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Erode is located in the southern State of Tamil Nadu. The rivers Cauvery and Bhavani flows past this city.
TOURIST PLACES:
Religious places
Fortified Temples at Erode Fort
Thindal Murugan Temple
Kongu Tirupati
Perumal malai
Lakkapuram
Natadreeswarar Temple
Bhavani-Sangameswarar Temple
Tiruchengode
Chennimalai
Sivagiri, Erode
Kodumudi
Churches
CSI Brough Church
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Lourde Matha Forane Church
Carmel Church
Historical monuments
E.V.R Corporation Museum
Thandhai Periyar – Arignar Anna Memorial
Jain Temples
Sankagiri Fort
Recreation
V.O.Chidambharam Park
Panneer selvam Park
Vellode Birds Sanctuary
Sampath Nagar Park
Periyar Nagar Park
Sakthi Park
SHOPPING:
There are a number of departmental stores and markets in Erode. Some of them are:
Kannan Departmental Stores
Sangeetha Shopping Malls
Spencer’s Daily, Big Bazaar
More
Sakthi Super Market
For branded textiles and jewelry one can visit the RKV Road. Easwaram Kovil Street is a wholesale textile market and also Gandhiji Road is also a textile market.
Erode is famous for the turmeric market and hence thousands of traders come here for turmeric business. The textile here is also famous and hence there are a number of textile traders here doing textile business. Erode is one of the largest producers of coconut oil in India.
HOW TO REACH THERE:
ROAD:
There are well connected roads which connects Erode with different places of the state. There are highways connecting it to other states such as Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Local buses running within the city and also inter-city buses connecting other cities are also there.
RAILWAYS:
Erode junction railway station is connected to almost all places in Southern India. the station is dubbed as the 3rd cleanest in India. the city is connected to major places like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc.
AIR:
The nearest Airports to Erode are:
Coimbatore Airport (85 km)
Salem Airport (75 km)
INLAND WATER:
The rivers Cauvery and Bhavani serves as the only major source of water transport to nearby places.
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