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Pallavaram Lake (or Pallavaram periya eri, literally meaning 'big lake'), once a sprawling water body covering about 189 acres, has shrunk to a small patch on the lines of a pond on one side and a hillock of garbage on the other. The dumping of garbage from all the 42 wards of the Pallavaram Municipality for nearly a decade is the main reason ...
1988: Periyar Science Park is formed. Birla Planetarium is built. Madras Corporation's tercentenary is celebrated. Decentralisation of administration occurs. 10 circles are formed. 1990: Sundaram Medical Foundation is established. 1995: Australia opens its consulate. [87] 1996: City of Madras is renamed as Chennai.
St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram is a cantonment located in the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Located in Chengalpattu district, it includes some prominent places like the St.Thomas Mount itself, which is a sacred place of Christians where St. Thomas was believed to be martyred, the Anna International Airport and the Officers Training Academy and part of Pallavaram ...
Keelkattalai enjoys a well connected road network to major hubs in the city through two arterial roads connecting namely the Medavakkam Main Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road (SH 109). The area is served well by buses serviced by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) to major locations inside the city.
Pallavaram taluk is a taluk in Greater Chennai City, formed from the bifurcation of Alandur taluk in 2015. It also included some areas from Sriperumbudur Taluk . Its headquarters are in the town of Pallavaram near Pallavaram–Thuraipakkam Radial Road .
During the 17th century, Pallavaram neighborhood of the city remained dependent upon the Portuguese colony of San Thome. Later, the British established a cantonment at Pallavaram, supplementary to the one at St. Thomas Mount. A wireless station was established in the early years of the 20th century. The Madras Aerodrome was opened at Pallavaram ...
The best examples of Mahendra group of monuments are the cave temples at Mandagapattu, Pallavaram and Mamandur. The second group of rock cut monuments belongs to the Mamalla group from 630 to 668 AD. During this period free-standing monolithic shrines called ratha s (chariots) were constructed alongside pillared halls.
The Pallavaram Lakes are well encroached by getting the green signal of authorities right from Collector to VAOs. They are directly involved in destroying the lakes and encouraging the Water mafias to make drinking water as commodities. Kanchipuram Collector is the main person behind this along with Pallavaram Municipal commissioner and ...