Purasawalkam

Purasawalkam also known as Purasaiwakkam or Purasai / Purasawakkam, is a residential shopping area in the district of in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: town in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Parsewakam”, “Purasavakam”, “Purasavakkam”, and “Pursavakam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai and Chennai Egmore railway station.

College
Photo: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Government College of Fine Arts in is the oldest art institution in . The institution was established in 1850 by surgeon Alexander Hunter as a private art school.

Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chennai Egmore, is a major railway station in , India. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Church
Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Andrew's Church in , , was built to serve the Scottish community in Chennai. Building started 6 April 1818 and the church was consecrated in 1821.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doveton and Kosapet.

Neighborhood
, is a neighbourhood in Purasawalkam and , and is a shopping district in Central , a metropolitan city in , . It is the unofficial name of the neighbourhood in Purasawalkam.

Locality
is a neighbourhood of . The name is a corruption of Kuyavar Pettai, and originated due to the concentration of potters and artisans in this area.

Suburb
is a developed residential area in Central , a metropolitan city in .

Purasawalkam

Latitude
13.08933° or 13° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
80.25503° or 80° 15′ 18″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7M5237Q4+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290352313
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1259187
Wiki­data ID
Q7260855
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Purasawalkam” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পুরসাইবক্কম”
  • Dutch: “Purasawalkam”
  • French: “Purasawalkam”
  • Irish: “Purasawalkam”
  • Italian: “Purasawalkam”
  • Japanese: “プラサワルカム”
  • Tamil: “புரசைவாக்கம்”

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