Triplicane

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Triplicane
metro = Chennai
state_name = Tamil Nadu
type = neighbourhood
latd = 13.0553
longd = 80.2807
district = Chennai District
parliament_const = Chennai Central
assembly_const =
taluk_names = Triplicane
corp_zone = Mylapore-Triplicane
corp_ward =
postal_code =
website = www.chennai.tn.nic.in
website_caption = Chennai District website
planning_agency = CMDA
civic_agency = Chennai Corporation

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Besides the Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane is also famous for the various personalities it has produced over the years. Writer Sujatha, and cricketers M.J. Gopalan, Krish Srikkanth and W.V. Raman all hailed from Triplicane. Nobel prize winner Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar attended the Hindu High School (1922-1925) in Triplicane. Subramanya Bharathy, the freedom fighter and poet, lived his last years in a house there; the house has since been bought and renovated by the Government of Tamil Nadu (in 1993), and named Bharathiyar Illam (Home of Bharathiyar). The Chepauk Cricket Ground is in Triplicane as well.

Triplicane is called the Bachelors Paradise of Chennai. The locality has a large number of "mansions" - a local synonym for guest houses. Many of these are suitable for students, single professionals and visitors. Walking around the lanes of Triplicane during evening time, one is apt to come across hosts of youngsters conversing in a babel of languages - English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. The place is known for its educational book stalls and used bikes. Triplicane's Pycrofts Road is a mini T. Nagar where one can buy all kinds of garments and luggage.

Food

There are many restaurants and cafes in Triplicane. Triplicane restaurants serve a variety of foods - Tamil Nadu styles (Chennai, Chettinad, Karaikudi), Bengali, Gujarati, North Indian and Keralite. Amongst the oldest restaurants is Ratna Cafe - their idli-sambar dish is a local favorite. Murugan Idli Shop has also opened an outlet in Triplicane. There are many Mess that serve bachelors with low cost wholesome food with unlimited rice and pappu (lentils). Mess usually are single family businesses with no sales tax information - they migrate as a single family, rent a house, modify the hall to accommodate 20 seats, order rice in wholesale.Well known mess is "Kasi Vinayaga Mess"

Politics

Triplicane assembly constituency is part of Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-08
work = Tamil Nadu
publisher = Election Commission of India ]

References

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