Sri Kanaka Durga Telugu HS School

Prior to 1947, Villivakkam was a small hamlet, out of the Madras Corporation limits, where most of them were Telugus, living below poverty line. Since there was no Telugu Medium School, in that vicinity, a Telugu Elementary School was established in 1947, in a vacant place in Grama Nattham (S.No.348/1A, Koonoor Village, Villivakkam), allotted by the TN Govt, near the Arulmigu Damadara Perumal Temple, by collecting donations from philanthropic Telugu people and to manage the school, To raise funds to built a High School, a Drama was enacted in Vijayawada in 1948, collecting Rs. 21,000. Accordingly, the Villivakkam Telugu Higher Elementary (VTHE) School Society was formed and registered under the Madras Societies Act, in 1949. The Schools were named after the popular diety of Vijayawada, Sri Kanakadurga.