Marakkanam Beach, Villupuram
Marakkanam Beach is located in Marakkanam which is
a coastal panchayat town & Taluk in Villupuram district in the Indian state of Tamil
Nadu. It is well connected to the state capital Chennai and the nearby union territory of Puducherry by the East
Coast Road.
To the west, Marakkanam is connected to the town
of Tindivanam by the SH - 134. Marakkanam is situated on the declared National Waterways NW - 4. On materialization of National Waterways NW - 4,
Marakkanam will be connected to two states Andhra
Pradesh (Kakinada) and
Puducherry through north and south of Buckingham
Canal.
It is located at 22 kms from Pondicherry and 35 kms from
Tindivanam. In Marakkanam there is a peaceful beach. In the production of
salt Marakkanam places second position in Tamilnadu. The Salt Field is
famous for Marakkanam. The Buckingham Canal from Andhrapradesh ends in this
place only.
