Tamil Nadu
Chengalpattu district
Tiruporur

Saluvankuppam

Saluvankuppam, also spelt as Salavankuppam or Saluvanakuppam, is a coastal hamlet in the of , India. It is situated on the East Coast Road at a distance of 7 kilometres from Mahabalipuram on the -Mahabalipuram stretch.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: Village in Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Sāluvankuppam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tiger Cave.

Photo: Sichu7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Yali Mandabam is a rock-cut Hindu temple complex located in the hamlet of Saluvankuppam near Mahabalipuram in , . It gets its name from the carvings of tiger heads on the mouth of a cave which forms a part of the complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mamallapuram and Krishna’s Butterball.

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a tourist town 60 km south of on the east coast of India, famous for its stone carvings.

Locality
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krishna's Butterball is a gigantic balancing rock, a granite boulder resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of in state, India. is situated 4½ km south of Saluvankuppam.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a panchayat town in in the state of . The Kandaswamy temple is situated in the center of the town. is situated 8 km north of Saluvankuppam.

Saluvankuppam

Latitude
12.6572° or 12° 39′ 26″ north
Longitude
80.20493° or 80° 12′ 18″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7M42M643+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5106036696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10767044
Wiki­data ID
Q7406344
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Tamil—“Saluvankuppam” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Saluvankuppam”
  • Dutch: “Saluvankuppam”
  • Malayalam: “സാലുവൻകുപ്പം”
  • Tamil: “சாளுவன்குப்பம்”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shiva Temple and Varam Health Care.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saluvankuppam”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.