Dinakaran 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 11.05 Lakhs as of May 2017, it is the second largest. Dinakaran is published from 12 centers in India namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Vellore, Nellai and Pondicherry.
