Kodambakkam
Kodambakkam is a business and residential neighbourhood in Central Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kodambakkam is a business and residential neighbourhood in Central Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The neighbourhood is served by Kodambakkam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Kodambakkam has a high concentration of film studios and has been known for its status as the hub of the Tamil film industry, lending its name to the industry's monicker Kollywood, a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood.
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Worth seeing in and around Kodambakkam
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.
- 01Madras 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.
2.8 km · observatory · Wikipedia - 02Government Museum, Chennai
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata.
3.9 km · museum of human history and culture in India · Wikipedia - 03Thousand Lights Mosque
The Thousand Lights Mosque is a Shi'ite mosque in Anna Salai in Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest mosques in the country and is a revered place of worship and azadari for Shia Muslims.
3.2 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 04The Park, Chennai
The Park Chennai is a five-star deluxe hotel located at the Anna Flyover junction on the erstwhile Gemini Studios premises on Anna Salai, Chennai, India. The hotel, part of the Apeejay Surrendra Group, was opened on 15 May 2002 at an investment of around ₹ 1 billion.
2.6 km · Indian Park · Wikipedia - 05Valluvar Kottam
Valluvar Kottam is a monument in Chennai, dedicated to the classical Tamil poet philosopher Valluvar. It is the city's biggest Tamil cultural centre.
1.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Pachaiyappa's College
Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In addition, it is the first sole Indian college in Madras Presidency.
2.3 km · college in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 07SDAT Tennis Stadium
Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu Tennis Stadium, commonly known as SDAT Stadium, sometimes also called Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium, is located in Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The stadium was built in 1995 by the Government of Tamil Nadu on the occasion of South Asian Federation Games held in Chennai that year.
1.4 km · stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 08Savera Hotel
The Savera is an 11-storied four-star hotel located in Mylapore, Chennai, India.
3.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 09St. George's Cathedral
St. George's Cathedral is a Church of South India cathedral in Chennai, India.
3 km · cathedral in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 10ITC Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers
The Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park was a five-star hotel located on TTK Road in Chennai, India. It opened in 1981 and closed in 2023.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kodambakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 9 km · Tirupati (TIR), 98 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 273 km
- Stations
- Nungambakkam railway station, 1.5 km · Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, 2.7 km · Arumbakkam metro station, 1.8 km · Chetput railway station, 3 km · Nehru Park metro station, 3.9 km
- Tirupati → Kodambakkam109 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ₹910–1,140
- Bengaluru → Kodambakkam285 km · quickest by road, 5h · ₹2,090–2,610
- Tiruchirappalli → Kodambakkam299 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · ₹2,090–2,620
- 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 Kodambakkam
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 Kodambakkam. 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 Kodambakkam
Kodambakkam is 7 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Anna Nagarneighbourhood in Chennai, India3.6 km
- Koyambedusuburb of Chennai3.5 km
- Saidapetsuburb of Chennai3.3 km
- Chetpetneighborhood in Chennai2.8 km
- T. Nagarhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.2 km
- Nungambakkamneighborhood in Chennai1.5 km