Chunampet

Chunampet is a village in the Cheyyur taluk of Kanchipuram district in India. It is located 99 kilometres from Chennai and 22 kilometres from Madurantakam on the Madurantakam-Marakkanam road. It was the seat of the zamindari of Chunampet during the colonial era. It is located at the southern edge of the Buckingham Canal.

Chunampet is famous for a 19th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Kiratamanjeswarar.^[1] The temple was, till recently, in ruins, and was renovated by Arunachala Mudaliar, the erstwhile zamindar of Chunampet and his descendants.^[2]

Chnampet is situated about 9 kilometres from the Bay of Bengal coast and is surrounded by salt pans extending for over seven miles.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Temples of Tamilnad, Pg 209
2. ^ Temples of Tamilnad, Pg xviii
3. ^ Routes in the Madras presidency. Government Press. 1879. pp. 487. 

References

• R. K. Das (1964). Temples of Tamilnadu. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & V.N MOORTHY. 

Coordinates: 12°16′N 79°55′E / 12.267°N 79.917°E / 12.267; 79.917