Chunampet is a village in the Cheyyur taluk of Chengalpattu district in Tamil Nadu State of India. It is located 99 kilometres from Chennai and 22 kilometres from Madurantakam on the Madurantakam-Marakkanam road. It was the seat of the zamindari of Chunampet during the colonial era. It is located at the southern edge of the Buckingham Canal.
Chunampet is famous for a 19th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Kiratamanjeswarar.[1] The temple was, till recently, in ruins, and was renovated by Arunachala Mudaliar, the erstwhile zamindar of Chunampet and his descendants.[2]
Chnampet is situated about 9 kilometres from the Bay of Bengal coast and is surrounded by salt pans extending for over seven miles.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Temples of Tamilnad, Pg 209
- ↑ Temples of Tamilnad, Pg xviii
- ↑ Routes in the Madras presidency{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Government Press(1879)
References
- Temples of Tamilnadu{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. illeedu V.N MOORTHY RASHEELA(2002)