Trichy
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Trichy or Tiruchi is a city in Tamil Nadu, India. Its real name in Tamil is Tiruchirapalli, meaning "Town of the respected Chira (name of a Jain monk)". It was also called Trichinopoly by the British. About 746,062 people lived there in 2001. It is a very old city with many important temples, monuments, churches and mosques. Nearby, Oraiya, the old Trichy, is where the early Chola kings had their capital city, until about 850.
