Irumbai
Irumbai is a village situated next to Auroville in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and at about 10 km from Pondicherry.
Irumbai is a village situated next to Auroville in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and at about 10 km from Pondicherry.
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Worth seeing in and around Irumbai
3 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.
- 01Matrimandir
The Matrimandir is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of integral yoga in the centre of Auroville, India established by Mirra Alfassa of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville's spiritual co-founder, known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère. It is called Soul of the City and situated in a large open space called "Paix".
2.5 km · Spiritual Building in the centre of Auroville, India. · Wikipedia - 02Panchavatee Hanuman Temple
Panchavatee Jayamangala Panchamukha Sri Anjaneyaswamy is a temple located 9 km from Pondicherry, India.
1.7 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia - 03Irumbai Mahaleswarar Temple
Irumbai Mahaleswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Irumbai in Vanur taluk in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva.
300 m · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Irumbai
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 117 km · Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 181 km · Tirupati (TIR), 183 km
- Chennai → Irumbai132 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · ₹1,030–1,290
- Tiruchirappalli → Irumbai178 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · ₹1,340–1,670
- Tirupati → Irumbai185 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · ₹1,420–1,780
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No local-transport research exists yet for Irumbai
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 Irumbai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy rickshaw (₹300-400) or taxi (₹400-500) from Pondicherry (January 2023).
- Get inMany buses between Chennai and Pondicherry pass the turn off to Auroville - you can exit along the ECR (coastal highway) and into one of the waiting rickshaws at the junction (₹200).
- Get inHitchhiking between the ECR and Auroville is very easy.
- Get inYou can also rent scooters in Pondicherry and drive yourself for a day trip or arrange to keep the scooter for a few days or more.
- Get aroundRickshaws and taxis can be ordered for trips out of the town.
From Wikivoyage: Auroville, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Irumbai
Irumbai is 8 km from Gundupālaiyam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Aurovilleexperimental universal township in South India1.6 km