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Tamil Nadu
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
( ; ; literally
The Land of
Tamils
or
Tamil Country
) is one of the 29 states of
India
. Its capital and largest city is
Chennai
(formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the
Indian Peninsula
and is bordered by the
union territory
of
Puducherry
and the
South Indian
states of
Kerala
,
Karnataka
, and
Andhra Pradesh
. It is bounded by the
Eastern Ghats
on the north, by the
Nilgiri
, the
Anamalai Hills
, and
Kerala
on the west, by the
Bay of Bengal
in the east, by the
Gulf of Mannar
and the
Palk Strait
on the southeast, and by the
Indian Ocean
on the south. It also shares a maritime border with the nation of
Sri Lanka
.
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