Alwarpetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Alwarpet (Tamil: ஆழ்வார்பேட்டை) is a mixed residential zone in central Chennai. It is a prestigious residential area and contains the two best residential colonies of Chennai, namely the Boat Club and the Poes Garden. As on 2010, this still remains the costliest residential area of Chennai. Earlier it was a purely residential locality of Chennai occupied predominantly by Brahmins, but now large shopping complexes and eatries such as Bananaa leaf Restaurant have come out. Alwarpet can also be called as a part and extension of the larger Mylapore area. The Alwarpet area also contains one of the five star hotels, namely The Park Sheraton, Chola Sheraton, The Woodlands, Savera Hotel. There are many shopping centres located on the T.T.K road stretch, which falls within Alwarpet area. There are notable concert halls, including Music Academy, Narada Ghana Sabha and CP Arts Centre named after C. P. Ramaswami Iyer in Alwarpet making it as the hub of carnatic music along with nearby Mylapore famous for hosting the yearly Carnatic Music concerts in the Madras Music Season. There are numerous schools for Western Classical Music, Carnatic Music, Bharatanatyam, Sanskrit, Vedas and Contemporary Art, apart from centers for foreign languages in Alwarpet and Mylapore locality.