Sriperumbudur Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Sriperumbudur, once a sleepy panchayat town in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu is today fast emerging as the industrial nerve centre of Tamil Nadu. It is strategically located about 40 km from Chennai on National Highway 4 (Chennai  Bangalore Highway), which is a part of the golden quadrilateral that connects the four metropolitan cities. The beautifully laid foursix lane expressway provides an exhilarating ride from Chennai city to Sriperumbudur.

The town is historically significant as the birth place of Sri Ramanuja, one of the most prominent Hindu Vaishnava saints.  It was also here that, on the fateful day of 21 May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India was assassinated by a human bomb.

With its proximity to the state capital and its Port, good highways and its excellent infrastructural facilities, Sriperumbudur is being likened to Shenzhen, China. Set among rice fields and wetlands, sleepy Sriperumbudur jumped into the