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Town panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India

Lalpet

Lalpet is a Panchayat town in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.

The place

Lalpet is a Panchayat town in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. Lalpet is situated in lush green surrounding with water bodies. Lalpet was named after Lal Khan who held an administrative position under the ruling Prince Nawab of Arcot. Under the command of the prince, Lal Khan developed this town in 1775 for Arab traders, Muslims, international visitors and people of other faiths to dwell together peacefully. Arabic college named "Jamia Manba'ul Anwar" was established here in 1862. Lalpet was established before in 1775 by Lal Khan. Lalpet is a commune. Lalpet Commune consists of one census town and 8 panchayat villages. The town extends over an area of 16.425 km2.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Lalpet

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.

  1. 01
    Veeranam Lake

    Veeranarayanapuram Lake, also known as Veeranam Lake is located 14 km SSW in Cuddalore district in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India 1 km from Kattumannarkoil. It is located 235 km from Chennai, India.

    3.9 km · artificial lake in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tirunaarayur Soundaryeswarar Temple

    Tirunaarayur Soundaryeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Thirunaraiyur in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva.

    4.7 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Wellington Lake

    Wellington Lake is a lake situated in the Keelachiruvoi, Pulivalam to Ivanur Alambadi villages Tittakudi taluk of the Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the second-largest lake in Tamil Nadu after the Veeranam Lake, which also is situated in the Cuddalore district.

    3.9 km · lake in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lalpet

Airports
Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 109 km · Jaffna (JAF), 177 km · Chennai (MAA), 199 km
  • Tiruchirappalli → Lalpet
    108 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · ₹830–1,030
  • Chennai → Lalpet
    214 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · ₹1,660–2,080
  • Tirupati → Lalpet
    260 km · quickest by road, 5h 39m · ₹2,050–2,560
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lalpet

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 Lalpet. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    280 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    286 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    293 km
  4. 04
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    324 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    325 km

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