ADVERTISEMENT TARIFF 2026-2027

Dinamalar has changed to the square centimetre format for billing. However, material has to be submitted in the column centimetre format only.

Advertisements Rate in INR

EDITIONS		BW	COL	FRONT PAGE	PAGE 3	BACK PAGE
BENGALURU	BLR	125	150	200	175	185
CHENNAI	CNI	845	920	1340	1030	1045
COIMBATORE	CBE	455	495	760	585	635
DELHI	DEL	100	125	175	150	160
MADURAI	MDU	420	475	740	570	625
NAGERCOIL	NGL	125	140	195	170	180
PONDYCHERRY	PDY	245	250	365	300	320
TIRUNELVELI	TVL	175	205	285	260	265
C-8		2350	2590	2990	2700	2850

Note: Business Page and Top of Column - 25% premium on Basic Rate.

Innovative Advertisements

Acceptance of such advertisements is subject to management approval. If accepted, a premium of upto 50% will be additionally charged. The cost will be determined according to the type and extent of innovation.

Special Category

25% discount on social awareness advertisements, 25 % discount for 'lost' or 'missing' advertisements.

25% extra for reverse advertisements / advertisements with statutory warning. 50% extra for election advertisements. Box Facility Charge: Rs. 50

Places reached by various editions

Chennai Edition - Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur districts.

Madurai Edition - Madurai, Dindugal, Theni, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar districts.

Coimbatore Edition - Kovai, Nilgiri, Tiruppur districts.

Pondicherry Edition - Puducherry state, Cuddalore, Viluppuram districts.

Tirunelveli Edition - Tirunelveli, Thenkasi, Tuticorin districts.

Nagercoil Edition - Kanyakumari district.

Mechanical Details

No. of Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Width (cm)	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	33

Minimum size - Front Page 10 cm x 8 cm

Material

To make sure that reproduction is of good quality:

Material should be given only in the digital format - as a Corel Draw (CDR), EPS or Acrobat (PDF) file.
All text should be converted to curves! vectors, or fonts must be given.
All colours should be only in CMYK format.
Material should be sent on a CD or in a zipped version, mentioning the software used. A reference output printed on newsprint is also required.
The material can also be sent by email to aeadvt@dinamalar.in.

In cases where a reference output printed on standard newsprint is not given, requests for 'free make good' will not be entertained.

Positives / Negatives, Artworks and Laser Outputs shall not be accepted.