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Nerkunram

Nerkundram or Nerkunram is a census town located in Chennai City, Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The place

Nerkundram or Nerkunram is a census town located in Chennai City, Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It falls under Maduravoyal constituency in Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It consists of a portion of Ambattur taluk and part of Chennai Corporation. It falls under Sriperumbudur.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Nerkunram

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
    Pachaiyappa'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.

    5.3 km · college in Chennai, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

    Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research is a private institute located in Porur, Chennai, India. SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties with more than 6,000 students.

    5.7 km · private institute located in Porur, Chennai, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tiruvalidhayam Tiruvallesvarar Temple

    Tiruvalithayam Tiruvallesvarar Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva, located at Padi, a north-western neighbourhood of Chennai, India. Shiva is worshiped as Thiruvalleswar meaning as Divine God of Valiyan, referring to Maharishi Bharadwaj, and is represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Jagathambikai.

    3 km · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Radha Regent Hotel, Chennai

    Radha Regent Chennai, earlier called as Radha Park Inn, is a four-star hotel located at Arumbakkam in Chennai, India. The hotel is the second hotel of the Sarovar Hotels & Resorts in India and the first of star hotels to open on Inner Ring Road, Chennai.

    2.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Vadapalani Andavar Temple

    Vadapalani Andavar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Muruga. It is located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

    3.7 km · A Murugan temple in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Chennai Rail Museum

    The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 in the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory near Perambur.

    4.1 km · rail museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Loyola College

    Loyola College is a government aided private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits.

    5.4 km · college in Madras, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Anna Nagar Ayyappan Koil, Chennai

    Anna Nagar Ayyappan Koil is a Hindu Temple dedicated to the deity Ayyappan in Chennai, India. It is located at the junction of 6th Main Road and 2nd Avenue in Anna Nagar.

    3.5 km · Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Ayyappan in Chennai, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Makkah Masjid, Chennai

    The Makkah Mosque is a mosque in the city of Chennai, India. The dargah of Syed Musa Sha Khaderi is located near the mosque.

    3.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Nexus Vijaya Mall

    Nexus Vijaya Mall is a shopping mall located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, developed by Prestige Group. This mall has approx 650,000 square feet of retail space.

    3.5 km · mall located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 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.

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Getting to Nerkunram

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 9 km · Tirupati (TIR), 94 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 269 km
Stations
Arumbakkam metro station, 3.1 km · Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, 2.3 km · Nungambakkam railway station, 5.2 km · Kodambakkam railway station, 5.4 km · Mambalam railway station, 5.9 km
  • Tirupati → Nerkunram
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₹900–1,120
  • Bengaluru → Nerkunram
    284 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₹2,090–2,620
  • Tiruchirappalli → Nerkunram
    299 km · quickest by road, 5h 12m · ₹2,090–2,620
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Nerkunram

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 Nerkunram. 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

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

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

    468 km
  4. 04
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    474 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    474 km

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Around it

Next door to Nerkunram

Nerkunram is 4 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.