page_title: Tiruppur
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Tiruppur / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Sugrisvara Temple view of main vimana -Tiruppur This is a photo of ASI monument number&#160; N-TN-C23.
context_page_description: Tiruppur or Tirupur is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruppur district and the fifth largest city as well as urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of Noyyal River, it has been ruled at different times, by the Early Pandyas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Mysore Kingdom and the British. It is about 450 kilometres southwest of the state capital Chennai about 50 kilometres east of Coimbatore 50 kilometres south of Erode and 50 kilometres north of Dharapuram.
  Tiruppur is administered by municipal corporation which was established in 2008 and the total area of the corporation is 159.6 km² divided into 60 wards. The total population of the city as per the 2011 census is 877,778. Tiruppur is a part of the Tiruppur constituency that elects its member of parliament.
  Tiruppur is a major textile and knit wear hub contributing to 90% of total cotton knit wear exports from India. The textile industry provides employment to over six lakh people and contributed to exports worth ₹200 billion in 2014–15.
context_section_description: Major temples in Tiruppur were built during the reign of Cholas and Pandyas. Sukreeswarar Temple, is a 10th-century temple situated at the outskirts of Tiruppur is considered one of the four Sirpa Sthalangal in Kongu region. An epigraphic study conducted at the temple reported that though the temple was built by the Pandyas, the place was used by tribals to offer poojas to Shivalingam as early as 5th century. Some of the popular tourist locations outside the city are Sivanmalai, Thirumoorthy Hills, Amaravathi Crocodile Farm, Orathuppalayam Dam, Nanjarayan Tank, Koolipalayam wetlands, Andipalayam lake, Thirumurugan poondi, Konganagiri hill hock temple, Tiruppur Thirupathi temple, Avinashilingeshwarar temple and Vazhai Thottathu Ayyankovil.
  The Town Hall, new railway over-bridge, Tiruppur Kumaran memorial, corporation memorial pillar are some of the landmarks in the Tiruppur city.
caption: Sukreesvarar Temple, Kurakkuthali
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