Tirunelveli (tĭr
nĕl`vĕlē), town (1991 pop. 366,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. Now an agricultural trading center with motor workshops and manufactures in textiles, jewelry, and cigarettes, it was once an imperial city of the Chola Chola (chō`lə), S Indian dynasty, whose kingdom was in what is now Tamil Nadu .
..... Click the link for more information. kingdom (c.900–1200). St. Francis Xavier conducted missionary activity in the area (c.1545). It is also called Tinnevelly.
Tirunelveli
nĕl`vĕlē), town (1991 pop. 366,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. Now an agricultural trading center with motor workshops and manufactures in textiles, jewelry, and cigarettes, it was once an imperial city of the Chola Chola (chō`lə), S Indian dynasty, whose kingdom was in what is now Tamil Nadu ...... Click the link for more information. kingdom (c.900–1200). St. Francis Xavier conducted missionary activity in the area (c.1545). It is also called Tinnevelly.
Tirunelveli
a city in S India, in Tamil Nadu: site of St Francis Xavier's first preaching in India; textile manufacturing. Pop.: 411 298 (2001)
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