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Alapakkam
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	Alapakkam Alapakkam(Chennai) Alapakkam Alapakkam (Tamil Nadu) Alapakkam Alapakkam (India)
	Coordinates: 13°02′56″N 80°10′02″E / 13.0490°N 80.1673°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Maduravoyal Taluk	Chennai
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600 116
Vehicle registration	TN 10 (RTO, Chennai South West)

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Alapakkam (Tamil: [aːlappaːkkam]) is a neighbourhood in western part of Central Chennai. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of Chennai district. It is surrounded by Porur, Valasaravakkam and Maduravoyal. It is part of Chennai corporation under zone 11. Entry into Alapakkam is through two main roads, that is, Arcot Road and Poonamallee High Road. Alapakkam belongs to Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency and Maduravoyal assembly constituency.

Educational institutions

Educational institutions in the neighbourhood include:

Government Higher Secondary School
Chennai Corporation School
Velammal Vidyalaya School
Sree Adithya Matriculation School
Meenakshi Dental College
Seven Hills Polytechnic
Muthukumaran Engineering College
Acharya Shiksha Mandir (Ashtalakshmi Nagar)
Devi Academy School

Temples

Nataraja temple

Nataraja Temple is one of the most famous temples in this area. It is one of the two Nataraja temple in Chennai where Nataraja is worshiped as main deity. Here Maragatha Lingam poojai is daily done two times. People around this area call this temple as Chennaiyil Chidambaram or Chennaiyil Thillai.

Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple

Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple is a native temple of Alappakkam. One of the oldest temple in the region, this temple is related with Vali in Ramayanam. It is said that Vali got the secret powers from Lord Shiva by doing penance here. The deity here is called as Vali-sera-paleeshwarar, which over time changed to Valliserapaleeshwarar.

Neighbourhood

Ashtalakshmi Nagar has 4 main roads which are 40 feet wide and 27 streets which are 30 feet wide. Alapakkam Lake, once a 57.48 acre waterbody in Valasaravakkam, has been reduced to 9.88 acre. This waterbody serves as a main source of ground water in the neighborhood.

Public utilities

Tasildar Office & E-Seva Maiyam located in Alapakkam behind Perumal koil Street.
Post Office for Alapakkam is located at Sakthi Nagar, Porur (Off Mount Poonamallee Road).

Corporation Office is Zone located at Arcot Road.
Chennai Metro water and Sewerage Board area office is located at No.8A, Gangai Amman Koil Street, Alapakkam

References

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-'''Alapakkam''' is a neighbourhood in western [[Chennai]]. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of [[Chennai district]]. It is surrounded by [[Porur]], [[Valasaravakkam]] and [[Maduravoyal]]. It is part of [[Chennai corporation]] under zone 11. Entry in to Alapakkam is through two main roads, that is, [[Arcot Road]] and [[Poonamallee High Road|Poovirundhavalli High Road]]. Alapakkam belongs to [[Sriperumbudur]] Lok Sabha contituency and [[Maduravoyal]] assembly constituency.
+'''Alapakkam''' ({{IPA-ta|aːlappaːkkam|lang}}) is a neighbourhood in western part of Central [[Chennai]]. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of [[Chennai district]]. It is surrounded by [[Porur]], [[Valasaravakkam]] and [[Maduravoyal]]. It is part of [[Chennai corporation]] under zone 11. Entry into Alapakkam is through two main roads, that is, [[Arcot Road]] and [[Poonamallee High Road]]. Alapakkam belongs to [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]] Lok Sabha constituency and [[Maduravoyal]] assembly constituency.
+==Educational institutions==
-Areas in Alapakkam:
+Educational institutions in the neighbourhood include:
+* Government Higher Secondary School
-* Perumal Koil Street
+* Chennai Corporation School
-* Metro Nagar
-* Ayyavu Naicker Street
-* Govindappa Naicker Street
-* Ponniyamman Kovil Street
-* Karpaga Vinayagar Colony
-* Rajiv Gandhi Nagar
-* Krishna Nagar
-* Ashtalakshmi Nagar
-* Sundar Nagar
-* Ganapathy Nagar
-Alapakkam has many Schools and Educational institutions.
-* Government Higher secondary school
-* Chennai Corporation school
 * Velammal Vidyalaya School
 * Sree Adithya Matriculation School
 * Meenakshi Dental College
 * Seven Hills Polytechnic
-* Muthukumaran Engineering college
+* Muthukumaran Engineering College
 * Acharya Shiksha Mandir (Ashtalakshmi Nagar)
-* Devi Academy School
+*Devi Academy School
-Mini Bus routes
-: S25 - Maduravoyal to Valasaravakkam [Route: Maduravoyal Earikarai-'''Aalapakkam Main Road'''-Meenakshi Dental College-Govt High School-Alapakkam-Arcot Road]
-: S38 - CMBT Metro to Valasaravakkam [Route: via Ashtalakshmi Nagar, MGR Road]
-: M49G - Thiruverkadu to T Nagar.
 ==  Temples ==
 '''Nataraja temple'''
-Nataraja Temple is one of the most famous temple in this area. It is one of the two Nataraja temple in Chennai where Nataraja is worshiped as main deity. Here Maragatha Lingam poojai is daily done two times. People around this area call this temple as ''Chennaiyil Chidambaram'' or ''Chennaiyil Thillai''.
+Nataraja Temple is one of the most famous temples in this area. It is one of the two Nataraja temple in Chennai where Nataraja is worshiped as main deity. Here Maragatha Lingam poojai is daily done two times. People around this area call this temple as ''Chennaiyil Chidambaram'' or ''Chennaiyil Thillai''.
 '''Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple'''{{Cleanup rewrite|2=section|date=February 2017}}
 Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple is a native temple of Alappakkam. One of the oldest temple in the region, this temple is related with Vali in Ramayanam. It is said that Vali got the secret powers from Lord Shiva by doing penance here. The deity here is called as Vali-sera-paleeshwarar, which over time changed to Valliserapaleeshwarar.
+== Neighbourhood ==
+Ashtalakshmi Nagar has 4 main roads which are 40 feet wide and 27 streets which are 30 feet wide.
+Alapakkam Lake, once a 57.48 acre waterbody in Valasaravakkam, has been reduced to 9.88 acre. This waterbody serves as a main source of ground water in the neighborhood.
 == Public utilities ==
 * Tasildar Office & E-Seva Maiyam located in Alapakkam behind Perumal koil Street.
+* Post Office for Alapakkam is located at Sakthi Nagar, Porur (Off Mount Poonamallee Road).
-Post Office for Alapakkam is located at Sakthi Nagar, Porur (Off Mount Poovirundhavalli Road).
 * Corporation Office is  Zone located at Arcot Road.
 *Chennai Metro water and Sewerage Board area office is located at No.8A, Gangai Amman Koil Street, Alapakkam
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 |North=[[Maduravoyal]]
 }}
+{{Neighbourhoods of Chennai}}
 [[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]