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Also known as Pazhaverkadu, Paliacate, Palleacatte

Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu is a historic seashore town in Chennai Metropolitan Area at Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is about north of Chennai and from Elavur, on the southern periphery of the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about along the coast. With lakeside and seashore development as well as several Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

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Pulicat
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Pazhaverkadu
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Suburb of Chennai
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Pulicat Name Board
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India Tamil Nadu
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left
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Pulicat (Tamil Nadu)
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State
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Tamil Nadu
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Metric
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29
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auto
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Official
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Tamil
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IST

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Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu is a historic seashore town in Chennai Metropolitan Area at Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is about north of Chennai and from Elavur, on the southern periphery of the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about along the coast. With lakeside and seashore development as well as several Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

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