Pennalurpet

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Pennalurpet
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Pennalurpet (Tamil:Pennalurpettai) is a village in India located between Andhra Pradesh and the Tamil Nadu border. The village is under the control of the Tamil Nadu government. It is a very important place for commercial marketing of nearby village people and farmers.[citation needed]

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[edit] Geography

It is in the Thiruvallur District, Uthukottai Thaluk. It is 24 km from Thiruvallur town and 12 km from to Poondi.

A forest is located near to the village with a few mountains surrounded by it. It has a wide historical background from Zamindars to British rule.

[edit] History

Pennalurpet was ruled by Zamindars who paid the tax for this village to kings. Their family is still living in this village. The Zamindar family's surname is " Bollampalli" and present descendents names are B.Subbarathnam, B. Ramachandran, B. Rajagopal and their Children B.Venkataramana ,B.Pradeep Kumar & B. Sreeram They have donated their guest house and other buildings to the village for school. Under British rule it served as a temporary place to store explosive. Around 1990 people found two old bombs used for tanks; the bombs were from the British Army's tank explosives that may have been used in World War II.

[edit] Language

Telugu is the major language, since the village is located near to Andhra everybody knows both Tamil and Telugu.

[edit] Temple

A famous Anjenay temple was located in pennalurpet

Coordinates: 13°18′N 79°51′E / 13.3°N 79.85°E / 13.3; 79.85


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