Friday 8 December 2017

Nagapattinam Tamil Nadu

Nagapattinam is a town situated in the Nagapattinam locale of Tamil Nadu. The town fills in as the locale central station. Situated on the eastern shore of the Indian promontory by the Bay of Bengal, the area developed in the wake of being veered from the Thanjavur locale. The town is situated at a separation of 270 km from Chennai. The place gets its name from the two words ‘Nagar’ which is utilized to allude to individuals having a place with Sri Lanka and ‘Pattinam’ which implies town. The town has been known by different names ever. Amid the run of the Cholas, the town was called Cholakula Vallipattinam. The place was alluded to as Nikam by Ptolemy. The Portuguese alluded to it as “The City of Coromandel”.

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