Kodambakkam

Kodambakkam is a residential neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The neighbourhood is served by Kodambakkam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Kodambakkam has a high centralization of film studios and has been referred to for its status as the center point of the Tamil film industry. The area of Kodambakkam has a history returning to around 2,000 years. Amid the time of the Pallavas and the Later Cholas, the western piece of Kodambakkam framed a segment of the truly critical sanctuary town of Vadapalani.

One of the most seasoned sanctuaries in Kodambakkam is the Bharthukesa sanctuary which is more than 500 years of age. There are old sanctuaries committed to Lord Shiva in particular Vengeeswarar Temple and Bharadvajeswarar Valeswarar Temple having a place with thirteenth Century worked amid Chola Period. Kodambakkam is the focal point of the Tamil film industry known as Kollywood, a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood. A. V. M. Studios built up by Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar was the primary film studio to be set up in Vadapalani-Kodambakkam. The Vijaya Vauhini Studios was set up somewhat later taken after by Prasad Labs in 1974. Today, numerous Tamil motion picture studios are situated in and around Kodambakkam.