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Selaiyur is a Neighbourhood near Tambaram, Chennai (Madras). This Place is located on the Tambaram - Velachery Road. Once upon a time, this place was called as Silaiyur. Neighbouring towns include Tambaram, Madambakkam, Rajakilpakkam, Sembakkam, Chitlapakkam and Medavakkam. The Indian AirForce has one if its bases here. It has been a preferred area for most of the retired airforce families and hence there are mix of people like north Indians, andhraites, keralites etc. Over the past few years this suburb has rapidly developed in terms of population due to the presence of vast number of private companies (national and multi national) present nearby. The nearest neighbourhood station is Tambaram station and the Chennai airport (domestic and international) is only about 9 km away. Selaiyur has bus connectivity to all the main regions of the city. The East tambaram bus terminus is about 3 km away and passengers can also board the buses in camp road junction bus stop located in Selaiyur.
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Map of Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Hindu Temples
Selaiyur Tank
Selaiyur has an ancient temple tank in its midst. This tank belonged to the nearby Perumal temple. It is said that a record, 400 years ago by Chola king Thribhuvana Chakravarthy Vijaykanda Gopalan states that the tank belonged to the Perumal temple.
Transport
Selaiyur is well connected by MTC. The nearest railway station is 3 kilometres away at Tambaram. The nearest airport is Chennai International Airport at Meenambakkam. The main mode of transport and conveyance are buses and share-autos. The following buses ply towards Camp Road. Camp Road is the main junction in the locality where many important banks like SBI, HDFC, AXIS are situated.
List of buses from Tambaram East