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| Country | India | ||
| State | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District(s) | Thiruvallur | ||
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Mogappair (Tamil: முகப்பேர்) is a fast-developing residential neighborhood in north-western Chennai, India. This suburb located west of the Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Inner Ring Road) is part of the Ambattur Municipality. There are industrial estates to the north and west namely Padi, Mannurpet and Ambattur.
The abundance of highly ranked schools, specialized hospitals and recent influx of IT offices in the Industrial Estates have all catapulted Mogappair into a strategic location for business activities. The reasonable rent conditions make this a favourite spot for aviation crew members, patients visiting the heart specialty hospitals and employees in the IT field.
The Mangal Lake in the northern part of Mogappair was heavily contaminated by the effluents from the adjoining Ambattur Industrial estate.[1] Today, there has been reforms taken by Neer Exnora to protect and beautify this lake.[2] A few decades ago Mogappair was only a small village, and a part of which is still intact in the south-western part of Mogappair.
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Mogappair was once Maga-p-Peru (meaning "blessed with a child"). After persistent mispronounciation, the term "magapperu", in course of time became "mogappair or mugappair" and became the name of the place.[3]
Sri Santhana Srinivasa Perumal Temple is located at Mogappair Chennai. The name Magapperu derived from the belief that the deity Shri Santhana Srinivasa Perumal granted the blessing of parenthood to childless couples. After persistent mispronunciation, the name 'evolved' to its present form (Mogappair). The childless couples visist to this temple and offer their prayers, and it is said that their wishes have come true after the visit to this shrine.[4]
Shri Arunachalam Mudaliar, the pioneer and the founder of Santhana Srinivasa Perumal Temple at Mogappair (Chennai) constructed the temple approximately 170 years before. After Shri Arunachalam Mudaliar, his descendants manage the temple
Once a pastoral village, Mogappair has turned into a vertically-enabled residential neighbourhood. It was once a sparsely populated back-of-beyond. Today Mogappair is a burgeoning residential locality that is punctuated with apartment complexes. A beehive of construction activity, one can always see some promoter or the other breaking ground on a 'vertical' project in this north-western suburb.
The change has been phenomenal in Mogappair. Once cultivated lands stretched away endlessly, irrigated by Mogappair Eri, Mangal Eri, Nolambur Eri and Ambattur Eri. Though the locality was idyllic and scenic, some outsiders were reluctant to settle at Mogappair.
The coming of the Ambattur Industrial Estate changed the contours of Mogappair as also the images it evoked. The State Government, through schemes anchored by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, wanted to make Mogappair a residential suburb, primarily for those employed in industrial units in neighbouring areas.
Schools, hospitals and guest houses define Mogappair to a great extent. This suburb abounds with schools. Hospitals are a close second. There are the speciality Madras Medical Mission and the newly set-up International Centre for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, and also a few multi-speciality hospitals around the locality.
Mogappair is well connected and safe. Buses ply even on roads that wind like a snake. Take Thiruvalluvar Nagar. In the 1980s, there were only two infrequent mini-bus (20G and 20H) services. Today, D70,M70A,34,7M,7E,M147B,M147C,47C,40A,170P,170L,K70,M20L,M70B,70B,70P,41G,219A and other buses scruff their tyres on this road. There is also a spacious bus depot in Mogappair East and Mogappair West.
Buses, auto rickshaws and share autos are the most common form of public transport in the locality. Mogappair's transportation infrastructure provides coverage and connectivity, but growing use has caused traffic congestion and pollution.[3]
Mogappair is home to SDAT(Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu) Prince Tennis Academy and SDAT Dolphin Swimming Academy, and has hosted many State level tournaments and summer camps.[5]
Home and urnitures: Gateway Furniture(Near 7H Bus Stop Mogappair East)