Thirumazhisai
Village in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Thirumazhisai is a western suburb of Chennai, India. It is located in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. Located on the way to Thiruvallur, the neighbourhood is situated at a distance of 28 km from the city's kilometer zero. The nearest railway station is at Thiruninravur, which is 13 km away.
The neighbourhood is the birthplace of Thirumalisai Alvar, one of the 12 Vaishnavite poet-saints of the Bhakti era.
Landmarks
Jagannatha Perumal temple also known as Thirumazhisai Alwar temple.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Thirumazhisai” as village in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2716169. Authority coordinates are 13.052, 80.061. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Thirumazhisai” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.