihar : : ''. Jump up ^ `` Banyan city boasts of highest green cover in Gujarat -- Times of India ''. Jump up ^ `` Vintage era comes alive in Gujarat 's cultural capital -- Times of India ''. Jump up ^ `` Switch conference at Vadodara in October ''. Jump up ^ `` Haryana District Courts ''. 4 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` Facts : Why Jamshedpur is called Steel city of India ? ''. jamshedpur. 3 February 2013. Jump up ^ Canton, Naomi. `` How the ' Silicon Valley of India ' is bridging the digital divide ''. CNN. Retrieved 6 December 2012. Jump up ^ Bangalore, Science City of India. `` About Bangalore ''. Jump up ^ DK Eyewitness Travel Guide India. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014 - 10 - 01. p. 516. ISBN 978 - 0 - 241 - 01348 - 9. Retrieved 10 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Coorg Travel and Tourism Guide ''. Travel India. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ `` ' Rome of the East ' celebrates Christmas ''. Jump up ^ BEYER, BEVERLY ; RABEY, ED ( 1989 - 07 - 16 ). `` Mysore Is ' Sandalwood City ' of India ''. Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458 - 3035. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ `` A melting pot for creative minds - Star of Mysore ''. Star of Mysore. 2017 - 03 - 10. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Mysore - The Heritage City ''. www.realbharat.org. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ `` ' Giant ' INS Viraat 's final journey to ' The Queen of Arabian Sea ', Kochi India Live Today ''. India Live Today. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Banking_and_Finance, Thrissur ''. Jump up ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Thrissur#Gold. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrissur. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Kollam, Ashtamudi Lake -- great alternatives to Kochi, Vembanad Lake -- The Economic Times ''. Jump up ^ `` History -- Official Website of District Court Of India ''. Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/language-represents-a-regions-culture-vc/article5315988.ece. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ http://kasargod.nic.in/profile/history.htm. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ AC Team ( 14 March 2017 ). `` Nicknames of Indian Cities ''. Retrieved 10 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Stamp From the Orange City ''. The Hindu ( Chennai, India ). 31 March 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2012. Jump up ^ DNA Correspondent ( 2 June 2012 ). `` Deccan Queen still chugging at 83 ''. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` May Day celebrated with fervour ''. Indian Express. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2013. Jump up ^ `` Bhubaneswar the Temple City ''. Retrieved 1 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Berhampur the Textile City ''. Retrieved 1 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Punjab District Courts ''. 4 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` Pink City 's fate sealed by apathetic local administration - Times of India ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2017. Jump up ^ ( ( cite news url = https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodhpur ) ) Jump up ^ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodhpur. Missing or empty title = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : `` Udaipur voted as the world 's best city in a poll ''. The Times of India. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ Davidson, Max ( 2 February 2008 ). `` Udaipur : An eternal melding of the ages ''. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Chennai has emerged as India 's Detroit ''. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` India Is Becoming A Hub For ' Medical Tourists ' -- Despite The ' Million Dollar Difference ' In Care ''. Business Insider. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` SME sector : Opportunities, challenges in Coimbatore ''. CNBC - TV18 : Moneycontrol.com. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Ag. Governor congratulates `` Manchester of South India ''. Reply to Coimbatore municipial address ``. The Indian Express : 4. 27 June 1936. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Brief History of Tirunelveli ''. Jump up ^ `` Brief History of Thoothukudi ''. Jump up ^ Somasekhar, M ( 28 November 2016 ). `` A new icon for the City of Pearls ''. The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 7 June 2017. Jump up ^ Jainani, Deepa ( 20 October 2012 ). `` The city of Nawabs is changing ''. The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ Jainani, Deepa ( 20 October 2012 ). `` Manchester Of The East is changing ''. The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Feeling one with the City of Joy ''. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 08. Jump up ^ `` India : Calcutta, the capital of culture ''. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Dooars ''. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013. External links `` Nick Name of Indian Places ''. Retrieved 17 November 2013. 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Question: which city is known as pearl city in india
Answer: Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)