Pennalurpet

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Pennalurpet (Tamil:Pennalurpettai) is a village in India located between Andhra Pradesh and the Tamil Nadu border. The village is under the control of the Tamil Nadu government. It is a very important place for commercial marketing of nearby village people and farmers.[citation needed]

It is in the Thiruvallur District, Uthukottai Thaluk. It is 24 km from Thiruvallur town and 12 km from to Poondi.

A forest is located near to the village with a few mountains surrounded by it. It has a wide historical background from Zamindars to British rule.

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[edit] History

Pennalurpet was ruled by zamindars who paid the tax for this village to kings. Their family is still living in this village.The Zamindar family's surname is " Bollampalli" and present descendents names are B.Subbarathnam , B. Ramachandran, B.Rajagopal &B.Rangayya. They have donated their guest house and and other buildings to the village for school. Under British rule it served as a temporary place to store explosive. Recently around 1990 people have found two old bombs used for tanks. The bombs that were found were from the British Army's tank explosives that may have been used in World War II.

[edit] Language

Tamil is the major language, since it is located near to Andhra everybody knows both Tamil and Telugu.

[edit] Temple

A famous anjenay temple was located in Pennalurpet.

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Coordinates: 13°18′N 79°51′E / 13.3, 79.85