Chunampet is a village in the Cheyyur taluk of

Chengalpattu district Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out ...

in Tamil Nadu State of

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. It is located 99 kilometres from

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and 22 kilometres from Madurantakam on the Madurantakam-

Marakkanam Marakkanam is a coastal Selection Grade panchayat town & Taluk in Viluppuram district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is well connected to the state capital Chennai and the nearby union territory of Puduch ...

road. It was the seat of the ''

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'' of Chunampet during the

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. It is located at the southern edge of the

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. Chunampet is famous for a 19th-century

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temple dedicated to Kiratamanjeswarar Temples of Tamilnad, Pg 209 The temple was, till recently, in ruins, and was renovated by Arunachala Mudaliar, the erstwhile zamindar of Chunampet and his descendants. It is also has an old masjid which was built by the Nawab of Arcot, Doste Ali Khan in 1760 AD. Temples of Tamilnad, Pg xviii Chunampet is situated about 9 kilometres from the

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coast and is surrounded by salt pans extending for over seven miles.

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* {{Chengalpattu district Villages in Chengalpattu district