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1498:"Details About Vailankanni Church Campus"
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1191:References
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1019:The TNSTC–
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966:Coimbatore
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468:See also:
359:Vedaranyam
348:Thiruvarur
328:Tamil Nadu
312:Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi
308:Velankanni
199:Population
157:Government
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94:79°50′37″E
91:10°40′55″N
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1426:21 August
1419:The Hindu
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1391:The Hindu
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1359:The Hindu
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958:Bengaluru
952:(TNSTC),
501:Geography
488:Malayalam
236:Time zone
220:Languages
191:Elevation
1267:BBC News
1174:See also
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887:Catholic
768:Average
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241:UTC+5:30
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