Peravallur is a developed residential area, located on the north - western corner of Madras (renamed to

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), a metropolitan city in

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state,

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. Out of 1018 places to be renamed by the government of Tamil Nadu, Peravallur is the one to be renamed as "Peravalloor". CMDA (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) is the town planning agency for Peravallur. Official language is Tamil; Postal pincode is 600082; Greater Chennai Corporation is the Civic body. A police station viz., K - 5 Peravallur Police Station for this neighborhood is built a year ago with ample space, at the junction of Venkatesan Salai and (70 feet road) Siva Elango Salai in Jawahar Nagar near Perambur.

Location

Peravallur is located near Kolathur and Perambur. It is situated in Chennai at an altitude of 10m above mean sea level.

Boundaries

Peravallur neighborhood is bounded in the direction of Northwest by Kolathur, Chennai, North by TVK Nagar, Northeast by

Sembium Sembium is a Neighbourhood in Chennai, near to Perambur and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India, located at an altitude of 9 m above mean sea level. Sembium was a municipality ( Sembium-Ay ...

, West by Periyar Nagar, East by

Perambur Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In Tamil language, Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo, and ''oor (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British Raj, B ...

, Southwest by Jawahar Nagar, South by Siruvallur and Southeast by

Neighborhoods

Kolathur, Agaram,

Ponniammanmedu Ponniammanmedu is a developing residential area and mid-segment locatlity in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Ponniammanmedu is governed under the Tiruvallur district. Facilities Schools Ponniammanmedu has several educa ...

, Periyar Nagar, Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar, Jawahar Nagar,

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and

are some of the important neighborhoods of Peravallur. Paper Mills road, KC Garden, SRP koil street (North) and Ram nagar streets are some of the important roads that connect nearby areas. SRP Colony, Balaji Nagar, Ram Nagar, Lakshmanan Nagar are some of the important subneighborhoods of Peravallur.

Place of Worship

Church

Risen Christ Church, which is located on Paper Mills road, Peravallur.

Temples

Athma Lingeswarar Temple, Peravallur

Sri Vaithiyanatha Athma Lingeswarar Thaiyal nayagi Amman temple, Peravallur. The oldest siva temples, also Siddhar temple near Chennai. The deity is a goddess, Sri Vaithiyanatha Athma Lingeswarar Thaiyal nayagi Amman. It is located very near, 2 km form Andarkuppam Murugan temple, also 8 km form Siruvapuri Shri Balasubramaniaswamy Temple.

Peravallur Chinthamani Vinayagar Temple

Peravallur Chinthamani Vinayagar Temple, which is controlled by

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state. The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 controls 36,425 ...

, is located on T. A. koil street.

Sri Thanthondri Amman Temple

Sri Thanthondri Amman Temple is located at T. A. Koil Street, Peravallur. It is one of the oldest temples in the area. The deity is a goddess, who originated directly from the land in the form of three erect stones, thus giving her the name 'Thanthondri'. Yearly, Aadi(tamil month) festival is conducted in the temple, and the festival lasts for approximately 20 days and the 'poo-midhi' practice at the final day. More than 1000 people take part in the festival and around 50,000 visitors visit the temple during the festival time.

Gallery

Political notability

Peravallur comes under

Kolathur (state assembly constituency) Kolathur State Assembly constituency () is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 13. It is also one of the six state legislative assembly constituen ...

and

Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency) Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 2 of 39. Formerly it was known as ''Madras North''. Assembly segments After 2009 After delimitation, Chennai ...