South India · Tamil Nadu
Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu
About Tiruppur
- Inland
Where it is
Tiruppur is an industrial city on the Noyyal River in western Tamil Nadu, east of Coimbatore in the Kongu region.
History
Tiruppur was part of the Kongu Nadu region, ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas and later the Vijayanagara Empire, the Nayaks and Mysore before British rule. In the 20th century it grew from a cotton market town into a centre of knitting and garment-making, and it is remembered for Tiruppur Kumaran, a freedom fighter who died in 1932 holding the flag of the independence movement during a protest march.
People
Tiruppur's people speak Tamil, and the garment trade has drawn workers from across Tamil Nadu and from many other Indian states to its knitting, dyeing and stitching units.
Known for
- Cotton knitwear and T-shirt exports
- Knitting, dyeing and garment workshops
- The Avinashi Lingeswarar Temple nearby
Did you know?
Tiruppur is known as the knitwear capital of India for the cotton garments its factories make for export around the world.
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