100 Amazing Facts About South India that most indians don't know! | Voofacts

• 1. During the British rule, entire south India was referred to as madras presidency but then the old Madras state is dissolved and split into 5 major states(now). The city, Madras, is now renamed asChennai. 
• 2. Coffee is served in a steel glass with a tumbler in south india.
• 3. Bananas are sold per KG instead of per dozen here.

• 4. Politeness: It is quite usual in south India to address the auto drivers, delivery man, electricians, and likewise as ‘Sir’ which is often followed by a courteous ‘thank you’.
• 5. People did not wear their slippers/footwear inside the house; they left them outside instead. 
• 6. Women in general, are usually called ‘Maa’. From the milkman, security guard, college professor to even my manager at work, you will often be addressed as ‘Maa’.
• 7. The average height of the natives- Almost everybody is tall. I don’t know if it is food habits or just the genes. 
• 8. Dress style- Girls wear a Kurti with leggings or a traditional suit and most of them wore a bindi on the forehead.

• 9. Geometrical rangolis of south- Love those. Rangoli is a beautiful part of most celebrations and are mostly geometrical art.
• 10. Simple lifestyle- People are extremely humble. A typical rich person who is capable of traveling in a private jet wears the same T-shirt for the majority of the month. Shocked? You bet I was.
• 11. Names are usually long. Both ‘s’ and ‘t’ are followed by the letter ‘h’. Eg. Nikita, Shruthi.

• 12. Idlis /Dosas are such a rage here with sambhar! 
• 13. Very religious- A lot of money is donated to the temples for the faith in local deities. Everything is done after consulting a reputed priest/astrologer of the most auspicious muhuratam. Everything.
• 14. Dowry- People discuss it. They take pride in it. It is a part of the tradition.

• 15. Wearing gold is a normal thing- If they have gold chain/bracelet/ring(s), chances are they are from the South. People here love Gold.
• 16. Marriages between first cousins is pretty common. Some of the marriages are fixed right after they are born.
• 17. The buses are coded. 342F and 342N might two buses between the same source and target, but taking different routes.
• 18. Curd and rice- It can be a meal for all times of the day. Natives love it.
• 19. Catching a bus: In North India, you can simply wave a hand and board the bus! Just try the same thing in South India! God, the bus just zoom past you, and You'll be standing like an idiot waving a hand!
• 20. Nothing beats the rainfall in Munnar, Kerala. It just continuously rains there for months.

• 21. Rice - It was everywhere. Lemon Rice, Tamarind Rice, Tomato rice, curd rice you name it and it would be there.
• 22. South Indian friends from AP and their obsession with the Telugu movies are unbeatable.
• 23. Eating Chapati at lunchtime was considered as the equivalent of somebody eating Samosa every day at lunchtime in North India.
• Chapati was just a snack to be enjoyed occasionally and not at mealtime like I was doing.

• 24. Let clear this, there were five states in South India.
• Madras had become Tamil Nadu.
• Mysore changed to Karnataka.
• Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were the other three.
• 25. The South Indian states are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers, and 31% of the leopards in India.
• 26. The ‘diverse’ TIFFIN options Sambar and Rice. Chutney and Rice. Ghee and Rice And all the endless list of delicious curries, with ‘RICE’.
• 27. Affinity towards languages are more among south Indians, they love their language and take pride in it.
• 28. The origin of Ayurveda is said to be in Kerala.

• 29. Biriyani is love here and they all love it we know that and that’s beside Idly and Dosa what we think they only eat . Most importantly Kerala’s cuisines are the best and tasty( and NO ! they don’t use coconut oil in each and every curry)
• 30. The economic growth of South India is more than twice that of North India.
• 31. There are 6 classical languages in India and 4 of them are from South India.

• 32. South India was ruled by more than 18 dynasties over a period of 4000 years.
• 33. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam is the four most spoken south Indian languages. And most of the south Indians understand at least 2 of the above languages.
• 34. Famous celebrities like Rahul Dravid, Vishwanathan Anand, Rajinikanth hailed from south.

• 35. The literacy rate in South India is above 80% which is higher than the national average i.e 70%.
• 36. South India is the largest producer of spices in India.
• 37. It is home to exquisite silk and cotton clothing.

• 38. South India has 9 of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• 39. It is home to the wealthiest temples(Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala) in the world.
• 40. Almost 48% of cotton production is done in South India.
• 41. It was believed that the Shiva worshippers of Southern India who laid roots for the present Hinduism.
• 42. The knowledge packed rich literature of Southerners is no less than any other literature in the world (Thrikural).

• 43. Chinese has ancient ties with South India.
• 44. South Indian films contribute the most number of movies and revenue for the Indian film industry.
• 45. The literacy rate in all South Indian states is above average.
• 46. South Indians sport a traditional cum modern outlook. 

• 47. Famous Bollywood stars Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Vijayanthimala, Sridevi, Hema Malini are from South India.
• 48. Dhoti is a traditional dress here. People wear dhoti mostly in rural areas. (In North India, many old-timers also wear dhoti.) Most people living in urban areas wear shirt-trousers.
• 49. South Indians eat a variety of food, out of their own rich cuisine, with each state/region having their own signature dishes.

• 50. Payasam is one of their favorite sweets.
• 51. South India has some of the most modern infrastructures, universities, malls, etc of the country.
• 52. No, coconut water is not dirt-cheap in Kerala. It’s 20–30 rupees per coconut.
• 53. South India is not just 4 states. But geographically Odisha, W.Bengal, Maharashtra are also Southern India only.
• 54. No language is linguistically similar to another southern state (except both Telugu states)
• 55. Europeans first entered India through Kerala. South India was colonized under Portuguese India and the British Raj.

• 56. Lungi is not a pan south Indian traditional wear. Though TN, KE & KA follow this custom with different names, the draping of cloth is similar to lungi for those respective states but as far as both Telugu states are considered Lungi is just nightwear & our traditional wear is similar to many Indian states i.e Dhoti (panache). In fact, we have a Dhoti function too!!
• 57. More than 17 breakfast dishes in India are ethnic to South India.
• 58. It is home to the largest biodiversity in India.
• 59. 75% of Indian coconut production comes from South India.
• 60. South India has the most number of Ayurvedic Schools.
• 61. One-fifth of the entire country's population resides in south India.
• 62. South India is considered to have the best bus facilities in India.
• 63. Puducherry is the only Union Territory to have 4 different enclaves.
• 64. Out of 38 UNESCO World Heritage sites in India, 7 are situated in the four states of south India.
• 65. IT exports from south India alone accounts for more than 50% of total IT exports from India.

• 66. Bangalore is called the Silicon Valley of India  because of the large number of information technology companies located in the city which contributed 33% of India's ₹1,442 billion (US$20 billion) IT exports in 2006–07.
• 67. Indian National Flag designer Pingali Venkaiah is from Andhra Pradesh.
• 68. The First language-based state in India is from south India, which is Andhra Pradesh.
• 69. Kannada and Telugu Scripts are 70% the same. A Telugu guy can easily ready the Kannada script easily and vice versa.
• 70. India’s tallest flag is in Hyderabad hoisted by Telangana Chief Minister recently.
• 71. E M S Namboodiripad headed (as Chief Minister of Kerala) the World’s first democratically elected communist government.
• 72. Kalady in Ernakulam District is the birthplace of Sri Adi Sankaracharya.
• 73. The first two literate Municipal Town Kottayam and district Ernakulam in India are in Kerala.
• 74. The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
• 75. World's second longest beach is in Chennai(Marina Beach)
• 76. If only unique trains are considered then Vijayawada JN is the busiest railway station, with 247 unique trains.
• 77. First Buddist Kalachakra event was done at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh( current capital of Andhra people)
• 78. Hindustan Shipyard Limited is India’s first and the oldest shipyard established way back in 1941 During the world war 2 era in Vishakha Patnam( Vizag).

• 79. At 37 acres Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus is the largest bus station in Asia.
• 80. First Rajya Sabha chairman ( deputy President) and Second President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna is a Telugu person( though he was born and brought up in Tirupati, which is now in Tamil Nadu). And VVS LAXMAN is his great-grandchild.
• 81. Mysore will be the first Indian city to have a sky wheel. The sky wheel is said to give a panoramic view to the visitors of the city within a 20km radius.

• 82. Pamban Rail Bridge is called the queen of Indian bridges and is the first sea bridge and the second-longest in India. With a length of 2.06 KM and 143 piers, the bridge has completed its 100th anniversary in 2014. The first train that ran on this bridge was on February 24, 1914.
• 83. The world-famous Kohinoor diamond came from “Kollur mines”, Kollur Village which is now part of the AP Capital Region.

• 84. The first evidence of helium was discovered on August 18, 1868, by French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
• 85. The agricultural market yard of Guntur is the biggest in Asia.

• 86. Many CEOs like the CEO of Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM are South Indians.
• 87. India exports software to 90 countries. most of the developers are from south India.
• 88. Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan has his roots in Mangalore, Karnataka!
• 89. Kodavas from Karnataka contribute more to Indian defense after the Sikh community.
• 90. Tamilians don’t have a surname. We have a last name that is not a family name, which is not the name of our caste. Our last name is our father’s name or husband’s name.
• 91. Telegu is spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Malayalam in Kerala, Tamil in Tamil Nadu, Kannada, Konkani, and Tulu in Karnataka.
• 92. Many south Indian cities are enriched with natural beauty with beautiful beaches and valleys.
• 93. The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja.

• 94. Like in Bollywood we have superstars like Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman khan. Each of the respective film industries have their own stars,
• Tollywood - Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna
• Mollywood - Mohanlal and mammoth
• Kollywood, of course, Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan.

• 95. And South India has the highest number of movie star Fanatics with having records of the biggest Cutouts and highest number of Twitter trends which no Bollywood actor could imagine.
• 96. In Kerala people live in villas at a distance from the towns, towns are meant for mainly commercial purposes.
• 97. South India is not hot. Very few places in South India are.
• 98. Visakhapatnam: The only place in south Asia where the Japanese jets bombed!!
• You probably didn't know it because the bomb was dropped but it didn't blast!!
• Now begin to doubt about Japanese quality?!
• Well, you don't have too. This incident was way long ago.
• 99. South Indian girls don’t wear half sarees or silk sarees, wear a big red bindi and adorn hair with flowers every single minute of the day. Traditional dresses are saved for traditional occasions.
• 100. Tamil is the only language has its place in many countries as an official and recognized language other than India in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius. 

We mentioned 100 facts about south india but still, we have missed many, if you know any intresting facts about south India do mention them in the comments!