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Neelankarai

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Worth seeing in and around Neelankarai

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
    ISKCON Temple Chennai

    Vaishnava temple in Chennai, India

    5.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Buckingham Canal

    Canal that runs in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu in India

    4 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Marundeeswarar Temple

    Hindu temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    4 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Edward Elliot's Beach

    Beach in Chennai, India

    5.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ashtalakshmi Kovil

    Hindu temple of Ashtalakshmi in Chennai, India

    4.9 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    TIDEL Park, Chennai

    Tech Park in Chennai, India

    4.6 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Golden Beach

    Beach on the Bay of Bengal in Chennai, India

    4.1 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Karl Schmidt Memorial

    Monument in Chennai, India

    5.7 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple

    Hindu temple in Chennai, India

    5.7 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Central Polytechnic Chennai

    Government polytechnic college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    5.8 km · 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 Neelankarai

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 11 km · Tirupati (TIR), 109 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 278 km
Stations
Velachery railway station, 4.8 km · Indira Nagar railway station, 5.3 km · Thiruvanmiyur railway station, 4.5 km · Perungudi railway station, 4.2 km · Taramani railway station, 3.8 km
  • Tirupati → Neelankarai
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹1,010–1,270
  • Bengaluru → Neelankarai
    289 km · quickest by road, 5h 17m · ₹2,160–2,700
  • Tiruchirappalli → Neelankarai
    292 km · quickest by road, 5h 15m · ₹2,070–2,590
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Neelankarai

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 Neelankarai. 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
  1. 01
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    449 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    452 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    464 km
  4. 04
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    473 km
  5. 05
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    488 km

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

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Next door to Neelankarai

Neelankarai is 16 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.