About Coimbatore
Known as the Manchester of South India, Coimbatore gets a lot of tourists mainly during winters. A surprise element of Coimbatore's tourism is that a few educational institutes qualify as major tourist attractions. They are the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University with an attractive botanical garden and Forest College with a big museum. Apart from the educational institutes, the Perur and Marudhamalai temples are visited by a lot of people. Excursion places near Coimbatore include Thirumoorthy temple, Bhavani and Siruvani temple.