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SALEM - About the city

Salem is a City and Corporation situated in the north central part of Tamil Nadu. It has a beautiful look with hills almost all sides of the City including the tourist spot of Yercaud. The Kiliyur Water Falls and Kavery Peak are more feathers added to the natural beauty of Salem. The four hills that surround Salem are the Nagaramalai in the north, the Jarugumalai in the south, the Kanjamalai in the west and the Godumalai in the east. In short the city lies in the middle of Kongu Nadu.

ENTERTAINMENT IN CINE FIELD:

Salem had a name for the number of cinema theatres when compared to other cities. It had 28 theatres once which showed all types of films but currently 15 theatres only remain. The movie studio Modern Theatres Limited was established in 1935 and almost 150 movies had been produced through this. Rathna Studio was another familiar movie studio in Salem which produced films and made available for rent for other film makers.

SHOPPING MALLS:

Salem is famous for its growth in shopping and retail collections. The following are the list of Shopping Malls in Salem.

Swarnambigai Plaza – Kandaswarna Super Market – Barathi Super Market – V.V. Shopping Plaza – Tulsi Retail – Kandaswarna Super Market – More For You – Reliance Fresh – Europa Discount Store – Mega Mart – Peter England – Jansons – Jockey – Reebok – Pepe Jeans – Nike and Adidas.

RESTAURANTS:

Hotel Ganesh Mahal – Hotel Cenney’s Gateway – Sri Saravana Bhavan Classic – Munchiyappar – Thalapakattu Biriyani – Domino’s Pizza – Big Chick and KFC.

PARKS:

- Kurumbapatti Zoological Park

- Anna Park near four roads

- Anna Park in Yercaud Hills

- Ramakrishna Park

EXPORT:

Salem is well known for its export of fabrics and cloth items in the earlier days. It is also known for its mangoes which are exported to all parts of the world. There is a plan of constructing a mango pulp factory to export the conditioned mango pulp.

RELIGIOUS SITES:

- Shevapet Mariamman Temple

- The Kottai Mariamman Temple

- Gugai Mariamman and Kaliamman Temple

- Dadagapatty Mariamman Temple

- Ellai Pedari Amman Temple

- Kottai Perumal Koil

- The Sugavaneshwarar Temple

- Sri Baktha Varaprasadha Anjaneyar Ashram

- Jamia Masjid

- Meltheru and Keeltheru Mosques

- Infant Jesus Church

- Sidhar Koil

YERCAUD:

Yercaud is the main hill station as a picnic spot in Salem located 5000 feet high above the sea level. It is famous for coffee plantations and orange groves. Servarayan Temple is in the highest point of Yercaud and hence it is also named as “Shevaroy Hills”. Yercaud is also called the “Poor Man’s Ooty”. The visiting spots in Yercaud are the Kiliyur Water Fall, Pagoda Point & View of Salem City at night, Boating Lake, Lake View in Yercaud and the Coffee Plantations.

HEALTH CARE:

A new Super Specialty Hospital is under way being funded jointly by the Central Health Ministry and the State Government apart from enormous private hospitals in Salem.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

- A.V.S. College of Arts & Science / Engineering College

- Government Arts College

- Jairam Arts & Science College

- Padmavani College of Arts & Science

- Shri Sakthi Kailassh Women’s College

- Salem Sowdeswari College

- Sri Sarada College for Women

- Sri Ganesh College

- Vysya College

- A.E.T. Arts & Science College

- Gemgates College of Arts & Science for Women

- Bharathiyar Women’s College

- Annai Theressa Institute of Paramedical Sciences

- Government Medical College and Government Nursing College

- Shri Bharani School / College of Nursing

- Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medical / Engineering College

- Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College

- Vinayaka Mission’s Homeopathic Medical College and Hospitals

- Vinayaka Mission’s College of Pharmacy

- Maha College of Engineering

- The Kavery Engineering College

- Greentech College of Engineering for Women

- Rabindranath Tagore Institute of Engineering & Technology

- Bharathiyar Institute of Engineering for Women

- Salem College of Engineering and Technology

- Thiagarajar Polytechnic College

- CSI Polytechnic College

- MIT Polytechnic College

- Rajaji Institute of Technology

- Holy Angels Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Notre Dame of Holy Cross School

- Cluny Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- SRK Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Sri Vidya Mandir

- AGN Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Amala Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Greenpark Matric Higher Secondary School

- Golden Spark Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Montfort Higher Secondary School

- Glaze Brooke Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Little Flower Higher Secondary School

- Gokulanatha Hindu Mahajana Higher Secondary School

- Christopher Matriculation School

- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School

- Golden Gates Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Gugai Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- St. Paul’s Higher Secondary School

- St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School

- St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School

- Holy Flower Matriculation Higher Secondary School

The list of Educational Institutions continues without end resting with Periyar University and Vinayaka Missions University. This great City can be reached via road, railroad and air from all parts of India.


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