Kilpauk

Kilpauk
Kilpauk
Neighbourhood
	Kilpauk Kilpauk Kilpauk
	Coordinates:13°05′08″N80°14′16″E/ 13.0856°N 80.2379°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai District
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Body	Chennai Corporation
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
PIN	600010
Vehicle registration	TN-01
Planningagency	CMDA
Civic agency	Chennai Corporation
Website	www.chennai.tn.nic.in

Kilpaukis a semi residential area located inChennai,Tamil Nadu,India. The distance from Chennai's city to Kilpauk is about 6 km. The region is situated off thePoonamallee High Roadin the west. Adjacent areas of Kilpauk includeChetpet,Kellys,Egmore,Ayanavaram,Anna Nagar,ChoolaimeduandPurasawalkam.

The nearest railway station for Kilpauk is the one at Chetpet. This railway station lies to the south of Kilpauk and not more than a kilometre away. There are two metro stations which connects to Kilpauk, they are Nehru Park and Kilpauk (entrance of the Kilpauk Medical College). The Chennai Airport is about 18 km from Kilpauk.

This place was a cantonment area forBritishtroops before India's independence. Today this locality is known as "Little Korea" due to the Korean population residing in this area.^{[citation needed]}

The neighbourhood has a historical water-treatment plant. On the other end, to the west, is the Institute of Mental Health,^[1]one of the oldest mental asyla in the continent, visited byElizabeth II.

Localities

Kilpauk Garden
Kelly's Corner
Aspiran Garden
Secretariat Colony

Educational Institutions

Seth P D Hinduja Sindhi Model Senior Secondary School
C S I Bain school
Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram
Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Kola Saraswati
MES Razeena Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Both the Directorate of Medical Education and GovernmentKilpauk Medical Collegeare located on EVR Periyar Salai. Kilpauk is also well known for engineering college head offices, includingRajalakshmi InstitutionsandSree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Religion

Temple

There is anAmman templeviz.,Pathala Ponniamman Templelocated at Kilpauk. This temple is maintained under the control ofHindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department,Government of Tamil Nadu.^[2]

References

^Somasundaram, O.; Ratnaraj, Ponnudurai (February 2018)."Kilpauk Mental Hospital: The Bethlem of South Asia – A recall of its history prior to 1970".Indian Journal of Psychiatry.60(Suppl 2): S183–S191.doi:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_431_17.ISSN 0019-5545.PMC5836336.PMID 29527046.
^"Arulmigu Pathala Ponniamman Temple, Kilpauk, Chennai - 600010, Chennai District [TM000272].,Pathalaponniamman,Pathalaponniamman".hrce.tn.gov.in.Retrieved6 October2024.

[1] Somasundaram, O.; Ratnaraj, Ponnudurai (February 2018)."Kilpauk Mental Hospital: The Bethlem of South Asia – A recall of its history prior to 1970".Indian Journal of Psychiatry.60(Suppl 2): S183–S191.doi:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_431_17.ISSN 0019-5545.PMC5836336.PMID 29527046.

[2] "Arulmigu Pathala Ponniamman Temple, Kilpauk, Chennai - 600010, Chennai District [TM000272].,Pathalaponniamman,Pathalaponniamman".hrce.tn.gov.in.Retrieved6 October2024.

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