Thirumazhisai
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Thirumazhisai is a town in Thiruvallur district in the India
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Thirumazhisai is on the way to Thiruvallur district.

How to reach

1.From chennai take the Poonamallee high road.

2. After you see Motel highway on the left hand side take the immediate right.
(Note: be cautious as this is a major bangalore highway and accident prone areas)

3. After making a right go for 500 yards.

4. You see the Jagannatha temple gopuram on the left hand side.

Demographics

India census
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, Thirumazhisai had a population of 16,286. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thirumazhisai has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 57%. In Thirumazhisai, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Satellite Township

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa informed the Assembly on 8 September 2011 that a new Satellite Township would be built at Thirumazhisai at a cost of Rs 2,160 crores

Places of worship

Thirumazhisai is a punniya sthalam [holy place] and has a lot of temples. To list a few of the temples

1. Thirumazhisai Aazhwar
Thirumazhisai Aazhwar
Tirumazhisai-aazhvaar is one of the twelve Alvars of Vaishnavism and is so called as he was born in Thirumazhisai. This place has a temple for Jagannatha Perumal where you can see the idol of Thirumazhisai Azhwar with the eye on the thumb nail in his right leg. His asterism is makham...

temple :Also known as Jagannatha Perumal temple. One of the twelve Alvars of Vaishnavism was born in Thirumazhisai hence was called as Tirumazhisai-aazhvaar. This temple opens around 7:30 am.

2. Othandeeswar temple : A shiva temple kai thanda pran [devotee who gave his hand]. It is told that this temple was built at this site as Lord Shiva showed himself here to the devotee(King Kulothunga Chola) who cut off his hand when he accidentally used his sword to cut the climbers on the Lingam to pave way

3. Veetirundha Perumal temple: This is also one of the main temple in Thirumazhisai. It is very close to Jagannathar temple. Hardly 10 minutes walk. In this temple there is a Hanuman sannidhi. He is called as the Doctor's Doctor. People who visit Jagannatha Perumal go to this temple and get the blessings of lord Veetirundha Perumal and lord Hanuman.
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