What is Royapuram?
'''Royapuram''' is a locality (territory or neighbourhood) present in the northern part of [[Chennai]] metropolitan city, [[Tamil Nadu]]. This area is best known for the [[Royapuram Railway Station]]. This is the first railway station of South India. It was opened in 1856. At present it is the oldest surviving railway station of the [[Indian subcontinent]] <ref>{{cite news |title=The train to Royapuram|url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/05/25202444/The-train-to-Royapuram.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)]] |date=May 25, 2012 }}</ref> The [[St. Peter's Church, Royapuram]] is one of the most important and oldest church in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imetechs.com/stpeters/about.htm|title=St.Peter's Royapuram|website=www.imetechs.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Royapuram fishing harbour]] is one of the largest fishing harbours in the Coromandel Coast or Eastern coast of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fascinatingchennai.blogspot.com/2011/01/royapuram-fishing-harbour.html|title=Fascinating Chennai: Royapuram Fishing Harbour|first=|last=Vimala|date=11 January 2011|publisher=}}</ref> ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Neighbourhoods of Chennai]]