Chetpet (Chennai)
Chetpet is a neighbourhood in the Indian city of Chennai It is served by the Chetpet railway station in the Beach–Tambaram line of Chennai Suburban Railway. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the last surviving natural water bodies in the city. It is the locality in Chennai where the mathematician Ramanujan died.
History
Along with Egmore and Nungambakkam, Chetpet is considered one of the original villages merged by the British to form Chennai.
Development
Until recently, the waters of Chetpet lake supplied groundwater recharge for the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Location – Chetpet
Chetpet is located at the center of Chennai, not far from Egmore railway station. CMBT is 8 km from Chetpet.Chetpet Eco Park is a famous landmark in this loacality. The Karukatthaman Koil is one of the temples in the locality inaugurated on July 12th 1924.
Landmarks
- Dr. Guruswamy Bridge - It connects Chetpet to Kilpauk and the EVR Periyar Road to the north.
- SDAT Ground - The main ground for the Sports Development Authority Of Tamil Nadu
- Chetpet Bridge - Bridge connecting Chetpet to Nungambakkam to the south.
- Sankaralayam - A wedding hall inaugurated on 29th March 1995.
- Chetpet Lake & Eco Park - Chetpet Lake, the only remaining water body of the Spur Tank that dominated the area till the 1970's, was in a bad state until it was saved by the government in May of 2012. Along with this, an Ecological Park was created on its shores attracting many tourists to the neighbourhood.
- The Malayalee Club - A club for Malayalis established here in 1897.
- Madras Christian College - A Famous college in Harrington Road.
Educational institutions
- Auxilium Girls Higher Secondary School
- Lady Andal Venkata Subba Rao Matriculation School
- Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
- Madras Christian College Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
- Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School
- The Madras Seva Sadan Higher Secondary School
- Union Christian Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Chinmaya Vidyalaya Harrington Road
Gallery
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Chetpet village in 1905 -
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Chetpet View
Location in context
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chetput.
- ^ "Squaring the circle". The Hindu. Vol. 132, no. 102. 23 April 2006. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ History of Chennai
- ^ Nungambakkam
- ^ Dinamalar.com "சென்னையும் சிவப்பு நிற கட்டடங்களும்"
- ^ Lakshmi, K. (30 April 2009). "Hyacinth robbing Chetpet lake of life". The Hindu. Vol. 132, no. 102. p. 3. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
