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| birth_place = [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], [[Kenya]] |
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| death_date = 1982 (aged 46) |
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| partner = [[Kezia Obama]]<br>[[Ann Dunham]]<br>[[Ruth Nidesand]]<br>[[Family of Barack Obama#Paternal relations|Jael]]<ref>{{cite paper | author=Scott Fornek | coauthors=Greg Good, ''et al.'' | ~url=http://www.suntimes.com/images/cds/MP3/obamatree.pdf | title=The Obama Family Tree | publisher=''The Chicago Sun Times'' | date=9 September 2007 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Rob Crilly | title=Life is Good in My Nairobi Slum, Says Barack Obama's Younger Brother | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4583353.ece | work=The Times | date=22 August 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Mike Pflanz | title=Barack Obama is My Inspiration, Says Lost Brother | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2595688/Barack-Obama-is-my-inspiration-says-lost-brother.html | work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 August 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> |
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| parents = [[Onyango Obama|Hussein Onyango Obama]] and [[Akuma Obama|Akuma/Akumu Obama]] <ref name="genealogy"/> |
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| children = 1. (with Kezia): [[Abongo Obama|Abongo (Roy) Obama]], [[Auma Obama]],<br> [[Abo Obama]], [[Bernard Obama]]<br>2. (with Ann Dunham): [[Barack Obama]]<br>3. (with Ruth Nidesand): [[Mark Ndesandjo]],<ref>{{cite news | author=Michael Sheridan | title=Barack Obama’s Brother Pushes Chinese Imports on US | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4406813.ece | work=The Times Online | date=27 July 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> David Ndesandjo<br>4. (with Jael): [[George Obama]] |
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| parents =[[Onyango Obama|Hussein Onyango Obama]] and [[Akuma Obama|Akumu Habiba]] |
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| resting_place =[[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], Siaya, Kenya<ref name="genealogy"/> |
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| known_for = Father of [[Barack Obama]] |
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| occupation = [[Economist]] |
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| nationality = [[Kenya]] |
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| alma_mater = [[University of Hawaii]]<br>[[Harvard University]] |
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'''Saidapet''' is a locality of [[Chennai]], [[India]]. [[Mambalam]], [[T.Nagar]], [[Guindy]], [[Nandanam]], [[K. K. Nagar]] , [[Jafferkhanpet]] are its neighbourhood suburbs. A subway joining Alandur road and [[Anna Salai]] (earlier Mount Road) has been constructed recently. This allows easier access to Anna Salai, the arterial road in Chennai. Saidapet is largely a residential area with very few shopping places. However, there is gradual commercial development. |
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'''Barack Hussein Obama''' (1936–1982) was a [[Kenya]]n senior governmental economist, and [[father]] of [[Illinois]] [[United States Senator|Senator]] and 2008 Democratic presidential nominee [[Barack Obama]]. |
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== History of Saidapet == |
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==Biography== |
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===Early years === |
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Obama was born on the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], [[Alego Constituency|Alego]], [[Siaya District|Siaya]], [[Kenya]] to [[Onyango Obama|Hussein Onyango Obama]] (c. 1895–1979), and [[Akuma Obama|Akumu Habiba]].<ref name="genealogy">{{cite web | author=Kimberly Powell | title=Ancestry of Barack Obama | url=http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/barack_obama.htm | work=About.com | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> His family are members of the [[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo tribe]].<ref name="xan-rice"/> Obama grew up in [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], and was married at 18 in a tribal ceremony to [[Kezia Obama|Kezia]]. They had four children, two of them after he returned to Kenya from the United States. The marriage was never legally disolved, and she now lives in [[Bracknell|Bracknell, England]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Elizabeth Sanderson | title=Barack Obama's Stepmother Living in Bracknell Reveals the Close Bond with Him ... and His Mother | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506338&in_page_id=1770 | work=The Daily Mail | date=6 January 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> |
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Saidapet is named after Sayyid Shah, a high-ranking 18th-century official of the court of the Nawab of Arcot. The then Nawab of Arcot gifted these parts to Sayyid Shah in 1730. However, Saidapet at that time also included Kotturpuram and Nandanam. |
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===Education === |
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Due to a program offering Western educational opportunities to outstanding Kenyan students that was organized by nationalist leader [[Tom Mboya]],<ref name="Overstate" /> Obama was awarded a scholarship in economics, and at the age of 23 he enrolled at the [[University of Hawaii]]. He left behind a pregnant Kezia and their infant son. As his son Senator Obama has said, "The [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedys]] decided: 'We're going to do an airlift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is. This young man named Barack Obama [Sr.] got one of those tickets and came over to this country.{{'"}}<ref name="xan-rice">{{cite news | author=Xan Rice | title='Barack's Voice was Just Like His Father's — I Thought He had Come Back from the Dead' | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/06/barackobama.uselections2008 | work=The Guardian | date=6 June 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> An article by Michael Dobbs in [[The Washington Post]], however, states that the Kennedy family did not become associated with the educational airlift until 1960, a year after Obama was studying in the United States. Initial financial supporters of the program included [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Jackie Robinson]], and Elizabeth Mooney Kirk, a literacy advocate who provided most of the financial support for Obama Senior's early years in the United States, according to the Tom Mboya archives at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="Overstate" /> |
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The Maraimalai Adigal Bridge (previously the ''Marmalong Bridge'') connects the northern banks of the River Adyar with the south. This bridge was originally built in 1726 by Armenian Coja Petrus Uscan. The dilapidated old bridge was replaced by a new one in the 1960s built as part of reconstruction and modernization efforts. The name Marmalong might have originated from the neighbourhood of [[Mambalam]]. |
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Obama had already turned away from Islam and became an [[atheist]] by the time he moved to the United States.<ref>{{cite news | author=Barack Obama | title=My Spiritual Journey | url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1546579,00.html | work=TIME | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> Barack Obama Sr.'s daughter [[Auma Obama|Auma]] has commented that her father "was never a Muslim although he was born into a Muslim family with a Muslim name."<ref name="xan-rice"/> |
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==Some interesting facts about Saidapet== |
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On 21 February 1961, Obama married a fellow student, [[Ann Dunham]] in [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Amanda Ripley | title=The Story of Barack Obama's Mother | url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729524,00.html | work=TIME | date=9 April 2008 accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> Their son, Barack Obama, was born on August 4, 1961. Two years later, Obama was accepted at [[Harvard]] for graduate study. He moved to [[Massachusetts]] while Ann and their son remained in Hawaii. He and Dunham divorced in 1963. The divorce was filed in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] in January 1964, and he only saw his son again once, at age 10. He received the AM degree from Harvard in 1965.<ref>{{cite book | author=Harvard University | title=Harvard University 350th Anniversary Alumni Directory | edition=seventeenth edition| volume=vol. I | page=p. 904 | location=Cambridge, MA | publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College | year=1986 | oclc=17963336}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Saidapet.jpg|thumb|240px|Aerial view of Saidapet bridge across Cooum River in Saidapet]] |
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He left the family when young Barack was two years old, and they only saw each other one more time, eight years later, when the son was age 10. He is the main subject of his son's memoir, ''[[Dreams From My Father]]''. |
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Saidapet starts from the Southern boundary of Maraimalai Adigal Bridge. It was called the Marmalong Bridge for over 200 years. The Armenian trader who built the steps in St. Thomas Mount constructed this bridge. In the 1970s this bridge was broadened. |
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At Harvard, he met an American-born teacher named Ruth Nidesand who would follow him to Kenya when he returned after completing his Masters degree. She eventually became his third wife and had two children with him before they divorced.<ref name="Ochieng">{{cite news | author=Philip Ochieng | title=From Home Squared to the US Senate | url=http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-11.html | work=The East African | date=1 November 2004 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> |
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The Karaneeswarar Temple and the washing area in the Adyar River are not the only aspect that adds fame to Saidapet. An educational institution makes Saidapet very distinguished. That is the Teachers' Training College that has completed 100 years, whence thousands of trained teachers have come out and enlightened lakhs and lakhs of students. This college, located in an extensive area, has buildings that are spacious and beautiful. Since one building is in a dilapidated condition it has been kept closed. Efforts are being taken to renovate that building. Just half a kilometre away from the Teachers' Training College there is another spacious institution. The former imparted intellectual education to students, while the latter gave physical education. The YMCA school at Saidapet is a training centre for the physical education instructors. This is also a very reputed institution. In the past 20 years, dozens of Tamil and Telugu movie shootings have been held in this open field. The Saidapet swimming pool, maintained by YMCA, is also famous. There was a time when there were only two swimming pools in Chennai. One is the swimming pool on the Beach in Marina. The next one is the YMCA pool at Saidapet. |
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===Return to Kenya=== |
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On his return to Kenya, Obama was hired by an oil company and then served as an economist in the Ministry of Transportation, and later became senior economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance.<ref name="Ghost">{{cite news | author=Scott Fornek |title=Barak Obama Sr.: Wrestling with . . . a Ghost | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545467,BSX-News-wotreev09.stng | work=The Chicago Sun Times | date=9 September 2007 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> In 1965 Obama wrote a paper titled "Problems Facing Our Socialism," published in the ''East Africa Journal,'' harshly criticizing the blueprint for national planning titled "African Socialism and Its Applicability to Planning in Kenya" produced by Tom Mboya's Ministry of Economic Planning and Development.<ref>{{cite journal | first=Barak H. | last=Obama | title=Problems Facing Our Socialism | pages=pp. 26–33 | journal=East Africa Journal | month=July | year=1965 | url=http://www.politico.com/static/PPM41_eastafrica.html | format=.PDF | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> As Senator Barack Obama describes in his memoir, Obama the elder's conflict with [[Jomo Kenyatta|President Kenyatta]] effectively destroyed his career. |
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Obama's life then took a tailspin into drinking and poverty, from which he never fully recovered. His friend, Kenyan journalist Philip Ochieng, has described Obama's difficult personality and drinking problems in the Kenya newspaper ''The Nation''.<ref name="Overstate" /> Obama lost both legs in an automobile accident, and subsequently lost his job. He died not long afterward at the age of 46 in a car crash in [[Nairobi]].<ref name="Overstate">{{cite news | author=Michael Dobbs | title=Obama Overstated Kennedy's Role in Helping His Father | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032902031.html?nav=hcmodule | work=The Washington Post | date=30 March 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> |
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===Railway station=== |
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The Suburban Railway station in Saidapet is located between the stations of Guindy and Mambalam.Recently Automatic Ticket Vending machines have been introduced here. |
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===Buses=== |
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Obama is buried in [[Alego]], at the village of Nyang’oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya. |
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Saidapet has a [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC]] bus terminus located on Anna Salai.There are frequent bus services originating from this place to other important parts of the city. |
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===Metro(Proposed)=== |
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Plans have been finalised by the local government to build a Metro which connects to Alandur in the South and Chamiers road in the North as part of Chennai Metro Rail Scheme.The tentative year of completion is 2013. |
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*[[Family of Barack Obama]] |
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Little mount church which is built on 1555 AD it has been established by the roman catholic people. St.THOMAS is the one of the disiples in the gang of jesus christ, he was arrested in a cave which is still there as a tourist spot. |
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==References== |
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==Architecture== |
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===InRoutes Of Saidapet=== |
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Jeenis Road, Vinayagampet St, Bazaar Road, Flower St, Church Lane, Pillaiyar Koil St, Seschalam St, Jones Road, Balaji St, Thadandar Nagar,V.S.Mudali Street,Perumal Koil street, Kavarai Street,Vanniyar Street(the last stop for 18K bus)... |
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===Schools and Colleges=== |
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{{Lifetime|1936|1982|Obama, Barack, Sr.}} |
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The most familiar and only one college in saidapet is Teachers College. One of our great leader Dr. Radhakrishnan have studied in this college. In East Saidapet(Saidapet) the familiar school is Fathima Matriculation Higher Secondary School |
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====Karaneeswarar temple==== |
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This temple is located next to the railway station. This temple has a 7-storied [[Gopuram]] with two prakarams. The main deity is Lord Karaneeswara and Goddess Swarnaambikai. This temple has a beautiful tank. Annual ten day ''Brahmotsavam'' takes place in the Tamil month of Chithirai. 1 |
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====Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal==== |
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[[Category:Luo Kenyans]] |
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The temple was constructed in the middle of 15th century. According to some old inscription |
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Popularly known as Perumal Kovil of Saidapet. The main deity is [[Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal]]. Annual ''Brahmotsavam'' takes place during the Tamil month of Chithirai. Vaikunta Ekadasi festival is very famous here.Other two famous festivals are [[Rathasapthami]] which is held in the month of February and [[Thotta Urchavam]] held in the month of march. One more important function in this temple is that "Sri Parthasarathy Swamy of Triplicane visits this temple yearly once. On First Sunday in February month. |
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==== Kadumbaadi Chinnamman kovil ==== |
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A very famous Shakthi temple in West Saidapet. Fridays of the Tamil months of Aadi and Thai are famous. Annual ''brahmotsavam'' takes place during the Tamil month of Aadi. |
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==== Anjaneyar temple ==== |
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This [[Hanuman]] temple is situated on the banks of the [[Adyar]] river.There is one more anjaneyar temple facing the prasanna venkatesa perumal kovil .The temple is believed to be very powerful. |
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It is said the Hanuman in this temple is incarnated in such a way that he is worshipping lord Rama situated at the Narasimha temple. |
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==== Subramanya Swamy temple ==== |
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This temple is situated in the center of Saidapet. Its main deity is Lord Subramanya Swamy (Muruga) and has a 5 storied gopuram. Annual brahmotsavam takes place in the month of Masi and the deity is taken in procession for 10 days. |
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=== Churches === |
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Saidapet has about seven churches, St. Thomas church has a congregation of 500 families and is situated on LDG street, the [[NLAG Church]]<ref>www.nlag.in</ref> is situated across the bridge. It is the biggest Assembly of God church in Tamil Nadu. |
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=== Bridges === |
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# The bridge located near the market on Jeenis road serves as a vital link to Mount Road from West Saidapet. |
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# Jones road underpass (currently under construction) when built will serve an important link for West Saidapet. |
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# Aranganathan subway serves to connect [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]] and [[Mambalam]]. |
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== Politics == |
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[[Karunanidhi|Kalaignar Karunanidhi]], the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was once elected from this constituency. It occupies an important place in Tamil Nadu politics being the starting place for election rallies. |
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Saidapet assembly constituency is part of [[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web |
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== Miscellaneous == |
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Saidapet is an important administrative center. The health district in Chengalpet district is split into Saidapet hud and Kanchipuram hud. Panagal building which is a part of saidapet is a famous landmark. |
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Saidapet had a large weaver population and handlooms were in operation as late as 1990. It was quite notorious for [[filariasis]] in the olden days. |
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Saidapet has a very busy shopping market place called the [[Bazaar Road]]. It is famous for its fish market attracting buyers from faraway places. |
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St Marys Matriculation Higher Secondary School is one of the Schools situated here |
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== References == |
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{{Chennai - Suburban Railway,South|Saidapet|Mambalam|Guindy|9}} |
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{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}} |
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== External links == |
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* http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Saidapet.html |
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* http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2008/06/16/stories/2008061650530500.htm |
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Revision as of 01:02, 14 October 2008
Saidapet
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Saidapet is a locality of Chennai, India. Mambalam, T.Nagar, Guindy, Nandanam, K. K. Nagar , Jafferkhanpet are its neighbourhood suburbs. A subway joining Alandur road and Anna Salai (earlier Mount Road) has been constructed recently. This allows easier access to Anna Salai, the arterial road in Chennai. Saidapet is largely a residential area with very few shopping places. However, there is gradual commercial development.
History of Saidapet
Saidapet is named after Sayyid Shah, a high-ranking 18th-century official of the court of the Nawab of Arcot. The then Nawab of Arcot gifted these parts to Sayyid Shah in 1730. However, Saidapet at that time also included Kotturpuram and Nandanam.
The Maraimalai Adigal Bridge (previously the Marmalong Bridge) connects the northern banks of the River Adyar with the south. This bridge was originally built in 1726 by Armenian Coja Petrus Uscan. The dilapidated old bridge was replaced by a new one in the 1960s built as part of reconstruction and modernization efforts. The name Marmalong might have originated from the neighbourhood of Mambalam.
Some interesting facts about Saidapet
Saidapet starts from the Southern boundary of Maraimalai Adigal Bridge. It was called the Marmalong Bridge for over 200 years. The Armenian trader who built the steps in St. Thomas Mount constructed this bridge. In the 1970s this bridge was broadened.
The Karaneeswarar Temple and the washing area in the Adyar River are not the only aspect that adds fame to Saidapet. An educational institution makes Saidapet very distinguished. That is the Teachers' Training College that has completed 100 years, whence thousands of trained teachers have come out and enlightened lakhs and lakhs of students. This college, located in an extensive area, has buildings that are spacious and beautiful. Since one building is in a dilapidated condition it has been kept closed. Efforts are being taken to renovate that building. Just half a kilometre away from the Teachers' Training College there is another spacious institution. The former imparted intellectual education to students, while the latter gave physical education. The YMCA school at Saidapet is a training centre for the physical education instructors. This is also a very reputed institution. In the past 20 years, dozens of Tamil and Telugu movie shootings have been held in this open field. The Saidapet swimming pool, maintained by YMCA, is also famous. There was a time when there were only two swimming pools in Chennai. One is the swimming pool on the Beach in Marina. The next one is the YMCA pool at Saidapet.
Transportation
Railway station
The Suburban Railway station in Saidapet is located between the stations of Guindy and Mambalam.Recently Automatic Ticket Vending machines have been introduced here.
Buses
Saidapet has a MTC bus terminus located on Anna Salai.There are frequent bus services originating from this place to other important parts of the city.
Metro(Proposed)
Plans have been finalised by the local government to build a Metro which connects to Alandur in the South and Chamiers road in the North as part of Chennai Metro Rail Scheme.The tentative year of completion is 2013.
Little mount church which is built on 1555 AD it has been established by the roman catholic people. St.THOMAS is the one of the disiples in the gang of jesus christ, he was arrested in a cave which is still there as a tourist spot.
Architecture
InRoutes Of Saidapet
Jeenis Road, Vinayagampet St, Bazaar Road, Flower St, Church Lane, Pillaiyar Koil St, Seschalam St, Jones Road, Balaji St, Thadandar Nagar,V.S.Mudali Street,Perumal Koil street, Kavarai Street,Vanniyar Street(the last stop for 18K bus)...
Schools and Colleges
The most familiar and only one college in saidapet is Teachers College. One of our great leader Dr. Radhakrishnan have studied in this college. In East Saidapet(Saidapet) the familiar school is Fathima Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Temples
Karaneeswarar temple
This temple is located next to the railway station. This temple has a 7-storied Gopuram with two prakarams. The main deity is Lord Karaneeswara and Goddess Swarnaambikai. This temple has a beautiful tank. Annual ten day Brahmotsavam takes place in the Tamil month of Chithirai. 1
Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal
The temple was constructed in the middle of 15th century. According to some old inscription Popularly known as Perumal Kovil of Saidapet. The main deity is Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal. Annual Brahmotsavam takes place during the Tamil month of Chithirai. Vaikunta Ekadasi festival is very famous here.Other two famous festivals are Rathasapthami which is held in the month of February and Thotta Urchavam held in the month of march. One more important function in this temple is that "Sri Parthasarathy Swamy of Triplicane visits this temple yearly once. On First Sunday in February month.
Kadumbaadi Chinnamman kovil
A very famous Shakthi temple in West Saidapet. Fridays of the Tamil months of Aadi and Thai are famous. Annual brahmotsavam takes place during the Tamil month of Aadi.
Anjaneyar temple
This Hanuman temple is situated on the banks of the Adyar river.There is one more anjaneyar temple facing the prasanna venkatesa perumal kovil .The temple is believed to be very powerful. It is said the Hanuman in this temple is incarnated in such a way that he is worshipping lord Rama situated at the Narasimha temple.
Subramanya Swamy temple
This temple is situated in the center of Saidapet. Its main deity is Lord Subramanya Swamy (Muruga) and has a 5 storied gopuram. Annual brahmotsavam takes place in the month of Masi and the deity is taken in procession for 10 days.
Churches
Saidapet has about seven churches, St. Thomas church has a congregation of 500 families and is situated on LDG street, the NLAG Church[1] is situated across the bridge. It is the biggest Assembly of God church in Tamil Nadu.
Bridges
- The bridge located near the market on Jeenis road serves as a vital link to Mount Road from West Saidapet.
- Jones road underpass (currently under construction) when built will serve an important link for West Saidapet.
- Aranganathan subway serves to connect Ashok Nagar and Mambalam.
Politics
Kalaignar Karunanidhi, the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was once elected from this constituency. It occupies an important place in Tamil Nadu politics being the starting place for election rallies.
Saidapet assembly constituency is part of Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Miscellaneous
Saidapet is an important administrative center. The health district in Chengalpet district is split into Saidapet hud and Kanchipuram hud. Panagal building which is a part of saidapet is a famous landmark.
Saidapet had a large weaver population and handlooms were in operation as late as 1990. It was quite notorious for filariasis in the olden days.
Saidapet has a very busy shopping market place called the Bazaar Road. It is famous for its fish market attracting buyers from faraway places.
St Marys Matriculation Higher Secondary School is one of the Schools situated here
References
- ^ www.nlag.in
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-08.