Selaiyur

Selaiyur
சேலையூர்
city
Selaiyur
Coordinates: 12°56′N 80°08′E / 12.93°N 80.14°E / 12.93; 80.14Coordinates: 12°56′N 80°08′E / 12.93°N 80.14°E / 12.93; 80.14
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanchipuram
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Selaiyur is a suburb near Tambaram, Chennai (Madras). This suburb is located on the Tambaram - Velachery Road. Once upon a time, this place was called as Silaiyur.[1] Neighbouring towns include Tambaram, Madambakkam, Rajakilpakkam, Sembakkam, Chitlapakkam and Medavakkam. it has the airforce station and serves dwellings for most of the retired airforce families and there are mixed of people like north Indians, andhraites, keralites etc...

Hindu Temples

Selaiyur Tank

Selaiyur has an ancient temple tank in its midst. This tank belonged to the nearby Perumal temple. It is said that a record, 400 years ago by Chola king Thribhuvana Chakravarthy Vijaykanda Gopalan states that the tank belonged to the Perumal temple.[2]

Transport

Selaiyur is well connected by MTC. The nearest railway station is 3 kilometres away at Tambaram. The nearest airport is Chennai International Airport at Meenambakkam. The main mode of transport and conveyance are buses and share-autos. The following buses ply towards Camp Road. Camp Road is the main junction in the locality where many important banks like SBI, HDFC, AXIS are situated.

List of buses from Tambaram East

Hindu Temples

Education

References

  1. Selaiyur - the Home of Idols
  2. Selaiyur - The Ancient Tank
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