Thiruninravur

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Thirunindravur is a neighbourhood situated on the western part of

The name Thiruninravur comes from the Tamil words Thiru, nindra and vur. The Tamil word Thiru represents the name for the Hindu god Perumal. Nindra refers to stood and vur refers to a village or a place. It is said that Lakshmi was travelling through the sky and saw this beautiful village and stood here; she wondered how beautiful is this village. Thus the place came to be known as Thiru-ninra-vur, the village where Lakshmi-Narayana stood. Here there are two ancient temples which are written in the history of Tamil literature. As moonlight comes on to the temple Gopura it is special for many occasions.

This location is also the home town of Pusalar, the Nayanar saint.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census, Thiruninravur had a population of 37095. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thirunindravur has an average literacy rate of 91%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 95%, and female literacy is 88.6%.

Famous places

Thiruninravur is famous for

The Tamil Nadu Highways department issued a GO[2] on 4 October 2013 to extending the entire Chennai - Tirutani highway to 6 lanes at a cost of 168 Cr. The first phase will involve extending the road to 4 lanes - 100 ft with center median and encroachments have already started to be removed.^[3] Residents and Resident welfare associations have welcomed this move.^{[citation needed]}.

Colleges and schools

• Government Higher Secondary School, Gomatipuram
• Amutha Matriculation School
• Hindu College
• Jaya Engineering College
• Jaya College of Arts and Science
• Jaya College of Pharmacy
• Jaya Teacher Training Institute
• Jaya Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Jaya Matriculation Higher Secondary school (Krishna Puram)
• Grace Park Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• St.John's Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Angel Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Oxford Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Oxford Public School
• Dasar Higher Secondary school
• Claret Matriculation Higher Secondary school
• Vivekananda Matriculation School.

Area developments

The new Tidel Park Phase II is the main highlight and new landmark near to this city.

References

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