Tiruvottiyur (also called Thiruvotriyur or 'TVT') is located within the city premises of Chennai. It is located to the north of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. Due to its proximity to Parrys and Chennai Central, it is fast becoming a sought after residential destination. Tiruvottiyur which is one of the oldest habitations by the sea, has a diverse residential population due to the industrial units, trading activity and nearby fishing hamlets.

History

Thiruvottiyur was widely inhabited even before Chennai was formed. Thiruvottiyur is home to the ancient Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur (one of the Paadal Petra Sthalangal and amongst the great Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu) and location of the samādhi

Samadhi

Samadhi in Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna. In the yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali....

 of saint Pattinathar

Pattinathar

Saint Pattinathar was a Saivaite and a Spiritual leader.He was born to Sivanesa chetty and Gnanakalai. His father was a trader in Tiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur district. His birth name was Swetharanyar after as epithet of Lord Siva of Swetharanyeswarar Temple. He was also called as Thiruvenkadar by...

. This temple was visited by many saints and poets like Appar, Sundarar, Gnana Sambandhar, Thyagayyar

Tyagaraja

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam , colloquially known as Tyāgarājar and Tyagayya was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music or classical South Indian music. He, along with his contemporaries Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Shastry, forms the Trinity of Carnatic music...

, Vallalar

Arutprakasa Vallalar Chidambaram Ramalinga Swamigal

Arutprakasa Vallalar Chidambaram Ramalingam , whose pre-monastic name was Ramalingam, is commonly known in India and across the world as Vallalar...

, Valmiki

Valmiki

Valmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...

, Kambar

Kambar

Kambar was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Tamil Ramayanam known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of Ramayana. Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil such as Erezhupathu,Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam and Sarasvati Anthati.-Life:Kambar belonged to the Ochchan or Occhan...

, Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (IAST: pronounced , (Sanskrit: , ) (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as ' and ' was an Indian philosopher from Kalady of present day Kerala who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta...

 etc. Kamba Ramayanam was composed here at Thyagaraja Swamy Vadivudaiamman Temple, before it was recited at Sri Rangam, Trichy

Geography

Tiruvottiyur is located at 13.16°N 80.3°E. Its an esplanade

Esplanade

An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress' guns...

 located on the shores of Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...

.It also has the legendary Royal Enfield Manufacturing unit. The sea encroachment was a major problem for the fishermen before building of Groynes was started in 2004. The groynes, put up over a length of four km, vary in length from 165–300 metres each. Their height is four meters above the mean sea level. After a few years some acres has been reclaimed with the formation of a beach as predicted.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Tiruvottiyur had a population of 211,768. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tiruvotriyur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 71%. In Tiruvottiyur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

During 2001-2011, the population of Tiruvottiyur rose to 248,059, registering a decadal growth of 17 percent.

Schools / Colleges

Top Rated

• Our Lady Higher Secondary School (State 1st SSLC in 2010)
• Dharam Hinduja Matric Higher Secondary School
• Sri Sankara Vidya Kendra Matriculation Higher Sec School
• Sri Ram Dayal Khemkha Vivekananda Vidyalaya Junior College - CBSE School
• Revoor Padmanabha Matric Hr. Sec. School
• Kavi Bharathi Vidyalaya
• Vellayan Chettiyar Hr. Sec. School
• St Pauls Hr. Sec. School
• Duvara Matriculation School
• Sri Mahaveer jain Hr. Sec. School

• Sri Sathya Sai Vidyalaya
• Nehru Mat. Hr. Sec. School
• Auxilium Nursery School
• Shebha Convent & mat.hr.sec.school
• Saraswathi Vidyalaya
• Jayagopal Garodia Hr. Sec. School
• Vivekananda Matriculation School
• St.Thomas Matriculation School
• Mallikarjuna Matriculation School
• Rukmani Vidyalaya Matric Hr. Sec. School
• Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation School

• Ramakrishna Polytechnic College (KCP Group)
• Kumaran I.T.I

Banks

• Bank of Baroda
• Canara Bank
• HDFC Bank
• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank
• State Bank of India
• Central Bank of India
• Punjab Bank
• ING Vysa Bank
• AXIS Bank
• City Union Bank
• Kanchepuram Bank
• Manappuram Finance Gold Loan

ATMs

• Axis Bank
• Canara Bank
• ICICI Bank
• Bank of Borada
• State Bank of India
• HDFC Bank
• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank
• ING Vysya
• City Union Bank

Nearest Places within 10 km

• New Washermanpet
• Tondiarpet
• Old Washermanpet
• Mint
• Royapuram
• HighCourt
• Central
• Manali
• Ennore
• Moolaikadai via Bypass Road

Transport

Thiruvottiyur Depot Formed in 15-12-1975 in AJAX. Buses are operated to all over chennai. Roads widening projects were delayed For a long time, from Kaladipet to Theradi and further. Traffic congestion is common in Theradi during peak hours.

Service Types:

Ordinary services,
'M' Services,
Limited stop services,
Express services,
Deluxe services,
Volvo A/C services,
Circular services,
Night Services.

Route Information:
http://www.mtcbus.org/

• From Tambaram frequent services of 1B buses are available.
• From Ponnamelle frequent services of 101 buses are available (including night service).
• From Central: 1,1A, 1B, 1C, 1G, 1J, 101, 28, M28, M28D
• From High Court & Broadway 44, 56P, PP56D (to Manali, via TVT railway station, will not touch Ajax or Theradi)
• From Mint: 138A, 28, 38, 34, 56, 56A, 28B, 159A, 159
• From CMBT 159-A (including night service), 15B Extension
• From Egmore: 28, M28, 28A.

Other Buses: 157 to Redills, 19G Extension to Kovalam, M28D to T Nagar.

• Railway Station: Tiruvottiyur (Tondiarpet - V.O.C.Nagar - Tiruvottiyur - Wimco Nagar - Kathivakkam)

Politics

Thiruvottiyur assembly constituency is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Formerly it was known as Madras North.-Assembly segments:-1971 Delimitation :...

. It is one of the biggest area in the Chennai-North Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 constituency.

List of Member of Legislative Assembly(MLA)'s from Thiruvottiyur:

Assembly	Name	Party	Time Period
14th Assembly	K. Kuppan	ADMK	From May 14, 2011 to till date
13th Assembly	K.P.P. Samy	DMK	12.5.2006 to 13.5.2011
12th Assembly	A.Arumugam	ADMK	14.5.2001 to 11.5.2006
11th Assembly	T.C.Vijayan	DMK	13.5.1996 to 14.5.2001
10th Assembly	K. Kuppan	ADMK	24.6.1991 to 13.5.1996
9th Assembly	T.K.Palanichamy	DMK	27.1.1989 to 30.1.1991

Transport

Tiruvottiyur is connected to the other parts of Chennai and its suburb through both roadways and railways.

• Roadways

Tiruvottiyur is one of the terminuses of metropoliton transport corporation. The buses ply to various spots of Chennai and its suburbs. There is a bus depot in Tiruvottiyur.

• Railways

Tiruvottiyur is located at the Chennai Central - Gummidipoondi suburban line of Chennai. The number of train services in this route are quite frequent.

METRO RAILS

Recently Thiruvotriyur has become one of the Metro train stations. Initially it was announced that the Metro itself will start from Thiruvotriyur, but due to some uncited issues the Metro origin was supposed to be from Washermenpet. This was shifted back to Thiruvottiyur after protests by residents.

Entertainment

Cinema 10km

• Theaters
• IDREAMS
• M.M Theater
• Agastya Theater
• Maharani Theater
• MSM Theater
• Odion Mani Theater
• Srinivasa theater.

Beach

• Marina
• Thiruvottiyur Ramakrishna Nagar Beach
• SandBar
• N4

Places of Worship

Sri Thyagarajasaamy Udanurai Sree Vadivudai Amman Temple

Sri Agatheeswarar temple

Sri Ponniamman Temple (Jeevanlal Nagar Residential)

Sir Vinayagar Temple (Jeevanlal Nagar Residential)

Sri Varadharaja Perumal temple

Sri Ellaiamman temple

Sri Dhandumariamman temple

Sri Egavalli amman temple

Sri Thulukanathu amman temple

Sri Sai Baba temple

Sri Pattinathar temple

Sri Iyappan temple

Sri Alayam Amarntha Amman

Sri Apparsamy temple and many more hindu shrines

Mosque near Thiruvottiyur Market

Mosque near Wimco

Mosque in Thangal

CSI Church in Thangal