Chennai – Chennapunji/ Sinkapur
Mylapore – Mazhai Pour
Kodambakkam – Kodai Pakkam
Porur – Pour ur
Velacheri – VeLLa cheri
Alwarpet – All water pet
Kotturpuram – Boater puram
Royapettah – River pettah
Boat Club – Boat Club
Doveton – Drowned down
Jaffarkhanpet – Jal under pet
Thiyagaraya Nagar – Tidewater Nagar
Tidel Park – Tidal Park
Todhunter Nagar – Torrential Nagar
Marina Beach – Maroona Beach
Vepery – Washery
Washermanpet – Waterfall pet
George Town – Gorge Town
Alandur – All Under
Siruseri – Sirf Eri
Kilpauk – Keele Par
Adyar – All Aar
Sowcarpet – Sewerpet
Triplicane – Triple Rain
Mandaveli – Man deep well
Meenambakkam – Meen Ellam Paakkalaam
Nungambakkam – Nanguram
Nunganallur – Nunguranallur
Oorapakkam – Oorina Pakkam
Koyambedu – Kulam Pondu
Valasaravakkam – veLLa Seru vakkam
Madambakkam – Maha Dam Pakkam
Maraimalai Nagar – Mazhai Mazhai Nagar
KK Nagar – KuLam kuTTai Nagar
Vyasarpadi – Waterspadi
Padi – Puddly
Great PUNAR NAAMAKARANAM!Ingenious…..My dear father was a great one at doing this!
Added a few more
Washermanpet — wash her man pet
Chetpet– sethu pet
Reblogged this on K 2 E.
If we leave this to remain in the archive, many years later if an historian were to stumble upon this, it may totally throw him off gear in his research, that he might end up thinking these are the root for the names; and the pictures that he may get to see will only lend credibility to the theory.