Sholinganallur

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Sholinganallur
—  neighbourhood  —
Sholinganallur
Location of Sholinganallur
in Chennai and India
Coordinates 12°54′01″N 80°13′40″E / 12.90015°N 80.22791°E / 12.90015; 80.22791Coordinates: 12°54′01″N 80°13′40″E / 12.90015°N 80.22791°E / 12.90015; 80.22791
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District(s) Kanchipuram
Population 15,519 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Website www.sholinganallur.com

Sholinganallur (Tamil: சோழிங்கநல்லூர்[Shozhinganallur]) is a suburb of Chennai located on the IT corridor south of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The rapid growth of Sholinganallur's economy, population and infrastructure can be attributed to Information Technology business Parks and dedicated Special Economic Zones (SEZ). Sholinganallur is surrounded by other IT based suburbs such as Siruseri, Perungudi and Taramani. Tamil Nadu Government's TIDCO is building a Financial City in Sholinganallur to house global financial corporations. Sholinganallur is the biggest assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu in terms of voters.[1] Sholinganallur has been newly added to Chennai Corporation.

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[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Sholinganalur had a population of 15,519.

[edit] Location and Connectivity

Sholinganallur is located at the Junction connecting East Coast Road to Tambaram and Adyar to Mahabalipuram. It is an important junction in Southern part of Greater Chennai. It is at a distance of 14.3 km from Tambaram, 2 km away from East Coast Road(ECR), 34.8 km away from Mamallapuram and 13.5 km away from Adyar. Sholinganallur is well connected by road ways. Many IT companies are located within 5 km. It is well connected with the city with MTC & TNSTC-villupuram and many share autorichshaws.

[edit] IT corridor

Sholinganallur is home to a number of BPO and IT/ITES companies. All major IT companies like Wipro,[3] Infosys,[4] Tata Consultancy Services, Exemplarr Worldwide, HCL Tech, CTS, Mahindra Satyam have their own facilities in Sholinganallur. Almost all major IT/ITES companies like, Accenture India,[5] ebay, Trident Solutions,[6] American Megatrends,[7] Paypal[8] have their presence here.

[edit] Housing

The Suburb's population continues to grow rapidly as more and more employees and family of IT professionals (employed in the neighborhood) continue to move in and take up residence at Sholinganallur. Proximity to employment opportunities, good asset appreciation, outstanding road Infrastructure, proximity to beaches at ECR and other entertainment venues continues to attract more residents to this suburb.

Tamil Nadu Government's TNHB has created a satellite township at Shollinganallur with IT Parks, arterial roads, schools,parks, play grounds and bus Terminus. The TNHB township of 4000 dwellings is situated next to the up coming 200 acres (0.81 km2) Rs1000 crore National Maritime university complex. DLF is currently building 3500 apartment complex in Sholinganallur. This complex will have a hospital, school and other amenities. Popular budget serviced apartments are available, which are mostly used by Corporates.

Popular restaurants such as Agusthya, Ponnusamy (Chettinad), Daawath (Mougal)and Thamburan(Malabar) are located here. Hanumaya mess and Bhaskar Andhra Mess, are two local low budget Cafeteria popular with people from all walks of life is also located here.

[edit] Places

Hospitals: Multi-speciality hospitals located around Sholinganallur are LifeLine Multi speciality Hospital, Global Hospitals and Chettinad Hospitals and Swaram Hospitals

Hotels: Two Five-star hotels available at Sholinganallur are Starwood group's ALOFT Hotel[9] and Asiana hotel.[10]

Churches: There are seven prominent churches in the area, namely - Living Spring English Church (Assemblies of God), Fountain of Life Assemblies of God Church (AG Church), Evangelical Church of India (ECI), Church of South India (CSI), Advent Church, Infant Jesus Roman catholic church.

Colleges: Important colleges in Sholinganallur include Jeppiaar Engineering College, Sathyabama University, St. Marys School of Management Studies, Jeppiaar SRR engineering college, St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Institute of Technology (13 km from Sholinganallur), Ragas Dental college, Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science [5], Anand Institute of Technology (8 km from Sholinganallur), NTTF Information Technology Centre, Nr MTL Sholinganallur, Head Office Telichery Kannur.

National maritime University,the first in India is currently being built in Sholinganallur. The university complex will also house an Aquarium, National Maritime Museum, Food Courts, Hotel and a residential complex. The Ministry of Shipping is seeking public private partnership to build a five star hotel in the complex.

Schools: Some popular schools here are Government Higher Seconary School, Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Gateway School,[11] Ellen sharma Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Sree Iyyapa Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Bala Vidya Mandir, Amelio Early Learning Center.

Sholinganallur Prathyangira Devi Temple

The town is well renowned for this temple, Shri Maha Prathyangira Devi Temple where the Goddess throned gigantic and powerful. Many devotees from various parts of the country regularly visit here. The temple is located close to the junction and half way down the link road of ECR and OMR.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Tamil Nadu News : Sholinganallur biggest constituency in terms of voters". The Hindu. 2011-03-04. http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/04/stories/2011030455440600.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  3. ^ "Wipro IT Business | IT Services, Consulting, System Integration, Outsourcing". Wipro.com. 2011-12-31. http://www.wipro.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  4. ^ Infosys Limited. "Contact". Infosys. http://www.infosys.com/contact/pages/country.aspx?source=home&country=india. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  5. ^ [1][dead link]
  6. ^ "Trident Solutions : : Contact Us". Tridentnets.com. http://www.tridentnets.com/Contact/ContactUs.aspx. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  7. ^ [2][dead link]
  8. ^ [3][dead link]
  9. ^ India. "Aloft Chennai Hotels: Aloft Chennai, OMR - IT Expressway - Hotel Rooms at alofthotels". Starwoodhotels.com. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3276. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  10. ^ "5 Star Luxury Hotel Chennai | Hotels on OMR, Chennai | Business Hotels Chennai | Luxury Thai Spa, Thai Restaurant | Asiana Hotel, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai, India". Asianahotels.com. http://www.asianahotels.com/. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  11. ^ [4][dead link]

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