Some of the important food crops grown in Salem district are paddy, cholam, cumbu, redgram, greengram, blackgram, horsegram, turmeric, sugarcane, mango, bannana, tapiaco, groundnut and gingelly.Some of the important industries are Salem Steel Plant, Salem Diary, L.S.P. Oil Mills, B.S.P. Refinaries, Jawahar Mills, Narasus Roller Flour Mills, Salem District Co-op Spinning Mill, Tamilnadu Magnesites, Tata Refractoreis, Sambandam Spinning Mill etc.
Important tourist centers of the Salem district are:
Sri Sugavaneshwara Temple
Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Sri Kumaragiri Temple
Sri Kandhashram Temple
Sri Kailasanathar Temple
Sri Siddeshwara Temple
Sri Thandontrieswara Temple
Jamma Mazid Infant Jesus Church
Yercaud (Jewel of the South)
Mettur Dam
Aragalur (Budda Statue)
Sankarai (Old Famous Fort)
Taramangalam Sri Kailashanather Temple
Poiman Karadu, Salem
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