Alapakkam () is a neighbourhood in western part of Central

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. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of

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. It is surrounded by

Porur Porur () is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is situated in the Maduravoyal taluk of Chennai district in the southern part of the city. Since 2011, it has been a part of the Chennai Corporation and included in zone number 11. The earliest ...

, Valasaravakkam and

Maduravoyal Maduravoyal is a residential neighbourhood located in the west of Chennai, India. As of 2011, the town had a population of 86,195. Maduravoyal also has a name as "ettam kal" (8th mile), so it could be famous in British Period too, it is exac ...

. It is part of

Chennai corporation The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ...

under zone 11. Entry in to Alapakkam is through two main roads, that is,

Arcot Road Arcot Road (also known as N. S. Krishnan Salai) ( SH-113) is one of the main arterial roads of the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. It runs for 12 kilometres and connects Nungambakkam with Porur. The road was constructed during the early 194 ...

and

Poonamallee High Road EVR Periyar Salai (EVR High Road), earlier known as Poonamallee High Road (NH 48) and originally the Grand Western Trunk Road, is an arterial road in Chennai, India. It is the longest road in Chennai. Running from east to west, the road start ...

. Alapakkam belongs to Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency and

assembly constituency.

Educational institutions

Educational institutions in the neighbourhood include: * Government Higher secondary school * Chennai Corporation school * Velammal Vidyalaya School * Sree Adithya Matriculation School * Meenakshi Dental College * Seven Hills Polytechnic * Muthukumaran Engineering college * Acharya Shiksha Mandir (Ashtalakshmi Nagar)
Devi Academy School

Temples

Nataraja temple Nataraja Temple is one of the most famous temple in this area. It is one of the two Nataraja temple in Chennai where Nataraja is worshiped as main deity. Here Maragatha Lingam poojai is daily done two times. People around this area call this temple as ''Chennaiyil Chidambaram'' or ''Chennaiyil Thillai''. Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple is a native temple of Alappakkam. One of the oldest temple in the region, this temple is related with Vali in Ramayanam. It is said that Vali got the secret powers from Lord Shiva by doing penance here. The deity here is called as Vali-sera-paleeshwarar, which over time changed to Valliserapaleeshwarar.

Neighbourhood

Ashtalakshmi Nagar : Ashtalakshmi nagar has 4 Main roads which are 40 feet wide and 27 Streets which are 30 feet wide.

Public utilities

* Tasildar Office & E-Seva Maiyam located in Alapakkam behind Perumal koil Street. Post Office for Alapakkam is located at Sakthi Nagar, Porur (Off Mount Poonamallee Road). * Corporation Office is Zone located at Arcot Road. *Chennai Metro water and Sewerage Board area office is located at No.8A, Gangai Amman Koil Street, Alapakkam

References

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