Edaiyūr

Edaiyūr is a village in Tirukalukundram, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. Edaiyūr is situated nearby to the village Kilākalani, as well as near Kunnattūr.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madras Atomic Power Station and Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor.

Madras Atomic Power Station

Power station

Photo: IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors.

Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor

Electrical generator

The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is a 500 MWe sodium-cooled, fast breeder reactor that is being constructed at the same site as the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kokkilamedu, near Kalpakkam, in Tamil Nadu state, India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sadras and Krishna’s Butterball.

Sadras

Suburb

Photo: Shadows Galore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sadras is a fortress town located on India's Coromandel Coast in Chengalpattu district, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. Sadras is the anglicised form of the ancient town of Sadurangapattinam. Sadras is situated 5 km south of Edaiyūr.

Krishna’s Butterball

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 Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu state, India. Krishna’s Butterball is situated 6 km north of Edaiyūr.