Sriperumbudur is a town panchayat in the Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai on the National Highway 4 and is just outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area and part of the Chennai suburban area. It is a fast emerging neighbourhood of Chennai. Since 2000, Sriperumbudur has seen rapid industrialisation. It is known for being the birthplace of Sri Ramanuja, one of the most prominent Hindu Vaishnava saints. The former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated here in 1991. Geography Geology Sriperumbudur belongs to the Sriperumbudur Formation, which is characterised by arenaceous and argillaceous rock units composed of splintery green shale, clays, and sandstones with ironstone intercalation. The rock units conformably overlie either the Precambrian basement or Precambrian boulder beds and green shales. The beds contain marine intercalations. Their lithologic suites and fossil fauna are suggestive of deposition under shallow and brackish conditions, probably close to the shoreline. Economy Sriperumbudur has attracted huge investments due to several factors: proximity to Chennai port strategic location on the Chennai-Bangalore highway infrastructure development establishment of Software Technology Parks availability of quality workforce In 1999, Hyundai, one of the initial investors, arrived at Sriperumbudur. By 2008, Sriperumbudur had become a special economic zone with over US$2 billion invested by companies primarily in the automotive and electronics sectors. A new greenfield Chennai Airport is planned for Sriperumbudur. The Industrial corridor between Sriperumbudur and Oragadam is rapidly growing with apartment complexes by large developers such as KumarRaja Foundations, Arun Excello and Hiranandani. Companies in Sriperumbudur The following companies have established operations in Sriperumbudur: BMW AIS Glass - Automotive Glass CAPARO engineering India Ltd. Dell DELL Flextronics Ford Foxconn Jabil Lenovo Mitsubishi Motorola Nissan Royal Enfield Saint-Gobain Salcomp Samsung Sanmina-SCI YAMAHA motors Pvt ltd. YCH Government and politics The Sriperumbudur assembly constituency is one of 234 constituencies represented in Tamil Nadu's State Legislative assembly. It is also represented as Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is T R Baalu from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). The Kanchipuram Regional Transport Office (RTO) has a unit office in Sriperumbudur. Places of interest Adikesava Perumal temple Adikesava Perumal Temple is the birthplace of Ramanuja, the Hindu saint and philosopher known as the proponents of the Vaishnavism branch of Hinduism. Ramanujar's