Adyar (Tamil Nadu)
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Adyar or Adayar is a large neighborhood south of Chennai (previously Madras) in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is located on the southern banks of the Adyar river. It is bounded by the Buckingham Canal to the west, Tiruvanmiyur to the south, and Besant Nagar to the east. Adyar includes various sub-localities like Gandhi Nagar, Kasturibai Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Indira Nagar, Padmanabha Nagar,Bhaktavatsalam Nagar, Parameshwari Nagar,Jeevaratnam Nagar,Shastri Nagar, Karpagam Garden, etc. Adyar is one of the posh localities in Chennai.
The literacy rate in Adyar is very high. The residents includes IT professionals, Business persons, Engineers, High Court Judges and Advocates, Tamil Cinema Stars, Professors etc.
Adyar is noted for housing the Theosophical Society, which provides a calm environment along the south bank of the river for quiet contemplation on comparative religion. The Elliot's beach in nearby Besant Nagar is the nearest point to the sea, and a popular recreation spot. IIT Madras, one of the top technical institutes in the world and Anna University , one of the best universities in India is situated near Adyar. Adyar is also home to the Central Leather Research Institute, the world's largest leather research institute and the Adyar Cancer Institute.
The locality has developed significantly through the late 1970s and early 1980s as a residential area to accommodate Chennai's sprawl. Since the late 1990s, it has become part of the IT corridor, the name given to the part of southeast Chennai where several IT companies have set up base. It is also home to many birds which primarily flock the Adyar estuary close to the Theosophical Society.
The land rates have gone up tremendously in a short period. The center of the city runs along Main Road, between Gandhinagar and Kasturbainagar, and is by far the heart of the expensive housing in the town. The modern area of Adyar includes parts of the older villages of Pallipattu, Urur and Thiruvanmiyur. The regions were annexed into the Chennai Corporation in 1977. Gandhi Nagar was planned and developed first. Later it grew to merge with the old village of Thiruvanmiyur.
Adyar has a number of good schools including The Hindu School, St.Patrick's,St.Micheal's Academy, Bala Vidya Mandir, Sri Sankara School, The School, KFI, Sishya and St Johns School. NIFT (National Institite of Fashion Technology) and Tamil Nadu`s first IT center TIDEL PARK is very close to Adyar.
Adyar has world class hospitals,restaurants and reputed coaching institutes like PRAKASH INSTITUTE ,known for quality coaching for +2, AIEEE and IITJEE. Adyar is quite near to Prarthana Cinema Theatre which is the only beach drive in theatre in the world, amusement parks like MGM Dizee world, Little Folks, VGP Golden Beach, Discotheques and Resorts.
