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Thiruchirapalli insights - TN's tier-2 cities

 Our insights into Trichy and our other two trips on TN's tier-2 cities

From our recent trip to Thiruchirapalli we could not help but compare it with the previous place we visited - Madurai and Thanjavur. 

Unlike Madurai and Thanjavur, Trichy has good road transport particularly the buses. The central bus terminus opened in Dec 2021 is modern with digital name board inside so that one can identify where exactly their destination bus will start from. The island - SriRangam made by the rivers Kaveri and Kollidam is well connected to Trichy center. Apart from the government buses, lot of private buses ply with good frequency. Sri Rangam houses many government offices, so every 15 minutes buses leave to and fro between Sri Rangam and Trichy.

As we see the transportation is good, the infrastructure has to improve to accommodate. The roads are quiet narrow. We can see fly overs inside but traffic seems to be heavy round the clock. Madurai and Thanjavur were able to manage the traffic with the available infrastructure and fly over was seen coming up in Madurai.

Both Madurai and Thiruchirapalli have to connect the road between the Vaigai and Kaveri respectively. While Thanjavur did not have the river crossing over in the city.

All three cities are homes to huge temples - Madurai Meenakshi Amman, Thanjavur Peruvudaiyar and Thiruchirapalli Sri Ranganathar. So ancientness and spirituality are deep rooted.

Thiruchirapalli comes only next to Chennai and Coimbatore while Madurai and Thanjavur and more steps to come up. Madurai would take the leap once the domestic airport is approved and its much awaited AIIMS.

Madurai boasts if the popular American College and there is Thyagaraja and other famous colleges too. Thanjavur houses the Government Medical college and also works largely on food and agricultural education. Thiruchirapalli on the other hand is the home to Bharathidasan University, REC and lots of private engineering colleges.

As far as Tamil cinema goes, many belong to Madurai and hence one could see many theatres around. Their slang is famous in movies. Thanjavur is more close to the normal Tamil spoken in films. Thiruchirapalli may not pose a separate slang but it is highly influenced by Chettinad culture.

Though its good to see the tiered two cities of Tamil Nadu catching up with Chennai, they should loose their roots in the cosmopolitan culture.


All three trips opened our eyes to the growth is happening in the other parts of our state.

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Location: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

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