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Ponneri is a town , and Famous for `` Dhaba and Biriyani '' ___MASK33___ ___MASK73___ Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state ___MASK73___ Tamil Nadu . It is located in Ponneri taluk . The neighbourhood is served by the Ponneri railway station ___MASK73___ the Chennai Suburban Railway Network . The Eastern Ghats or Kizhakku thodarchi malaigal or Prva Gha , ( ta :                ) ( Hindi :         ) also known as Mahendra Parvatam in the ___MASK30___ , are a discontinuous range ___MASK73___ mountains along India ' s eastern coast . The Eastern Ghats run from the ___MASK95___ Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the ___MASK30___ passing some parts ___MASK73___ Karnataka . They are eroded and cut through by the four major rivers ___MASK73___ peninsular India , known as the Godavari , Mahanadi , Krishna , and Kaveri . ___MASK56___ ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', Tamil :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic ___MASK73___ ___MASK56___ ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . ___MASK56___ has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . ___MASK6___ () is one ___MASK73___ the 29 states ___MASK73___ India , situated on the southeastern coast ___MASK73___ the country . The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area ___MASK73___ . As per 2011 Census ___MASK73___ India , the state is tenth largest by population with 49 , 386 , 799 inhabitants . ___MASK43___ ( literally " ___MASK64___ " in Tamil ), formerly known as Pondicherry is a union territory ___MASK73___ India . It was formed out ___MASK73___ four exclaves ___MASK73___ former French India , namely Pondichéry ( Pondicherry ), Karikal ( Karaikal ), Mahé and Yanaon ( Yanam ). It is named after the largest district Pondicherry . Historically known as " Pondicherry " (" Piccri "), the territory changed its official name to " ___MASK43___ " (" Putuccri ") on 20 September 2006 . ___MASK47___ ; formerly known as Madras or ) is the capital ___MASK73___ the Indian state ___MASK73___ Tamil Nadu . Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal , it is one ___MASK73___ the biggest cultural , economic and educational centres in South India . According to the 2011 Indian census , it is the sixth - largest city and fourth - most populous urban agglomeration in India . The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the ___MASK47___ Metropolitan Area , which is the 36th - largest urban area by population in the world . ___MASK47___ is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists . It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 . The Quality ___MASK73___ Living Survey rated ___MASK47___ as the safest city in India . ___MASK47___ attracts 45 percent ___MASK73___ health tourists visiting India , and 30 to 40 percent ___MASK73___ domestic health tourists . As such , it is termed " India ' s health capital ". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country , ___MASK47___ confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio - economic problems . ___MASK38___ ( IPA :) is a state in south western region ___MASK73___ India . It was formed on 1 November 1956 , with the passage ___MASK73___ the States Reorganisation Act . Originally known as the State ___MASK73___ Mysore , it was renamed " ___MASK38___ " in 1973 . The capital and largest city is Bangalore ( Bengaluru ). ___MASK38___ is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Laccadive Sea to the west , ___MASK74___ to the northwest , Maharashtra to the north , Telangana to the northeast , Andhra Pradesh to the east , Tamil Nadu to the southeast , and Kerala to the southwest . The state covers an area ___MASK73___ , or 5 . 83 percent ___MASK73___ the total geographical area ___MASK73___ India . It is the seventh largest Indian state by area . With 61 , 130 , 704 inhabitants at the 2011 census , ___MASK38___ is the eighth largest state by population , comprising 30 districts . Kannada , one ___MASK73___ the classical languages ___MASK73___ India , is the most widely spoken and official language ___MASK73___ the state . Ponneri taluk is a taluk ___MASK73___ ___MASK96___ ___MASK73___ the Indian state ___MASK73___ Tamil Nadu . The headquarters ___MASK73___ the taluk is the town ___MASK73___ Ponneri . ___MASK89___ ( English pronunciation : ; ""; : ; literally ' The Land ___MASK73___ Tamils ' or ' Tamil Country ') is one ___MASK73___ the 29 states ___MASK73___ India . Its capital and largest city is Chennai ( formerly known as Madras ). ___MASK89___ lies in the southernmost part ___MASK73___ the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory ___MASK73___ Puducherry and the South Indian states ___MASK73___ Kerala , Karnataka , and Andhra Pradesh . It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north , by the Nilgiri , the Anamalai Hills , and Kerala on the west , by the Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal in the east , by the Gulf ___MASK73___ Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast , and by the Indian Ocean on the south . The state shares a maritime border with the nation ___MASK73___ Sri Lanka . ___MASK8___ is the area encompassing the ___MASK37___ states ___MASK73___ Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , and Telangana as well as the union territories ___MASK73___ Andaman and Nicobar , Lakshadweep and Puducherry , occupying 19 . 31 % ___MASK73___ India ' s area . Covering the southern part ___MASK73___ the peninsular Deccan Plateau , ___MASK8___ is bounded by the Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal in the east , the Arabian Sea in the west and the ___MASK37___ Ocean in the south . The geography ___MASK73___ the region is diverse with two mountain ranges - the Western and Eastern Ghats , bordering the plateau heartland . Godavari , Krishna , Kaveri , Tungabhadra and Vaigai rivers are important non - perennial sources ___MASK73___ water . Bangalore , Chennai , Hyderabad , Visakhapatnam , Vijayawada , Coimbatore and Kochi are the largest urban areas . The ___MASK84___ ___MASK73___ Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part ___MASK73___ the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean . It lies between the southeastern tip ___MASK73___ India and the west coast ___MASK73___ Sri Lanka , in the Coromandel Coast region . The Palk Strait is a strait between the ___MASK89___ state ___MASK73___ India and the Mannar district ___MASK73___ the ___MASK95___ Province ___MASK73___ the island nation ___MASK73___ Sri Lanka . It connects the Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest . The strait is wide . Several rivers flow into it , including the Vaigai River ___MASK73___ ___MASK89___ . The strait is named after Robert Palk , who was a governor ___MASK73___ Madras Presidency ( 1755  1763 ) during the Company Raj period . The Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal , the largest bay in the world , forms the northeastern part ___MASK73___ the Indian Ocean . Roughly triangular , it is bordered mostly by India and Sri Lanka to the west , Bangladesh to the north , and Myanmar ( Burma ) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( India ) to the east . Bengal ( bgl ; Bengali :    ,      and    ) is a region in Asia which is located in the eastern part ___MASK73___ the Indian subcontinent at the apex ___MASK73___ the Bay ___MASK73___ Bengal . Geographically , it is made up by the Ganges - Brahmaputra delta system , the largest such formation in the world ; along with mountains in its north ( bordering the Himalayan states ) and east ( bordering Northeast India and Burma ). ___MASK78___ , historically known as Keralam , is an Indian state in ___MASK8___ on the Malabar coast . It was formed on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act by combining Malayalam - speaking regions . Spread over , it is bordered by ___MASK38___ to the north and northeast , ___MASK89___ to the east and south , and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west . With 33 , 387 , 677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census , ___MASK78___ is the thirteenth - largest state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram . Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language ___MASK73___ the state . ___MASK96___ ( also known as Thiruvallur District ) is an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is a part of Greater chennai corporation . The town of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters . The district has a mixture of urban and rural characteristics . The Eastern part of ___MASK96___ is dominated by urban characteristics while the Southern and Northern part of the district has influence of Andhra culture due to its position . As of 2011 , the district had a population of 3 , 728 , 104 with a sex - ratio of 987 females for every 1 , 000 males