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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Theni<br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| image_skyline = Teni Town Tamilnadu, India.JPG<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = View of Theni from Western Ghats<br />
| nickname = Gateway to highland <br />
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu<br />
| pushpin_label_position = Foot of Western Ghats, Kerala border.[[Rajapalayam]]<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.009|N|77.47|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Theni District|Theni]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = Municipality<br />
| governing_body = Theni Municipality<br />
| leader_title1 = Chairman<br />
| leader_name1 = S Murugesan<br />
| leader_title2= Commissioner<br />
| leader_name2= S Nagarajan|<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 300<br />
| population_total = <br />
| population_as_of = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 625531<br />
| area_code = 04546<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = TN 60, TN 60Z<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Distance from State Capital [[Chennai]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{convert|498|km|mi}} southwest<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Average and moderate cool at winter]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small><br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.theni.tn.nic.in/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]<br />
| blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|658|mm|in}}<br />
| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature<br />
| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|39.5|°C|°F}}<br />
| blank4_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature<br />
| blank4_info_sec2 = {{convert|25.8|°C|°F}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Theni''' is a hillock town situated in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is the headquarters of the [[Theni district]]. It situated in 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of [[garlic]], [[cotton]], [[cardamom]], [[grapes]], mango and [[Chili pepper|chilli]]. It hosts the second largest weekly market in [[Tamil Nadu]] and the fourth largest in South India.{{citation needed|date = October 2020}} The area is sometimes known as "Earth's Hidden Paradise".{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
<small>These are people from Theni town itself. For people from the surrounding area, see [[Theni district]]</small><br />
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* [[Ilayaraaja ]]- Music Maestro, Singer, Music producer, Writer, World Music<br />
* [[Bharathiraja ]]-Director, Writer, Producer<br />
* [[Dhanush]] - actor, producer, singer, writer, lyricist<br />
* [[Ramachandran Durairaj]]- Tamil actor<br />
* [[Theni Kunjarammal]] - actress and playback singer <br />
* [[Kasthuri Raja]] - director<br />
* [[P. T. Rajan]] - former CM of Madras state<br />
* [[Selvaraghavan]] - director<br />
* [[Singampuli]] - actor, director, comedian<br />
* [[Vaiyapuri]] - comedian<br />
* [[Vairamuthu]] - poeter<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[India-based Neutrino Observatory]]<br />
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