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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant<br />
| logo = Logo of Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant.png<br />
| logo_size = 150px<br />
| type = Chain of Restaurant<br />
| industry = Restaurant<br />
| genre = South Indian Multi Cuisine<br />
| foundation = 1957<br />
| founder = Nagasamy Naidu<br />
| location = India<br />
| location_city = Chennai<br />
| locations = 73 (in India), 7 (outside India) <!--# of locations--><br />
| area_served = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[France]], [[UAE]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]], [[United States]]<br />
| services = Fine Dining, Take Away, Home Delivery and Outdoor Catering.<br />
| location_country = India<br />
| homepage = [http://www.thalappakatti.com www.thalappakatti.com]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant''' (also known as '''Thalappakatti Biriyani''')<ref>{{cite news |last=Soma |first=Basu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/mag-columns/in-search-of-dindigul-biryani/article4985269.ece |title=In search of Dindigul Biryani |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> is a restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The first outlet was opened in 1957 at Dindigul. Since then, it operates over 62 outlets in [[India]], seven of which are overseas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kandavel |first=Sangeetha |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/dindigul-thalappakatti-raises-260-crore-from-cx-partners/article29747103.ece |title=Dindigul Thalappakatti raises ₹260 crore from CX Partners|publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 October 2019|access-date=2019-12-03|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The Thalappakatti restaurants focus on [[biriyani]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Food/Turban-Tales-Dindigul-Thalapakatti%E2%80%99s-recipe-to-success/article11644010.ece|title=Turban Tales: Dindigul Thalapakatti’s recipe to success|last=Muthalaly|first=Shonali|date=2013-04-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The founder, Nagasamy Naidu, started Thalappakatti restaurant by the name of Anandha Vilas Biriyani Hotel in [[Dindigul]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. In 2013 the chain won a [[trademark]] lawsuit about the use of the word "thalappakatti" (meaning "turban" in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]).<ref>{{cite news|author=R. Sivaraman |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dindigul-thalappakatti-biriyani-wins-trademark-row/article4585557.ece |title=Dindigul 'Thalappakatti’ biriyani wins trademark row |publisher=The Hindu |date=2013-04-06 |accessdate=2015-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sanjay Vijayakumar |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-04-08/news/38374194_1_turban-chain-intellectual-property-appellate-board |title=Use of ‘Thalappakatti’ in Tamil Nadu restaurant names leads to trademark wars – timesofindia-economictimes |publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2013-04-08 |accessdate=2015-05-27}}</ref><br />
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==Locations==<br />
Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant has 28 restaurants in Chennai, more than a dozen others elsewhere in India, and one each in Sri Lanka, France, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thalappakatti.com/outlets/ |title=Outlets |publisher=Thalappakatti.com |date= |accessdate=2017-05-15}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://thalappakatti.com Official website – India]<br />
* [https://thalappakatti.us Official website – USA]<br />
* [https://thalappakatti.ae Official website – UAE]<br />
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[[Category:Restaurant chains in India]]<br />
[[Category:South Indian cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Madras State]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1957]]<br />
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