Perambur

Perambur is a neighbourhood in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is 4 km from Chennai Central station.

Perambur

Perambur
Neighborhood
Perambur
Perambur
Perambur
Coordinates: 13.10727°N 80.24448°E / 13.10727; 80.24448
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
MetroChennai
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600011
Vehicle registrationTN-05
Municipal bodyChennai Corporation
Ward Nos.51, 52, 53
LS constituencyChennai North
VS constituencyPerambur
MPDr. Kalanidhi Veerasamy, DMK
MLAR.D. Sekar, DMK

In Tamil, pirambu (பிரம்பு) means bamboo and ur (ஊர்) means city or place. Before British rule, this place was widely regarded as a place which was a bamboo forest, around the Huzur Gardens area, which currently houses the Simpsons Pvt. Ltd. This area was annexed to Chennai in 1742 AD.[1]

Perambur is a notable railway town in the Indian Railways landscape as it is home to the Vande Bharat Express, produced at the Integral Coach Factory located here and also the presence of Chennai Rail Museum,in addition to the railway station serving to decongest the Chennai Central station by serving as a major alighting point for long distance trains passing through or terminating in the city from the North-Western end. The Perambur railway station is considered as the oldest railway station in the city after Royapuram.[2]

During the 2015 floods when most areas of Chennai was stranded in water, Perambur was the safest place available in Chennai. The water level came down rapidly and the people had their normal life restored much faster than other places in Chennai.

Railways
Perambur Railway Station with view of Perambur Fly over

Perambur is served by three railway stations: Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. It is one of the earliest British settlements in Chennai, mainly because of the railway establishments during the 1850s. Perambur is noted for the largest presence of Anglo-Indians in Chennai (and arguably in South India) because of the erstwhile British settlements in and around Perambur, during the construction and running of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF[3]). The ICF is located only in Perambur with an ancillary unit in Kolkata in India. ICF, Chennai is also home to Vande Bharat Express also known as Train 18, the indigenously produced trainset of the Indian Railways. Perambur also houses the Chennai Rail Museum which has a large collection of vintage coaches, engines and a railway coach themed restaurant.

Perambur is one of the major railway hubs in Chennai because of ICF and due to express/super-fast trains stops. Perambur is the fifth largest station in Chennai in passenger volume after Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Tambaram and Mambalam.

Entertainment

Perambur has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai: Spectrum Mall.

It has a five-screen multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Sri Brinda Theatre and Sri Shanmuga Theatre is popular among cinema lovers. Perambur has many other cinema theatres such as Ganga Cinemas in Kolathur which is just 5 km away.

Parks
  • Perambur Flyover Park (Murasoli Maran Flyover Park).
  • Mahatma Gandhi Park, near Railway station.
  • Venus Park, Paper Mills road, Gopal colony.


Trees and Plants in Venus Park, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.


Perambur has Chennai's first disco waterpark — Murasoli Maran Membala Poonga — which is crowded on weekends.

Stadium

Perambur Railway Stadium is frequented for athletic events, annual sports meets and training sessions.

Railway Stadium, Southern Railways, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Neighbouring places

Perambur serves as an important link between the northern mofussils of Chennai to the rest of the Greater Chennai. The neighborhoods of Perambur are :

Streets and roads
Perambur bus stand

Some of the major connecting roads and streets include :

    • Paper Mills road,
    • Perambur High road,
    • Madhavaram High road,
    • Anandavelu street,
    • Venkatraman street,
    • Paddy Field road,
    • Patel road,
    • Thiruvengadam street,
    • Thulasingam street,
    • School road,
    • Meenakshi street,
    • Subramaniam street,
    • Kannabiran koil street,
    • Vasan street,
    • Saraswathi Square street,
    • Bharathi road,
    • Siruvallur High Road,
    • Foxen street,
    • Chinnaiyan Colony,
    • Beer shop Lane,
    • Rangasayee street,
    • Govardhan Das street,
    • Ballard street,
    • Mohamadian street,
    • Damodaran street,
    • Raghava street,
    • Sundara Vinayagar koil street,
    • Jagannathan Colony,
    • Carpenter street,
    • Neelam Garden street,
    • B.B. Road and
    • Bunder Garden streets.

Apart from these, Perambur also has a Road named after Robert Baden-Powell,[4] the founder of Scout Movement. The road is well known as BP road

Murasoli Maran Flyover

The rail over bridge connecting Perambur railway station with that Perambur Carriage Works had been a source of transportation discomfort because of its narrow pass and low road which used to flood during rain. In 1999 the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government decided to build a flyover along with nine others.

The work reached a halt when one of the columns started sinking. This led to the cost of the proposed flyover shoot from Rs.21 crore (210 million) to Rs 34 crore (340 million). Furthermore, DMK lost in the consecutive 2001 elections (although its ally Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) retained Perambur constituency) which led to a further stalemate for the project.[5] The flyovers became the centre of political debacle for the next five years. After DMK came back to power in 2006, it started working on the project once again, but this time with an even more shooting up of the proposed cost.

The flyover serves the people living in Perambur, Kolathur, T.V.K. Nagar, Periyar Nagar, Kumaran Nagar, Ayanavaram, Vinayagapuram, Madhavaram, Mathur and Kodungaiyur.

The flyover was constructed with different plan and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Mr. Karunanidhi and the then Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Stalin on 28 March 2010. The flyover serves to reduce the traffic congestion in and around North Chennai. It is 1.3 km in length and 13 meters high from the ground, and is one of the tallest bridges in Chennai after Kathipara, Guindy. The bridge consist of three levels, road below, rail in the middle and road again at the top.

Places of worship
The Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Perambur was consecrated in the year 1900
During the annual feast celebrations, flooded with lights ; 'Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine', Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in India.
'Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine', Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in India.
120 year old 'Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine', Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in India.
Annual Feast celebrations at Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine Chennai Tamil Nadu

Temples
  • Perambur Ayyappan Temple
  • Selva Vinayagar Temple, Kumaraswamy St
  • Thulukath Amman Thirukoil
  • Vinayagar Koil
  • Lakshmi Amman Koil
  • Pazhani Aandavar Koil
  • Kalasathaman koil
  • Muthu Mari Amman Koil
  • Ellaiamman Koil
  • Semmathamman koil
  • Shiva Vishnu Koil
  • BB road- Perumal koil
  • Venugopalan koil
  • Saibaba koil
  • Shri Ravieshwarar Koil, Vyasarpadi(Shri Vyasar Padiya Sthalam,Very Powerful Lord shiva )
  • Mani Sir Aashram
  • Lakshmi Amman Koil, M.T.H Road
  • Shri Venugopalaswamy temple, Perambur.

Buddhist temple
  • South India Buddha Vihar


Statue of Buddha, Buddhist temple, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.


Masjid
  • Rahmaniya Jumma Masjid.
  • Hidaya Masjid.
  • Fidayene Masjid.
  • Dargah Masjid.

Churches

Mosques
  • Rahmania Masjid,Madhavaram High Road, Perambur
  • Ansarul Islam Mosque, Tiruvallur St, Kennedy Square, Perambur
  • Fidayane Masjid, Sembiyan, Perambur
  • Masjid E Hussaini and Madarasa, Mohammaden St, Sembiyan, Perambur
  • Tahniyat Mosque, SRP Koil St N, Peravallur, Perambur
  • Masjid-e-Khalique, 3rd Circular St, Jawahar Nagar, Perambur
  • Masjid Al-Huda, 19th St, Periyar Nagar West, Perambur
  • Masjib E Rahmath, Kannivakkam, State Bank Colony, Perambur
  • Hazrat Syed Husain Shah Khadiri Mosque, 10/15, Park St, Gopal Colony, Perambur
  • Begum Shafia Mosque, Perambur High Rd, Desia Colony, Jamalia, Perambur
  • Jamalia Mosque and Arabic College,Perambur High Rd, Desia Colony, Jamalia, Perambur

Schools
  • Smt Chandabai Pagariya Jain Matriculation Higher Secondary School
  • Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matriculation Higher Secondary School
  • St. Mary's Matriculation Girls higher secondary school
  • St. Mary's Matriculation Boys higher secondary school
  • Chennai Corporation Higher Secondary School
  • Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's (DRBCCC) Higher Secondary School
  • Veera Savarkar Netaji Matriculation School
  • Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
  • Don Bosco Nursery and Primary School which with Savio Primary School is on the premises of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Gnanodhaya Vidhyalayam
  • Lourdes Girls Higher Secondary School
  • Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School
  • Begum Latheefunnisa Islamic Nursery and Primary School
  • Sacred Heart's Nursery and Primary School
  • St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School
  • St. Thomas Primary School
  • Jamalia Higher Secondary School
  • SKNS PMC Vivekananda Vidyalaya
  • Voc Vidiyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School
  • Periyar matriculation higher secondary school
  • SRI BALA VIDYALAYA (CBSE SCHOOL)
  • KRM Public School (CBSE school)

Hospitals
  • Sen Hospital
  • Cure Advanced Dental Care®
  • Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital
  • Jupiter Surgical Specialty Centre
  • Abhijay Hospital
  • Aruldoss Hospital
  • Eswari Hospital
  • Srinivas Priya Hospital
  • Aishwarya Hospital (child care)
  • Iyappa Diabetes Hospital
  • Vigneshwara Eye Hospital in Nelvayal road
  • Apple Hospital

Sub-neighborhoods
  • Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar
  • Thala Colony
  • Periyar Nagar
  • SRP Colony
  • Peravallur
  • Jawahar Nagar
  • Agaram
  • Ram Nagar
  • Ramana Nagar
  • Teed's Garden
  • Huzur Garden
  • Kennedy Square
  • Jaibhim Nagar
  • Maduma Nagar
  • State Bank Colony
  • Vellayan Market
  • Wadia Nagar
  • Mettupalayam
  • Jamaliya
  • Bunder Garden
  • Gopal Colony
  • Gopalapuram
  • Ramamurthy Colony
  • Chinnaiyan Colony
  • Kakanji Colony
  • Loco Scheme
  • Vettri Nagar
  • Venus
  • Kumaran Nagar
  • Perambur Barracks
  • Integral Coach Factory
  • GKM Colony
  • Mangalapuram
  • Southern Railway Quarters
  • Siruvallur
  • Sembium
  • Kolathur
  • B.B.Road
  • Neelam Garden

Location

References
  1. "Acquisition of Neighbouring Villages of Madras". Corporation of Chennai.
  2. Madhavan, D. (3 April 2013). "Perambur railway station to get more entrances, shelters, lights". Chennai. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. "Integral Coach Factory". icf.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. "Lord Baden Powell biography -". Biography Online. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. "Stalin's appointment fuels hope on Perambur flyover". Chennai, India.
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