Agaram

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Agaram
Neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 13°06′37″N80°13′53″E / 13.11025°N 80.23147°E / 13.11025; 80.23147
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600082
Telephone code	044
Planning agency	CMDA
City	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	North Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kolathur
Civic agency	Greater Chennai Corporation

Agaram is a neighbourhood of Perambur and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Anandan Park, Agaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

Agaram is located near Kolathur, Chennai, Peravallur and is in Perambur. It is well connected by train and bus transport. It is very close to Perambur Loco Works Railway Station and Moolakadai Junction and Retteri Junction.

Neighbouring Areas

Neighbourhoods nearby include:

• Periyar Nagar,
• Peravallur,
• Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar,
• Jawahar Nagar,
• Villivakkam,
• and Sembiyan.

Kolathur, Chennai is a neighbouring state legislative assembly constituency.

Roads and Streets

Roads and streets near Agaram include:

• Jawahar Nagar main roads.
• Paper Mills road.
• Sundararaja Perumal koil street. ^[1]
• Sundararaja Perumal koil street (North) ^[2]
• Sundararaja Perumal koil street (South) ^{[3] [ clarification needed ]}
• Kanakar street. ^[4]
• Ballard street.
• Moorthy street. ^[5]
• Palavayal street.
• Chidambaram street.
• and Thanthoni Amman koil street. ^[6]

Transport

Bus transport

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) buses go across Agaram, to and fro the places mentioned above. The following are also well connected with road transport facilities: Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Central railway station and Chennai Egmore railway station.

Rail transport

Some railway stations that are near Agaram include:

• Perambur Carriage Works railway station,
• Perambur railway station,
• Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M. G. Ramachandran Central railway station,
• and Chennai Egmore railway station.

Places of Worship

Temples

• Shri Sundararaja Perumal (SRP) temple.

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  Shri Sundararaja Perumal Temple Tower backed by blue sky, Agaram, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  Shri Sundararaja Perumal Temple Tower, Agaram, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. India.

Some temples include:

• Shri Thanthontri Amman temple,
• Shri Kothandaramasamy temple,
• Shri Radha Rukmani sametha Kannabiran temple,
• Shri Brahmapureeshwarar temple,
• Shri Prasanna Venugopalaswamy temple,
• Shri Prasanna Vinayagar temple,
• Shri Mahalakshmi Amman temple,
• and Shri Prasanna Balasubramaniya swamy temple. ^[7]

References

1. Fort Saint George Gazette. Madras (India : State). 1964. p. 26. ...west of Sundararaja Perumal koil streets in sub zones 5 and 7...
2. Sreshty, A.M.O. (1988). "Sundararaja Perumal koil streets". Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets. Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications. p. A-102.
3. Sreshty, A.M.O. (1988). "Sundararaja Perumal koil streets". Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets. Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications. p. 46.
4. Sreshty, A.M.O. (1988). "Kanakar street". Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets. Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications. p. 46.
5. "Coronavirus in Chennai: Here's the list of 230 spots that Chennai has removed from its containment zone list". Free Press Journal. 22 May 2020.
6. Sreshty, A.M.O. (1988). Corporation of Madras: Divisions and Streets. Geethalakshmi Commercial Law Publications. p. 46.
7. "Agaram Locality Map, Chennai". Mapsofindia.com. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2016.