What is Tiruvallur?
Tiruvallur is a suburb city of Chennai and Grade I [[municipality]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/cma/municipalities/municipalities_gradewise.html|title=Municipalities in Tamil Nadu|website=www.tn.gov.in}}</ref> in [[Chennai]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located on the banks of [[Cooum River]] about {{convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Chennai]] ([[Madras]]), the capital city of Tamil Nadu and located near [[Thiruvallur district|Tiruvallur district]].It is well known because of the [[Veera Raghavar temple]] which is one of the [[Divya Desams|108 sacred shrines of Vaishnavites]]. There is a pond nearby this temple, where the tank festival is held.The neighborhood is served by [[Tiruvallur railway station]] of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the town had a population of 56,074.It is one of the fast developing suburban areas in [[Chennai]]. ==reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tiruvallur district]]