Pallikondeswarar Temple, Surutapalli – Connectivity
The
Temple is located at about 2 Kms from Uthukottai, 2 Kms from Uthukottai Bus
Stand, 11 Kms from Nagalapuram, 15 Kms from Ramagiri, 26 Kms from Thiruvallur,
29 Kms from Thiruvallur Railway Station, 74 Kms from Tirupati, 60 Kms from
Chennai and 72 Kms from Chennai Airport. This Temple is situated on the Tamil
Nadu-Andhra Pradesh Border. This village is on the Chennai-Tirupati route. Some
of the APSRTC buses stop just outside the temple. A person travelling from
Chennai has to cross Poondi and Uthukottai. Surutapalli is midway between Uthukottai
and Nagalapuram.
Suruttuppalli
can be reached through two routes. Via Redhills, Karanodai, Periyapalayam
and Uthukottai. In the Chennai – Kolkata Grand North Trunk (GNT) Road you
can go upto Karanodai bridge / Toll Plaza and immediately after that you can
take the road on the left that goes via Periyapalayam, Uthukottai, Nagalapuram
to Thirupathi. From Uthukottai, the temple is just 2 Kms away and is on the
main road itself. It is at the end of the Uthukottai town which is the border
between Tamilnadu and Andhra states and the temple is in the Andhra state
territory. You can also come via Thiruvallur and Poondi to Uthukottai.
