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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Kolapakkam
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|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Porur]], [[Mugalivakkam]], Madhanandhapuram, [[Gerugambakkam]], [[Kovur, Chennai|Kovur]], [[Moulivakkam]], [[Pammal]], [[Anakaputhur]] and [[Meenambakkam]]
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|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency|Kancheepuram]]
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|blank6_name_sec1 = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
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|website = https://kancheepuram.nic.in
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'''Kolapakkam''' is a neighbourhood in [[Kanchipuram district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BAwAQAAIAAJ&q=Kolapakkam |title=Indian Affairs Annual |date=2005 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=978-81-7835-529-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=India Superintendent of Census Operations Madras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7Y-LGvEuDMC&q=Kolapakkam |title=District Census Handbook |date=1964 |publisher=Director of Stationery and Print. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Tamil Nadu (India) Public Elections Department |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5eNAAAAMAAJ&q=Kolapakkam |title=Handbook of Electoral Areas: Chingleput District |date=1969 |publisher=Director of Stationery and Print., Tamil Nadu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=DT Next Bureau |title=This stretch of Adyar river bund is a dumpyard that no one cares about |url=https://www.dtnext.in/city/2023/01/27/this-stretch-of-adyar-river-bund-is-a-dumpyard-that-no-one-cares-about |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=DT next |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=The Hindu Bureau |date=2022-12-01 |title=Water Resources Department draws up ambitious plans to mitigate flooding in areas downstream of Porur lake |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/water-resources-department-draws-up-ambitious-plans-to-mitigate-flooding-in-areas-downstream-of-porur-lake/article66210045.ece |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=The Hindu Bureau |date=2023-01-31 |title=Upper reaches of Adyar river continue to remain easy target for dumping waste |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/upper-reaches-of-adyar-river-continue-to-remain-easy-target-for-dumping-waste/article66454887.ece |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author =DC Correspondent |date=2022-08-26 |title=Intruding structures to be removed from the flight path |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/260822/intruding-structures-to-be-removed-from-the-flight-path.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

Kolapakkam is located at an altitude of about 42 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|13.0101|N|80.1492|E}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoHack - Kolapakkam |url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kolapakkam&params=13.0101_N_80.1492_E_type:city_region:IN |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=geohack.toolforge.org}}</ref>

[[Agasteeswarar Temple, Kolapakkam|Agastheeswarar Temple]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arulmigu Agatheeshwarar and Kariyamanikka Perumal Temple, Kolappakkam - 600128, Kancheepuram District [TM001762]., Agatheeswarar, Anadhavalli |url=https://hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/index_temple.php?tid=1762 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=hrce.tn.gov.in}}</ref> and Dharmaraja Temple<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arulmigu Dharmaraja Temple, Kolapakkam - 600128, Kancheepuram District [TM003399]., |url=https://hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/index_temple.php?tid=3399 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=hrce.tn.gov.in}}</ref> situated in Kolapakkam are under the control of [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]], Government of Tamil Nadu.

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Kanchipuram district]]

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Kolapakkam - Revision history

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