Dinakaran is a Tamil language daily newspaper published in India. It was founded in 1977 and is currently owned by Sun Network. Dinakaran has the largest circulation of any Tamil newspaper in India, with over 1.2 million copies sold daily. It is published from 12 centers across India and Tamil Nadu. Dinakaran is known for its exclusive news coverage and supplements that focus on entertainment, spirituality, and cinema.
3. DINAKARAN
Dinakaran Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet Owner Sun Network
Founder K. P. Kandasamy
Founded 1977 (1977)
Language Tamil
Official website Dinakaran website
4. Dinakaran (Tamil:
, pronounced "Dhinakaran") is a Tamil daily
newspaper distributed in India
As of March 2010 Dinakaran is the largest Tamil daily newspaper in terms
of net paid circulation, which was 1,235,220.
In terms of total readership, which was 16,741,000 as of May 2010, it is the
second largest.
Dinakaran is published from 12 centres in India namely Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai,Bangaluru, Madurai, Coimbatore Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Vellore,
Nellai and Puducherry.
5. History
Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamyin support of Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) when his father-in-law, S. P. Adithanar chose to
support Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam during its split from DMK.In
2005, Dinakaran was acquired from his son K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi
Maran'sSun Network
6. Controversy
•In 2006 May, Dinakaran ran into a controversy when it published the
results of a series of opinion polls which showed politician M. K. Stalin
having more approval than his elder brother M. K. Azhagiri.
•The Madurai office of Dinakaran was fire bombed and three employees
were killed.
• This led to the resignation of Central Minister Dayanidhi Maran brother of
Kalanidhi Maran from the Union Cabinet.
7. HIGHLIGHT:
Dinakaran News Paper - Dinakaran Tamil daily News Paper published
from the major cities in Tamil Nadu, India and its featuring latest and
exclusive news, Photos, fashion, lifestyle.
Dinakaran News Paper is the largest selling Tamil Daily in India
8. Publish Center of Tamil Daily Dinakaran
Dinakaran has 12 publish center across India. Out 12, 8 centers are available in
Tamil Nadu. 1 center is available in Pondicherry. Remaining 3 centers are available
in other states which has more Tamil population.
Publish Centers of Dinakaran in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
1. Chennai (Covers Chennai and its suburbs)
2. Coimbatore (Covers Western Tamil Nadu)
3. Madurai(Covers South Central TN)
4. Trichy (Covers Central TN)
5. Salem (Covers North Western TN)
6. Tirunelveli (Covers South TN)
7. Nagercoil (Covers South most TN)
8. Vellore (Covers North Central TN)
9. Pondicherry (Covers Pondicherry State)
9. Publish Centers of Dinakaran other than Tamil Nadu
and Pondicherry
1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Bengaluru
As per the Audit Bureau of Circulation (shortly called as ABC
Report), Dinakaran has circulating 12, 35,220 copies per day. Also
Dinakaran is the first Tamil News Paper which came from Mumbai
and Delhi.
10. Weekly Supplementary from Dinakaran
1. Vasantham – This weekly book comes as supplementary of
Dinakaran on every Sunday. This book is an entertainment
book which has mixture of Cinema, Politics, Interviews of
achievers, etc.
2. Anmeeka Malar – This weekly book comes as
supplementary of Dinakaran on every Saturday. This book is
dedicated devotional and spiritual.
3. Velli Malar – This weekly book comes as supplementary of
Dinakaran on every Friday. This book is fully dedicated to
Cinema.
Tamil daily Dinakaran gives astrology news everyday.
11. Dinakaran is the famous Tamil daily from Sun Network's Print Media.
The owner of Dinakaran Tamil daily is Kalanidhi Maran. He is the MD of
Sun Network. Dinakaran was founded in the year of 1977 by
Mr.K.Kumaran. Later in the year of 2005, Dinakaran was acquired by
Sun Network.
Dinakaran was not that much popular before 2005. Once Kalanidhi Maran
acquired the paper, he used his business tricks and made dinakaran as the
number one paper among the Tamil dailies. Kalanidhi Maran gave the
Dinakaran newspaper for just 1 rupee for sometime. After got the
popularity, rate has been increased to Rs 2. Even now Dinakaran is the
cheapest paper in terms of Rate
12. About Dinakaran website
Official website of Dinakaran – www.dinakaran.com
Other than the normal news, Dinakaran website has the
following sections.
1. Health Corner – This section is fully dedicated to Health
related news and articles. For more details visit
http://www.dinakaran.com/healthnew/
2. Ladies Corner – This section is dedicated to ladies. For
more details visit http://www.dinakaran.com/ladiesnew/
3. Jokes – This section is fully dedicated to variety of Jokes.
Visit http://www.dinakaran.com/ladiesnew/ for more details
13. . Employment opportunities – In this section we can get the details
employment opportunities across India.
5. Matrimonial Services –visit
http://www.dinakaran.com/matrimony.asp
6. Real Estate -In this section we can get the details of upcoming
projects in Tamil Nadu, Real estate agents details etc. For more details
visit http://www.dinakaran.com/property.asp
7. Classifieds - In this section we can see all kind of classifieds
15. Chennai Address of Tamil Daily Dinakaran
No 229, Kutchery Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai – 600004.
Contact Number of Tamil daily Dinakaran for Website
Advertisement – 044 – 42209191 (Extn:2264)
Contact Number of Tamil daily Dinakaran for Newspaper
Advertisement – 044 – 44209191(Extn: 2314, 2315)
Contact Email Id of Tamil daily Dinakaran -
dotcom@dinakaran.com, onlineads@dinakaran.com
Contact Person of Tamil daily Dinakaran for advertisement
K.S.Hariharane,
Manager (Website),
Mobile No : 09994493510
