Virugambakkam

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Coordinates: 13.04712° N 80.18551° E

Virugambakkam is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It's famous for Tamil filmaking and teleserial artists. It is also known for its cheap vegetables and famous houses.

Virugambakkam is one of the fastest growing localities in Chennai, with cheaper land prices bringing in fast growth.

Contents 1 Famous temples 2 Banks 3 Air Travels 4 Marriage Halls 5 Super Markets 6 Cinema Theatres/movie hall

[edit] Famous temples

• Sai Baba Temple in Balaji Nagar, Virugambakkam
• Rajarajeshwari Temple
• Kaliamman koil, the entire road stretch (from market to koyambedu) named after the koil
• Vembuliamman temple, in Virugambakkam.
• Sundara Varadharaja perumal koil(400 years old)
• Santhoshi madha koil in Kaliamman koil street
• one more vembuliamman koil street in Gangaiamman koil street
• One Pachaiamman koil, the fodess pachaiamman koil street
• A Siva Vishnu Alayam in Natesan nagar
• A pillayar koil in Kaliamman koil street

[edit] Banks

• Chennai Central cooperative Bank
• State Bank Of India
• UTI
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Syndicate Bank

[edit] Air Travels

• New World Air Travels (near Virugambakkam Signal)

[edit] Marriage Halls

• Reddiapatti swamigal Marriage hall in natesan nagar(Kaliamman koil street)
• MG SAMY Kalyana Mandapam (Kaliamman koil street)
• Thiruthangal Nadar Marriage hall (Kaliamman koil street)

[edit] Super Markets

• Reliance Fresh outlet, near sai nagar
• Subhiksha super market, near natesan nagar

[edit] Cinema Theatres/movie hall

• Devi karumari theatre campus with 3 theatres in it ,one is A/C DTS others are non A/C, The theatre is filled up on the first 3 - 4 days of a new movie release and tickets price soars upto even 100RS(considering its non ac -its too high).
• Virugambakkam national theatre (now being converted to a super Mall)