Tirusulam

Tirusulam is a southern suburb of Chennai and a census town in Chengalpattu district falling within the Chennai metropolitan area, adjoining the Chennai International Airport, with the cargo terminal located at the adjacent Meenambakkam. The locality is served by Tirusulam railway station and Pallavaram Railway Station. Connectivity to Chennai Central Railway Station is provided by the Chennai Airport metro station of the Chennai Metro. Also there is a tower testing station here. Tirusulam will be part of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

==History== Tirusulam was known as "Tirusuram" and also known as "Sathurvethimangalam" it has its origin in the Tiruppurasundari Tirusoolanathar temple which is believed to have been constructed in the 11th century CE by Kulothunga I. The walls of the temple have inscriptions from the Chola period, and Pandiya kingdom, which denotes by the temple inscription The temple has big historical mysteries behind the walls. There is a story of a hiding place for precious metals and jewelry beneath the earth, where a secret path is said to exist. Kulothunga I is said to have hidden treasures somewhere here, instead of inside the temple. There exists a subway under the temple that connects the temple to the nearby hills known as "Panchapandava's Hills", where the king had his palace.