ADAMBAKKAM

'Adambakkam' (Tamil:
ஆதம்பாக்கம்) is a suburb of Chennai, a city situated on the east coast of the southern India. It is a thickly populated suburb flanking the railway line, close to the St. Thomas Mount Railway Station, Chennai. Adambakkam is surrounded by suburbs such as Alandur, Madipakkam, Nanganallur and Velachery. The residents mostly belong to the middle and upper middle classes. Unlike many other suburbs in Chennai, this place has more individual houses rather than apartments and so it makes an ideal residential place. In the past few years there had been acute water problems which was historically very rare to this locality. Mainly because this area had been a lake area and so it was never short of ground water and yearly rainfall was catering to the water needs to the residents. This is one of the localities in Chennai which has come up without much planning contribution from Municipality for a long time. Lately this place has been blessed with underground drainage, relayed roads and surprisingly broad band connection as well.
Adambakkam has many sub-localities, such as AGS Colony, Bhagyammal Nagar, Brindavan Nagar, EB Colony, New Colony, NGO Colony, Ramakrishnapuram, and others. Ramakrishnapuram connects Brindavan Nagar and Kakkan Nagar via Kakkan Bridge. Adambakkam post office is located in Ramakrishnapuram locality.

Contents

Geography

Culture

Local facilities

Bank

Hospitals

Transport

Education

References

External links

Geography

Adambakkam is located at ^[1]. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (26 feet). Adambakkam is a low-lying area and light rains lead to water-logging.The residents are some of the richest communities of Chennai, the house hold income is one of the highest in the city with most houses owning a car.

Culture

Adambakkam (also referred as AdamCity) has a population with diverse cultures where eminent Christians, Hindus, and Muslims co-exist. Prominent church is St. Mary's Church in Brindavan nagar. Prominent Hindu temples are the
Devi Nagamuthu Mariamman temple in EB Colony, Lord Subramanya temple in Brindavan Nagar, Bhuvaneshwari Amman temple in Andal Nagar and Nandeeswarar temple near St. Thomas Mount railway station. Besides, Chennai's only Viswaroopa Sarvamangala Shaneeswara Bhagawan sannidhi is located inside Devi Nagamuthu Mariamma temple. Prominent Mosque is the one in 'Masudhi theru' behind Adambakkam police station.
Other temples:

★ Pazhandi Amman Koil (Near St.Thomas Railway Station)

★ The Sundara Vinayagar temple in N.G.O. colony.

★ Sri Varasidhi Vinayagar Koil (opposite to Adambakkam Police Station).

★ Sri Karpaga Vinayagar Temple and Sri Rukmani Pandruranga Temple in Shanthi Nagar.

★ Ayyappan temple in E. B. Colony.

★ Putrru (Snake) temple (புற்றுக்கொயில்) along the Velachery lake in E. B. Colony.

Local facilities

Bank

The banks that serve the Adambakkam community are

★ State Bank of India, Alandur branch

★ Indian Overseas Bank, Adambakkam and Brindavan nagar branches

★ MCC Bank, Brindavan nagar branch

★ HDFC (only ATM)

★ UTI (Only ATM)

Hospitals

★ S P Hospital

Transport

There is very high two-wheeler traffic in Adambakkam. The residents are served by the bus numbers 9M,51P,51R,51N,M14 of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Bus routes connecting Madipakkam, Medavakkam areas to the City which ply through this area also caters to commuting. The St. Thomas Railway Station, part of the Chennai suburban railway serves the city's railway commuters. During the next phase of the elevated Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) railway project, the existing line, which currently terminates at Velachery will be extended to St. Thomas Mount station. This will aid faster transportation of passengers from Adambakkam and adjacent localities to eastern parts of Chennai.

Education

Adambakkam has both public (government run) and private schools teaching students from kindergarten to high school. Notable schools are,

★ Mount Christian Matriculation Higher Secondary School(MCMHSS) (now taken up by St.Brittos Academy)

★ G.K.Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School [1] located in Brindavan Nagar.

★ Vyasa Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School (located near Puzhuthivakkam Bus Stand)

★ DAV School located in AGS colony.

★ St.Brittos Academy.

★ Indra Gandhi Matriculation School

★ Little Flower School

★ Unity Public School

★ New Prince Mt.School
ANNA I.A.S Academy, the premier training center for Civil service aspirants is also located in this suburb. ANNA I.A.S academy was founded by Prof. M.F.Khan, one of the prominent educationalist & social service activist.

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Adambakkam

External links

★ Chennai Online - Woes of Adambakkam residents

★ The Hindu - Birth centenary of Adambakkam Gandhi

★ The Hindu Images - Adambakkam
ANNA I.A.S Academy, the premier traning centers for civil service asparints. Founded by Prof. M.F.Khan.