Kodambakkam

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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Kodambakkam''' (also known as '''K-Town'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Corona hits K-Town: Shoots disrupted, releases pushed - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/corona-hits-k-town-shoots-disrupted-releases-pushed/articleshow/74693033.cms |access-date=28 July 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=18 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> or '''Kollywood''') is a business and residential neighbourhood in Central [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. The neighbourhood is served by [[Kodambakkam railway station]] of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]]. Kodambakkam has a high concentration of film studios and has been known for its status as the hub of the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]], lending its name to the industry's monicker [[Kollywood]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Vasudevan|first=Ravi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1134074309|title=Keywords for India : a Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century.|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|others=|year=2020|isbn=978-1-350-03927-8|location=London|pages=80–81|chapter=Bollywood|oclc=1134074309}}</ref>

==Location==
Kodambakkam is situated at 13.0481 N latitude and 80.2214 E longitude. It is one of the westerly located neighbourhoods of Chennai city. It is bounded by the neighbourhoods of [[Nungambakkam]] to the east and [[West Mambalam]] and [[T. Nagar]] to the south. It is bounded by [[Vadapalani]] to the west and [[K. K. Nagar, Chennai|K. K. Nagar]] and [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]] to the south-west.

Kodambakkam is located at a distance of 8 kilometres from [[Fort St. George]].

==Etymology==

It is believed that the name "Kodambakkam" itself might have been derived from the [[Urdu]] word ''Ghoda Bagh'' meaning "garden of horses"{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}. Another version says that "Kodambakkam" derives its name from "Karkodagan Pakkam"{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}. Karkodagan is the name of a famous snake in Hindu mythology. It is said that the snake worshiped Lord [[Shiva]] here. There is still a temple for Lord Shiva by the name Vengeeshwarar in Kodambakkam. Several sculptures and images of the snake Karkodagan can be seen in the temple, even today. There is another etymology for this name from [[Soundarya Lahari]] according to Sudha Seshayyan. "Kodu-am-bakkam" Kodu means hill, am - denotes arrow. The place is associated with lord Shiva using the meru mountain as bow for destroying Tripura.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==History==
The neighbourhood of Kodambakkam has a history going back to about 2,000 years. During the period of the [[Pallavas]] and the [[Later Cholas]], the western part of Kodambakkam formed a portion of the historically important temple town of Vadapalani. One of the oldest temples in Kodambakkam is the Bharthukesavar temple which is over 500 years old.

Present-day Kodambakkam originated in the 17th and 18th centuries CE, when it supposedly served as source for the [[horse]]s of the stable of the [[Nawab of the Carnatic]].

Under the British, Kodambakkam was administered as a [[municipality]] in [[Chingleput district]] till the draining of the Long Tank in 1921, when Kodambakkam was incorporated into the Madras city and formed the Kodambakkam-Saligrammam-Puliyur district of Greater Madras along with other localities to the west of the now extinct Long Tank, with a population of 497 people in 1939. Kodambakkam also played an important role in the Anti-Hindi agitations of 1938 when [[Maraimalai Adigal]] presided over a conference denouncing the imposition of Hindi in the [[Madras Presidency]] on 3 June 1938.<ref name="anti-hindi_chronology">{{cite web|title=A Chronology of Anti-Hindi Agitations in Tamil Nadu, India |publisher=Tamil Tribune |url=http://www.tamiltribune.com/03/0101-anti-hindi-agitation-history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075305/http://www.tamiltribune.com/03/0101-anti-hindi-agitation-history.html |archive-date=2010-07-30 }}</ref>

The first movie studio was established by [[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar]] in 1948. Since then, a number of other movie studios have been established, notable among them being [[L. V. Prasad]] Studios and Vijaya Vauhini studios. Liberty theater which was the oldest movie theater in Chennai was based here too, it was the place to be seen in the 1950s for movie premieres. However, the theater been demolished in the year 2010 and been replaced by a hotel and condos.

==Infrastructure==
The neighbourhood got one of the city's first flyovers in 1967.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Hemalatha
| first = Karthikeyan
| title = OMR, Alandur: Alandur is worst yet has brightest future
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 5 July 2013
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/07/05&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00403&ViewMode=HTML
| access-date = 6 Jul 2013}}</ref> It is 623 m long and 12.8 m wide and connects the localities of [[K. K. Nagar, Chennai|K. K. Nagar]], [[Vadapalani]], and [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]]. The district is also home to the [[Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College]], which is affiliated to [[Anna University]].

==Religion==
There are old temples dedicated to Lord Shiva namely Vengeeswarar Temple and Bharadvajeswarar (Valeswarar) Temple belonging to 13th Century built during Chola Period.

==Film industry==
Kodambakkam is the centre of the [[Tamil film industry]] known as [[Kollywood]], a [[portmanteau]] of Kodambakkam and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]. [[A.V.M. Productions|A. V. M. Studios]] established by [[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar]] was the first movie studio to be established in Vadapalani-Kodambakkam. The Vijaya Vauhini Studios was established a little later followed by Prasad Labs in 1974. Today, many Tamil movie studios are located in and around Kodambakkam.

Residences of many film and television stars are located in and around Kodambakkam due to proximity to the movie studios. A film directors' colony situated in Kodambakkam is the home of many Tamil film directors and producers.

Indian music director [[A.R.Rahman]]'s house and his AM Studios is located in the same street.

==Localities==
Some of the important localities of Kodambakkam include:

* [[Rangarajapuram]]
* [[Trustpuram]]
* [[United India Colony]]
* Vishwanthapuram
* Ganga Nagar

==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:ChennaiSuburbanRailway Kodambakkam.jpg|Kodambakkam Railway Station
Image:Sunset_Chennai.jpg|Sunset at Kodambakkam
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==

* Neighbourhood Newspaper in kodambakkam http://arcotroadtalk.in
* Entertainment for kids in kodambakkam http://riyatoyslibrary.com
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{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Neighbourhoods adjacent to Kodambakkam'''
|Northwest = MMDA Colony
|North = [[Choolaimedu]]
|Northeast = [[Nungambakkam]]
|West = [[Vadapalani]]
|Centre = Kodambakkam
|East = [[T.Nagar]]
|Southwest = [[K. K. Nagar, Chennai|K. K. Nagar]]
|South = [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]]
|Southeast = [[West Mambalam]]
}}
{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai district}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

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