Kanchipuram

Kancheepuram district is located in the upper east of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The region including the current day Kancheepuram locale was before a  part of Chingleput district. The first Chingleput region was part in 1997 into structure the current day Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.

On 18 July 2019, Chengalpattu district was cut out of Kanchipuram district  with rural areas from Chengalpet towards Chennai under the region central command in Chengalpet. The detachment became effective from 29th of November which was ratified by Chief Minister Mr. Edappadi K Palaniswami.

Kanchipuram District – Industry FAQs


Kanchipuram – Industry News

CMWSSB to set up desalination plant

Tamil Nadu government through Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) is setting up a 400 MLD capacity sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant. It will be located in ...

Anjani Portland Cement plans new cement unit in Athipattu

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd is planning to set up a cement plant in Athipattu in Ponneri Taluk in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The project involves setting up of a ...

Funskool sets up new manufacturing facility in Ranipet

FunSkool India, a group company of MRF Ltd has set up a manufacturing facility in Ranipet near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The company has invested around ₹ 250 million towards ...

Royal Enfield plans expansion programme in Tamil Nadu

Royal Enfield - a division of Eicher Motors is planning to expand its manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu. The company has signed an MoU with the state government during the ...

Borg Warner Systems plans expansion at Kakkalur

Borg Warner Systems is expanding its manufacturing plant in Kakkalur in Thiruvallur in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The company is expanding their activities in anticipation of emerging demand from ...

J R Metals plans new steel unit in Amirthamangalam

J R Metals is planning to set up a greenfield steel unit in Amirthamangalam village in Gummidipoondi near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The project involves setting up of Sponge Iron ...

Kanchipuram  Tourism – Important Tourist Spots

Varadaraja Temple

Varadaraja Temple is one the 108 Vishnu temples of of the world. You will be surprised by the bigger courtyard ...

Kailasanathar Temple

Kailasanathar Temple, is a wonderful architecture of sandstone of yester years going back to 6th Century AD. It is built ...

Ekambareswar Temple

Ekambareswar Temple - one of the five important (Pancha Bootha ) Shiva temples in the South India. It denotes the ...

Kanchi Kamakshi Temple

Kanchi Kamakshi Temple is the foremost of the Sakthi temples and one of the 51 Shakti Peedas of the world ...

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram is one of the oldest temple with stunning Dravidian architecture. It was also known as ...

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is a quieter bird sanctuary near Chennai. During season December-March you will find colorful birds from across ...

Sri-Pandava-Thootha-Perumal-Temple-Kanchipuram

Sri-Pandava-Thootha-Perumal-Temple is in Thiru Padagam in midst of Kanchipuram town. It is an important temple and belongs to 108 divya ...

Pallava Cave – Kanchipuram

Pallava Caves is a group of 4 rock cut cave temples built during the 6th Century AD. It look similar ...

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is the most industrialized state among southern India. It has strong presence in textiles, engineering and automotive industries …

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