Tiruvottiyūr (India)

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Name (Latin)
Tiruvottiyūr (India)
Other forms of name
Tiruvattiyūr (India)
Tiruvor̤r̤iyūr (India)
Coordinates
80.3 80.3 13.16666667 13.16666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
India
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 140794076
Wikidata: Q265743
Library of congress: n 85289553
Sources of Information
  • BGN, 2/14/86(Tiruvottiyūr; ppl., 13°09ʹN, 80°18ʹE; variant: Tiruvattiyūr)
  • Krishna Murty, C. Saiva art and architecture in South India, c1985:introd. (Tiruvor̤r̤iyur, town near Madras)
  • BGN, 2/14/86(Tiruvottiyūr; ppl., 13p0s09ʹN, 80p0s18ʹE; variant: Tiruvattiyūr)

Wikipedia description:

Tiruvottriyur (TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai, administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is part of the Tondiarpet division, located to the north of Chennai. It is one of the fifteen administrative zones in the Greater Chennai Corporation. The zone is called Zone 1 (Tiruvottriyur). Tiruvottriyur has industrial units, trading activity, and nearby fishing hamlets. The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses from across the city and has a bus terminus. The area is also served by the Tiruvottiyur railway junction of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the neighbourhood had a population of 249,446.

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