Theni

In 1997 Theni District was formed after separation from the Madurai District. Subsequently the Theni municipal town was upgraded as Taluk and district head quarters. It is mainly a commercial town and is known for its big "weekly sandhai" held every Sunday.

Aravind Eye Hospital, Theni
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai conducted eye screening camps around Theni region in the earlier days. A medical team travelled from Madurai to Theni to conduct eye camps and brought patients back to Madurai for eye surgery. After a 7 day stay in Madurai, the patients were taken back to Theni. During this period, Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, the present chair- man of Aravind Eye Care System visited Theni during the weekends to screen patients. Due to positive community support of the eye camps and their continued growth, Aravind - Madurai started a permanent facility in Theni.

Theni Aravind Eye Hospital is located in Theni-Allinagaram Municipality in the Theni Taluk of Theni District. Theni Taluk is a small town with a population of 111,542. Aravind Eye Hospital Theni serves Andipatty, Uthamapalayam, Periyakulam and Bodinayakannur Taluks of Theni District, within a radius of 50km and covering a population of 1.1 million. Besides this primary service area the hospital also covers the neighbouring areas in Kottayam and Idukki districts of Kerala state with a population of 3.1 million (3,082,867), thus serving a total population of 4.3 million.

Thekkadi

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary at Thekkadi is 155kms from Madurai. Situated in Kerala, the forest of this beautiful sanctuary slopes down to a manmade lake. The motor boat ride allows one to view wildlife in their natural habitat. Elephant, gaur, sambhar, bear, even tigers and leopards come down to drink from the lake.

Important Theni phone number:
• Aravind Eye Hospital : 04546 - 252 658

Cochin

The fascinating city of Cochin has a plethora of things to see including churches, winding streets crammed with 500 year old Portuguese homes, Chinese fishing nets, a Jewish community whose roots go back to the diaspora, a 16th century synagogue and a palace built by the Portuguese. The best way to get there is by hiring a taxi, which may cost you around Rs.3000 (US$70).

Backwaters Trip

Kerala is a labyrinth of lazily meandering backwaters. Sprinkled with traditional houseboats, country crafts, rural lifestyles and tranquility, it is an intricate network of innumerable lagoons, lakes, canals, estuaries and the deltas of forty-four rivers that drain into the Arabian Sea. Kerala thrives along these backwaters that snake across the state, bestowing paddy fields with good harvests, and provide whole villages with drinking water.

Map of Theni

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