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Manapakkam

Manapakkam is a neighborhood in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Manapakkam
Manapakkam · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Manapakkam is a neighborhood in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A census town, Manapakkam is located along the Mount-Poonamallee Road in Chennai. It is now a home to many Core sector companies, like ABB, Hitachi Energy, DLF Cybercity Chennai and Larsen & Toubro.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Manapakkam

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.

  1. 01
    Kathipara Junction

    Kathiparai Junction is a major road junction in the Indian city of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated at the Alandur area, between the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road, Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and Mount-Poonamallee Road.

    2.7 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Le Royal Meridien, Chennai

    Le Royal Méridien Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel in Chennai, India. Initially built as Madras Hilton at an investment of ₹ 1,650 million, the hotel was, however, opened as Le Royal Meridien Chennai in 2000.

    2.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University

    The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

    4 km · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Trident, Chennai

    Trident, Chennai is a five-star hotel located on GST Road at Meenambakkam, Chennai, India, directly across GST Road from the Chennai International Airport, about 20 minutes from the Chennai city centre. Managed by the Oberoi Group of Hotels, the hotel is built on 5 acres of land and is the first airport hotel of the city.

    3.1 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Butt Road Jumma Masjid

    The Butt Road Jumma Masjid is a Friday mosque located in Parangimalai on the outskirts of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Situated 13 kilometres from Chennai city and 2 kilometres from Guindy on the Mount-Poonamallee Road, the mosque caters to the Muslim population of the suburb and the nearby cantonment.

    1.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Officers Training Academy

    The Officers Training Academy is a training establishment of the Indian Army that trains officers for the Short Service Commission. The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps.

    2.4 km · Premiere Training Institute for Short Service Commissioned Officers · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai

    Radisson Blu is a five-star hotel in Chennai, India. It is located on GST Road at Meenambakkam.

    3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Agasteeswarar Temple, Kolapakkam

    Agasteeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Kolapakkam, a suburb of Chennai, India. While the presiding deity is Shiva, there are shrines for the Navagrahas or nine planets within the temple complex.

    3.7 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Chennai Trade Centre

    Chennai Trade Centre is a permanent exhibition complex in Nandambakkam, Chennai, hosting several trade fairs and conventions round the year. It is the first fair infrastructure that has been developed by India Trade Promotion Organisation —the premier trade promotion agency of the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry—outside Delhi.

    1.1 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kothandaramaswami Temple, Nandambakkam

    Kothandaramaswami Temple is a Hindu temple located at Nandambakkam, a suburb of Chennai, India. Dedicated to Rama, the spot is associated with the legendary sage Bhrigu.

    1 km · building in India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Manapakkam

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 4 km · Tirupati (TIR), 97 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 269 km
Stations
Guindy railway station, 3.5 km · St. Thomas Mount railway station, 3.4 km · Meenambakkam metro station, 3.8 km · Nanganallur Road metro station, 2.6 km · Palavanthangal railway station, 3.5 km
  • Tirupati → Manapakkam
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ₹940–1,170
  • Bengaluru → Manapakkam
    280 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · ₹2,070–2,580
  • Tiruchirappalli → Manapakkam
    293 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · ₹2,050–2,570
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Manapakkam

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    449 km
  2. 02
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    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    452 km
  3. 03
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    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

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  4. 04
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    471 km
  5. 05
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    477 km

If you know how people move in Manapakkam – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Manapakkam

Manapakkam is 9 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.