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Gopal Ramalingam Memorial Engineering College is a co-educational institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. the college have been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Appur is a panchayat village located in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located about 56 kilometers from Chennai. The nearest town is Maraimalainagar, which is 7 kilometers away.

Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (HIET) is a private engineering college located at St. Thomas Mount, Chennai, India, with the main campus at Serapanachery, Kanchipuram District.It has two colleges, HIET Polytechnic College and HIET Aviation College.

Loyola Academy, also called Loyola Academy CBSE School and Loyola Academy Senior Secondary School, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Chennai, Maraimalai Nagar, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The co-educational English Medium school was established in 2011 by the Jesuits and is closely affiliated with Loyola College, a higher educational institution in Chennai that offers bachelor's and master's degrees in association with Osmania University.

Marundeeswarar Temple or Oushadheeshwar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva. Shiva is worshipped as Marundeeswarar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Sati is depicted as Anjanakshi. The presiding deity is associated with the 7th century Tamil Saiva Nayanars Sundarar. The temple is counted as a twin temple along with Kachabeswarar temple, the place where Lord Vishnu did penances to Lord Shiva to incarnate into his Kachaba (Tortoise) Avatar. The temple complex covers an area of one acre and all its shrines are enclosed with a granite concentric rectangular walls. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Marundeeswarar and his consort Irulneeki Thayar being the most prominent. The temple has three daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar. The Brahmotsavam festival is celebrated during the day of the Magam (February - March) is the most prominent festival. The original complex is believed to have been built by Cholas, while the present masonry structure was built during the 16th century. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Kachabeswarar Temple, Thirukachur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Thirukachur, a village in Kanchipuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as Kachabeswarar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Antanatchi and Kanniyumaiyal. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th-century CE Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. The temple is counted as a twin temple along with Marundeeswarar Temple located in the same village. The temple complex covers two acres and the temple tank is located diagonally outside the main gateway. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Kachabeswarar and his consorts Antanatchi and Kanniyumaiyal, Thiyagarajar and that of Sundarar being offered food by Shiav being the most prominent. All the shrines of the temple are enclosed in large concentric rectangular granite walls. There is a sixteen pillared hall in front of the main tower that has sculpted columns depicting various legends and Hindu deities. The temple has four daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar. The Brahmotsavam festival is celebrated during the day of the Magam (February - March) is the most prominent festival. The original complex is believed to have been built by Cholas, while the present masonry structure was built during the Nayak during the 16th century. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Padappai is a town near Chennai, India. It is a small town developing fast in Chennai suburbs about 12 km from Tambaram connected to Bangalore highway and near Oragadam SIPCOT & many big companies like Nissan, Appolo tyres, Alstom T&D, Tii Techno Testing Services PVT LTD, Infac India are few companies near this small town. The road from Vandalur to Walajabad via Oragadam is known as Padappai road that connects Chennai and Kanchipuram, an alternate road for Chennai Bangalore highway NH 4. Padappai road and Sriperumpudur (NH4) to Singaperumalkoil (NH45) road meets at Oragadam, known as "Oragadam kootu road". The nearby villages in Padappai road (Vandaloor to Walajabad) are Athanancherry, Panapakkam, Vanchuvancherry, Umaianparangcherry, Cherrappanancherry, Kuzhangalacherri, Nariyampakkam, KaaranaiThangal, Karasangal, Oragadam, Ezhichur, Pandruti, Varanavasi, Mettupalayam, Aarambakkam, Uthukkadu, Vembakkam, Devariyampakkam, Kunnavakkam, Thalampattu, Aloor, Eraiyamangalam, Vattambakkam, Eraiyur, Ammanambakkam Vaipur (Vaipoor), Salamangalam, Sirumathur, Samadhuvapuram, and Mannivakkam. Padappai is the name from ancient Tamil which means "Beautiful Flower Garden", Bunch of edibles. Padappai is surrounded by many nursery gardens where you can get variety of samplings for gardens.

Maraimalai Nagar - Kamarajar railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway. It serves the town of Maraimalai Nagar, a suburb of the Chennai Metropolitan Area located in Chengalpattu district. It is situated at a distance of 47 km from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Maraimalai Nagar, with an elevation of 55 m above sea level. Government of India renamed the station after the INC(O) founder and the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K. Kamaraj.

Kattangulathur railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Kattankulathur, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of 45 km from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 32 in Kattankulathur, with an elevation of 51 m above sea level.

Kattangulathur block is a revenue block in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 39 panchayat villages.

Kattankulathur is a suburb of Chennai, India, located on the southern side of the city in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. It comes under the Maraimalai Nagar municipality in the Chengalpattu taluk and suburb of Chennai within Chennai Metropolitan Area.

Potheri railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Potheri, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of 43 km (27 mi) from Chennai Beach junction and is located on NH 45 in Potheri, with an elevation of 45 m (148 ft) above sea level. The station also serves the Livestock Research Station, Kattupakkam and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.