Ayanavaram | |
Other Name: | Ayanpuram |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Ayanavaram (Chennai) |
Coordinates: | 13.0986°N 80.2337°Whttps://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ayanavaram&params=13_05_55.0_N_80_14_01.3_E_type:city_region:IN-TN |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chennai |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Chennai |
Governing Body: | Greater Chennai Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 55 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 600023 |
Registration Plate: | TN-01 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | CMDA |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Greater Chennai Corporation |
Ayanpuram or Ayanavaram is a neighbourhood in Chennai,[1] [2] India. Konnur High Road (Ayanavaram road), one of the important connecting roads in Chennai runs through Ayanavaram.
The neighbourhood was originally known as Ayanpuram, with Ayan meaning Brahma. When Lord Muruga admonished Brahma and took over creation, it is believed that Brahma prayed to Shiva here and got his action of creativity back. It is believed that Brahma worshipped Shiva at Parasurama Easwaran Koil. It is in recognition of that Ayanpuram is named. (It was also called Brahmapuri).
Main roads that pass through the neighbourhood include Konnur High Road, Pilkington Road, Constable Road, Anderson Road, Loco Works Road, Carriage Works Road, Ayanavaram Road, Medavakkam Tank Road, and Phipps Road. The neighbourhood is served by the Ayanavaram bus depot. It a terminus which is attached with a depot for maintenance of buses.
The neighbourhood is served by Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works, Perambur Loco Works, and Villivakkam railway stations.
There is a medical facility viz., ESIS Hospital in Ayanavaram.[3]
The Jeeva park in Unitied India colony in Ayanvavaram is with the statue of Sarvajña who was a sixteenth-century poet in the Kannada language. statue has been unveiled by the then Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa in a ceremony that was presided over by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi. The statue is installed in the park in reciprocation of installing statue of Tiruvalluvar in Karnataka.
Parasuramalingeswarar Temple,[4] Kasiviswanathar Temple[5] and Kariyamanikka Perumal Temple[6] [7] are situated in Ayanavaram. These three temples are maintained under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Government of Tamil Nadu.[8] [9]