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[edit] Tiruvottiyur, 1908

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Town in the Saidapet taluk of Chingleput District, Madras, situated in 13° 10' N. and 80° 18' E., 6 miles north of Fort St. George. The population in 1901 was 15,919, but this figure was greatly enhanced by the fact that a festival was proceeding at the time of enumeration. In it is an ancient Siva temple, containing inscriptions inside and outside the shrine in Grantha characters. It attracts large crowds of people from Madras city and other places every Friday, and during the Brahmotsavam feast in the month of Masi (February). The place has a bad name for malaria.