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Thiruvallur district occupies an area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,738,866 (as of 2001). It is bounded on the north by Andhra Pradesh state, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the southwest by Chennai district, and on the south by Kanchipuram and Vellore districts. This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశం in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra Prādesh), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ... The Bay of Bengal is a bay that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. ... The Chennai district is a district of Tamil Nadu, India. ... Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is the name of a temple town and district in Tamil Nadu, Indias southernmost state. ... A historical town in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southernmost India, Vellore is now the headquarters of Vellore District. ...

It is well known for the Sri Vaidya Veera Raghava Swami Temple, which is located in the center of the town. This temple one of the sacred 108 temples for Vaishnavites. Vaishnavites are followers of Vaishnavism in which Vishnu or His avatars are worshipped as the supreme God. ...

Also, In the same town is the Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha Anjaneya Swami Ashram [1] which has one of the largest Murtis of Lord Anjaneya. The Idol is made of a single green granite stone, brought from Hassan, Karnataka and it stands 40 feet tall. The idol is considered to be a sculptural marvel. The Anjaneya Swami here is five faced - Anjaneya, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Varaha and Garuda Faces. Murtis are statues or images used by Hindus and also by some Mahayana Buddhists during worship as points of devotional and meditational focus. ... Lord Hanuman There is also a character in Larry Nivens Known Space universe called Hanuman. ... Hassan is the city and district in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...

The following are the Taluks of the district

• Thiruvallur
• Ambattur
• Ponneri
• Gummidipoondi
• Uthukottai
• Thiruttani
• Pallipattu

External link

• Tiruvallur district website from Government of Tamil Nadu
• Website of the Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha AnjaneyaSwami Ashram at Tiruvallur