Tiruvallur is a Town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is located on the banks of Coovum river about 45 km (28 mi) from downtown Chennai (Madras) in the western part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA). It is a satellite town of Chennai and the administrative headquarters of Tiruvallur District. The town is known for the Veeraraghava Swamy Temple, one of the 108 sacred shrines of Vaishnavites. The tank festival is held at a pond near this temple. A Shiva temple near this shrine which is popular among the locals. There is also a 40-foot (12 m) tall Viswaroopa Panchamukha Hanuman temple, where the murti is made of a single green granite stone.
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Poondi reservoir, from which drinking water is drawn to Chennai city, is about 9 km (5.6 mi) from Tiruvallur. The neighborhood is served by Tiruvallur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the town had a population of 54416.
It is a developing suburb in the western part of Chennai and forms part of Chennai's metropolitan expansion.
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Towns around Tiruvallur
- Vengattūr5.5 km SE
- Tinnanūr13 km E
- Tirumeshi19 km SE
- Srīperumbūdūr20 km S
- Avadi22 km E
- Vīrarāghavapuram23 km E
- Reddipālaiyam23 km E
- Kavanur24 km SE
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