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Kodambakkam
Coordinates: 13.0481N 80.2214E

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Kodambakkam is a residential neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The neighbourhood is

served by Kodambakkam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Kodambakkam has Kodambakkam
a high concentration of film studios and has been known for its status as the hub of the Tamil film neighbourhood
industry.

Contents
1 Location
2 History
3 Infrastructure
4 Religion
5 Film industry
6 Localities Rail over - bridge at Kodambakkam
7 Location in Context
8 Photo gallery
9 Notes
10 External links

Location
Kodambakkam is situated at 13.0481 N latitude and 80.2214 E longitude. It is one of the westerly located
neighbourhoods of Chennai city. It is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Nungambakkam to the east and
West Mambalam and T. Nagar to the south. It is bounded by Vadapalani to the west and K. K. Nagar and
Ashok Nagar to the south-west.

Kodambakkam is located at a distance of 8 kilometres from Fort St. George.

History

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The neighbourhood of Kodambakkam has a history going back to about 2,000 years. During the period of
the Pallavas and the Later Cholas, the western part of Kodambakkam formed a portion of the historically
important temple town of Vadapalani. One of the oldest temples in Kodambakkam is the Bharthukesavar
temple which is over 500 years old.

Present-day Kodambakkam originated in the 17th and 18th centuries AD, when it supposedly served as
source for the horses of the stable of the Nawab of the Carnatic. It is believed that the name
"Kodambakkam" itself might have been derived from the Urdu word Ghoda Bagh meaning "garden of
horses". Another version says that "Kodambakkam" derives its name from "Karkodagan Pakkam".
Karkodagan is the name of a famous snake in Hindu mythology. It is said that the snake worshiped Lord
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Shiva here. There is still a temple for Lord Shiva by the name Vengeeshwarar in Kodambakkam. Several
sculptures and images of the snake Karkodagan can be seen in the temple, even today.

Under the British, Kodambakkam was administered as a municipality in Chingleput district till the
draining of the Long Tank in 1921, when Kodambakkam was incorporated into the Madras city and
formed the Kodambakkam-Saligrammam-Puliyur district of Greater Madras along with other localities to
the west of the now extinct Long Tank, with a population of 497 people in 1939. Kodambakkam also
played an important role in the Anti-Hindi agitations of 1938 when Maraimalai Adigal presided over a
conference denouncing the imposition of Hindi in the Madras Presidency on June 3, 1938.[1] Show map of Chennai
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The first movie studio was established by Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar in 1948. Since then, a number of Show map of India
other movie studios have been established, notable among them being L. V. Prasad Studios and Vijaya Show all
Vauhini studios. Liberty theater which was the oldest movie theater in Chennai was based here too, it was Coordinates: 13.0481N 80.2214E
the place to be seen in the 1950s for movie premieres. However, the theater been demolished in the year
2010 and been replaced by a hotel and condosl Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District
Infrastructure Metro
Chennai District
Chennai
Zone ZONE 10 - Kodambakkam Zone
The neighbourhood got one of the city's first flyovers in 1967.[2] It is 623 m long and 12.8 m wide and Ward Ward No. 127,130,131,133,134
connects the localities of K. K. Nagar, Vadapalani, and Ashok Nagar.
Talukas Mambalam Taluk

Religion Government
Body Chennai Corporation
There are old temples dedicated to Lord Shiva namely Vengeeswarar Temple and Bharadvajeswarar Languages
(Valeswarar) Temple belonging to 13th Century built during Chola Period. Official Tamil

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Film industry Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

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Kodambakkam is the centre of the Tamil film industry known as Kollywood, a portmanteau of Lok Sabha Chennai South
Kodambakkam and Hollywood. A. V. M. Studios established by Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar was the first constituency
movie studio to be established in Vadapalani-Kodambakkam. The Vijaya Vauhini Studios was established Vidhan Sabha Theagarayanagar (T Nagar)
a little later followed by Prasad Labs in 1974. Today, many Tamil movie studios are located in and around constituency
Kodambakkam. Planning CMDA
agency
Residences of many film and television stars are located in and around Kodambakkam due to proximity to Civic agency Chennai Corporation
the movie studios. A film directors' colony situated in Kodambakkam is the home of many Tamil film
directors and producers. Website www.chennai.tn.nic.in
(http://www.chennai.tn.nic.in)
Indian music director A.R.Rahman's house and his AM Studios is located in the same street, as is the KM
Music Conservatory, the music conservatory founded by him.

Localities
Some of the important localities of Kodambakkam include:

Rangarajapuram
Trustpuram
United India Colony
Vishwanthapuram

Location in Context

Photo gallery

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Kodambakkam Railway Sunset at

Station Kodambakkam

Notes
1. "A Chronology of Anti-Hindi Agitations in Tamil Nadu, India" 2. Hemalatha, Karthikeyan (5 July 2013). "OMR, Alandur: Alandur is
(https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075305/http: worst yet has brightest future" (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default
//www.tamiltribune.com/03/0101-anti-hindi-agitation-history.html). /Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&
Tamil Tribune. Archived from the original (http://www.tamiltribune.com Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/07/05&PageLabel=4&
/03/0101-anti-hindi-agitation-history.html) on 2010-07-30. EntityId=Ar00403&ViewMode=HTML). The Times of India. Chennai:
The Times Group. Retrieved 6 Jul 2013.

External links
Neighbourhood Newspaper in kodambakkam http://arcotroadtalk.in

Entertainment for kids in kodambakkam http://riyatoyslibrary.com

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