Vellala Street

Vellala Street
Vellalar Street
Neighbourhood
Vellala Street is located in Chennai
Vellala Street
Vellala Street
Coordinates: 13°05′01″N 80°15′05″E / 13.0835451°N 80.25144439°E / 13.0835451; 80.25144439
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
MetroChennai
AreaPurasawalkam
Government
 • BodyChennai Corporation
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Planning agencyCMDA
Civic agencyChennai Corporation
Websitewww.chennai.tn.nic.in

Vellala Street, also known as Vellalar Street, is a residential street in Purasawalkam in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Vellalar is supposedly a caste name crediting to the early residents who belonged to this caste. Later these distinctions vanished and led way to more diverse residents. One of the leading figures of early literature in English R. K. Narayan and his youngest brother R. K. Laxman, an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist were living at Number 1, Vellala Street.