Chepauk
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India.
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, also known as the Chepauk Stadium. It is also home to the Chepauk Palace, built in the Indo-Saracenic style. The University of Madras campus is yet another prominent landmark of Chepauk. The Central Research laboratory is located here. Chepauk's postal index number (PIN) code is 600005. The main roads of Chepauk are Bells Road and Walajah Road.
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Worth seeing in and around Chepauk
10 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.
- 01University of Madras
The University of Madras is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council of India under the British government.
300 m · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 02San Thome Basilica
San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the Santhome neighbourhood of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu.
3.4 km · church in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 03Fort St. George
Fort St. George is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India.
1.9 km · fort in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 04M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, commonly known as the Chepauk Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. It is named after M. A. Chidambaram, a former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and managed by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.
300 m · cricket stadium · Wikipedia - 05Marina Beach
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St.
1.1 km · longest beach of India · Wikipedia - 06Kapaleeshwarar Temple
The Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is located in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
3.6 km · temple of Shivan (Kapaleeswarar) and a form of Shiva's consort Parvati called Karpagambal ("Goddess of the Wish-Yielding Tree"), located in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 07Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The stadium is located at Sydenhams road in Park Town, besides the Chennai Central suburban railway station.
2.7 km · Multipurpose stadium in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 08Madras Observatory
The Madras Observatory was an astronomical observatory which had its origins in a private observatory set up by William Petrie in 1786 and later moved and managed by the British East India Company from 1792 in Madras. The main purpose for establishing it was to assist in navigation and mapping by recording the latitude and maintaining time standards.
3.8 km · observatory · Wikipedia - 09Presidency College
Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a graduate college.
400 m · arts, law and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 10Parthasarathy Temple
The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai, India. Located in the neighbourhood of Thiruvallikeni, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.
1.2 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chepauk
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 15 km · Tirupati (TIR), 102 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 279 km
- Stations
- Chennai Egmore railway station, 2.8 km · Chennai Port, 2.5 km · Chennai Beach railway station, 3.2 km · Nehru Park metro station, 3.7 km · Chennai Central, 2.2 km
- Tirupati → Chepauk113 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₹900–1,130
- Bengaluru → Chepauk292 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · ₹2,130–2,670
- Tiruchirappalli → Chepauk304 km · quickest by road, 5h 19m · ₹2,130–2,670
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chepauk
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 Chepauk. 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.
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Next door to Chepauk
Chepauk is 3 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chennaicity and state capital of Tamil Nadu, India2.2 km
- Chennai districtdistrict of Tamil Nadu, India2.6 km
- MylaporeNeighbourhood in Chennai3.4 km
- Chennai metropolitan areaMetropolitan planning area of capital Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India2.6 km
- Chennai Suburban Railwaycommuter rail system in the city of Chennai, India2.3 km
- Egmoreneighborhood in Chennai2.9 km