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Thiruvallikeni, also known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George. The average elevation o
Triplicane Pond and Parthasarthy temple Gopuram
Triplicane pond
Triplicane Pycrofts Road in 1906
Residential developments near the Parthasarathy temple.
The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai, India. Located in the neighbourhood of Thiruvallikeni, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya
Triplicane
…the English to expand the new city of Madras beyond its "White Town" neighbourhood within the Fort St. George. It is the location of Marina Beach and Parthasarathy Temple. The name Triplicane is the anglicized version of Thiruvallikeni, which derives from Thiru-Alli-Keni ('Sacred Lily Pond' in Tamil), denoting the pond…
The temple in 1851
The temple's tower
Ranganathar statue on an entrance arch