Ayanambakkam
Ayanambakkam is a rapidly developing residential neighbourhood in the Poonamallee Block of Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ayanambakkam is a rapidly developing residential neighbourhood in the Poonamallee Block of Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated approximately 14 kilometres west of central Chennai, Ayanambakkam forms a part of the city’s expanding western suburban corridor.
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Worth seeing in and around Ayanambakkam
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Vedapureeswarar Temple, Thiruverkadu
Vedapureeswarar Temple or Eswaran Dharmaraja Koil is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Thiruverkadu, a Municipality in Tiruvallur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as Vedapureeswarar, and is represented by the lingam.
4 km · Hindu temple of Shiva in Thiruverkadu, India · Wikipedia - 02Makkah Masjid, Chennai
The Makkah Mosque is a mosque in the city of Chennai, India. The dargah of Syed Musa Sha Khaderi is located near the mosque.
1.9 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 03Ambattur Lake
Ambattur Aeri, or Ambattur Lake, is a rain-fed reservoir which reaches top levels during the monsoon seasons. In November 2008, incessant monsoon rain filled the lake and encroachments on the north and south banks of the lake were demolished.
3 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 04Tiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman Temple
Tiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman Temple is a Hindu temple in Tiruverkadu, a suburb of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
3 km · Amman Temple in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 05Maduravoyal Junction
Maduravoyal Junction is an important junction in Chennai. It is located to the west of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of National Highway 4 and Chennai Bypass.
1.9 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 06Mangal aeri, Chennai
Mangal Aeri, or Mangal Lake, is a rain-fed reservoir in the neighbourhood of Mugappair in Chennai, India.
3 km · lake in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ayanambakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 10 km · Tirupati (TIR), 91 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 265 km
- Tirupati → Ayanambakkam43 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · ₹370–465
- Bengaluru → Ayanambakkam277 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · ₹2,050–2,560
- Tiruchirappalli → Ayanambakkam297 km · quickest by road, 5h 6m · ₹2,060–2,580
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ayanambakkam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ayanambakkam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get aroundThe fares of Chennai auto-rickshaws have been an enormous political topic for many years and have contributed to the perception that the city's auto-rickshaw drivers never use meters and continually fleece passengers.
- Get aroundHowever, despite the reputation, trips by auto rickshaw actually are quick, but rarely based on the metered price.
- Get aroundAuto rickshaw meters are being outfitted with GPS and electronic digital receipt printers.
From Wikivoyage: Chennai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Ayanambakkam
Ayanambakkam is 3 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Karambakkamhuman settlement in India3.8 km
- NerkunramVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.7 km
- TiruverkaduVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3 km
- Ayappakkamneighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India3.7 km
- Annanurvillage in Tamil Nadu, India3.8 km
- Nolamburhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3.2 km