- Tiruvallur district
Tiruvallur district is an administrative district in the
South India n state ofTamil Nadu . The town ofThiruvallur is the district headquarters.Geography
It is bounded on the north by
Andhra Pradesh state, on the east by theBay of Bengal , on the southwest byChennai district , and on the south by Kanchipuram andVellore district s.Demographics
It occupies an
area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,754,756 as of2001 . It is 54.45% urbanised. [ [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm Census 2001] ]The district has a literacy of 76.90%, higher than the state average.
Administration
The following are the
Taluk s of the district.
*Tiruvallur
*Poonamallee
*Ambattur
*Ponneri
*Gummidipoondi
*Uthukottai
*Tiruttani
*Pallipattu Economy
In retail spending, the Thiruvallur district emerges third in India, only after
Noida and SWDelhi surpassingBangalore andMumbai by a clear margin. [ [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwNi8wOC8yNCNBcjAwNzAy&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom Times of India, Bangalore dated Aug 24, 2006] ]Temples
* Tiruvallur is well known for the Sri Vaidya Veera Raghava Swami Temple, which is located in the center of the town. This temple one of the sacred 108 temples for
Vaishnavites .* It is also nowadays famous for Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha
Hanuman Ashram. A five-faced idol of Lord Hanuman is worshipped here.* The Vadivudai amman temple situated at Tiruvottiyur is also a very famous temple located in the Tiruvallur district.
References
In near of Thiruvallur Perambakkam is a village and is the next popular place of Thiruvallur.In Perambakkam oldest Shiva and vishnu Temples are there. Also more than 15 temples are there including Amman and Muruga temples.
Once in a year on last day of Pongal (Kaanum Pongal) a grand festival like Thiruvizha will be celebrated by the village people. In this Thiruvizha more than 40 village peoples are visiting to watch the function. In this Thiruvizha swamy statues are coming like Thiruveethi Ula from near by the villages like Narasingapuram - Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar Swami, O.M.Mangalam - Shiva, Sivapuram - Ramaligar Swami, Koovam - Shiva, Kalambakkam - Vinayaka Swami, and Perambakkam - Shiva, Perumal, vinayaka, Bala Vinayaka, Muruga,. etc
External links
* [http://www.tiruvallur.tn.nic.in/ Tiruvallur District]
* [http://www.panchamukha.org/ Website of Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha Hanuman Ashram]This was written by ekambaram (a) ekam mail me any clarification ekamcosmo@gmail.com
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