Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam
—  neighbourhood  —
Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam Location of Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam in Chennai and India
Coordinates	12°58′27″N 80°12′09″E / 12.974094°N 80.202448°E / 12.974094; 80.202448Coordinates: 12°58′27″N 80°12′09″E / 12.974094°N 80.202448°E / 12.974094; 80.202448
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Chennai
Assembly constituency	Sholinganallur
Zone	Perungudi
Ward	169
Population	29,086 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 600091

Puzhuthivakkam (Tamil: புழுதிவாக்கம்), commonly known as Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam (Tamil: உள்ளகரம்-புழுதிவாக்கம்) is one of the southern suburbs of Chennai. It is now a part of Chennai district after the expansion of the city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It neighbours the suburbs of Madipakkam, Adambakkam, Velachery, Pallikaranai and Nanganallur. This suburb of Chennai started to grow in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Demographics[link]

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Puzhuthivakkam had a population of 29,086. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Puzhuthivakkam has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 82%. In Puzhuthivakkam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport[link]

Puzhuthivakkam has a bus stand commonly referred to as "Mandaveli". Nowadays buses ply directly from this bus stand to Koyambedu, High Court, Chennai Central Railway Station, Guduvanchery, Sriperumbudur etc. A new bus named 5R from Saidapet to Velachery also passes by this area. More buses are expected to ply, as the road connecting to Velachery is now operational. Balaji nagar main road connects Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam.The construction of the extension NH45 with the name IRR(Inner Ring Road, Chennai) from OTA to Velachery is also putting this area under a fast developing areas of Chennai. Velachery - St.Thomas Mount MRTS Railway line construction is underway in Puzhuthivakkam.

Landmarks[link]

Some of the important landmarks of Puzhuthivakkam/Ullagaram are Medavakkam main road, Kumaran Theatre, Drowpathi Amman Kovil and Oil mills bus stop.This development of this area has been slow ever since the 1970s, and most areas in this suburb often suffer from bad roads, water, sewage, garbage dumping, spoiling of the Pallikaranai marshlands and electricity problems, which are often neglected by the local politicians. The Puzhuthivakkam administration comes under Zone 14 (Perungudi) of the Chennai Corporation.

Some of the schools in this area are Vyasa Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, New Prince matriculation higher secondary school and Karpaga Vigneshwara School.

Places of worship[link]

There are several places of worship in this locality. A few of them include:

• Shri Vijaya Ganapathy Temple (Ullagaram)
• Shri Anchaneya temple at Hindu colony (Ullagaram)
• Shri Badala Vigneshwara temple (Puzhuthivakkam)
• Shri Drowpathy Amman temple at Vanuvampet (Ullagaram)
• St. Judes Catholic Church at Vanuvampet
• CSI St. James Church (Ullagaram)
• Sri Ramar temple at Ram Nagar (Puzhuthivakkam).
• Moovarasampet Mosque
• Shri Bala Vinayagar Temple at Near Bus Stand

References[link]

Shri BalaVinayagar Goil

External links[link]

• Ram Temple at Puzhuthivakkam
• The plight of Commuters to/from Puzhuthivakkam
• Ullagaram Vijaya Ganapathy

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His Grace Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios (9 December 1918 – 16 February 2012) was a senior bishop of the Indian Orthodox Church.^[1] He was the metropolitan of the Niranam diocese from 1975-2007. He was a renowned theologian, orator and writer. ^[2]

Childhood and Education[link]

He was born on 9 December 1918 to Kochitty and Mariamma Kochitty of Munduvelil family in Mavelikara. He obtained his B.D from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, M.A from Drew University in America and his S.T.M from Union Seminary, Bangalore.

Priesthood[link]

He received the order of Korooyo (sub-deacon) from Metropolitan Augen Mar Timotheos on 9 August 1947 and his priesthood from His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese II, Catholicos on 10 May 1956. He was nominated to the post of Metropolitan by the Malankara Association which met at Niranam on 2 October 1974. Metropolitan Daniel Mar Philexinos ordained him as a Ramban at St. Mary's Cathedral Puthencavu. He was consecrated as a bishop by His Holiness Baselios Augen I, Catholicos of the East on 16 February 1975 at Niranam Valiya Palli. He was appointed as the Metropolitan of the Niranam Diocese on 1 April 1975.

Other Contributions[link]

He was the member of Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. He was a faculty member of the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, President of the Mission Board of the Indian Orthodox Church and the Director of St. Paul's Mission Training Centre, Mavelikara. He is the founder of a good number of charitable programmes, mission centers and institutions which include Marriage Assistance Foundation, Sick Aid Foundation, Save A Heart Foundation, House Building Aid Fund, Mission Training Centre, M.G.D Ashram Balabhavan Karunagiri, St Pauls Asram Puthuppady, Haripad Mission Centre, Yacharam St.Gregorios Balagram, Bethanya Bhavan, St.George Balikagram Pune, etc.

Publications[link]

1. Theology of a Classless Society ISBN 978-0-7188-2415-0
2. Sharing God and a sharing world ISBN 81-7214-253-6
3. The sin of being rich in a poor world: Holy Trinity and social justice

References[link]