Padi, Chennai
Padi is a locality and neighbourhood in the city of Chennai, India.
Padi is a locality and neighbourhood in the city of Chennai, India. It was formerly named Thiruvaaipadi and was later shortened to Padi.
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Worth seeing in and around Padi, Chennai
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.
- 01Tiruvalidhayam 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.
1.1 km · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 02Anna 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.
2.9 km · Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Ayyappan in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 03Chennai 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.
1.4 km · rail museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 04Korattur aeri
Korattur Aeri, or Korattur Lake, also known as Vembu Pasumai Thittu, is a lake spread over 990 acres in Korattur, Chennai, India. It is located to the north of the Chennai–Arakkonam railway line.
2.7 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 05Anna Nagar Tower Park
Anna Nagar Tower Park, officially known as Dr Visvesvaraya Tower Park, is an urban park in the suburb of Anna Nagar, Chennai. It hosts a 133 ft tall watch tower, which was built in 1968.
2.9 km · urban park in the suburb of Anna Nagar, Chennai · Wikipedia - 06Kurungaleeswarar Temple
Kurungaleeswarar Temple is a historically important Shiva temple in the neighbourhood of Koyambedu, Chennai, India. The temple encloses a large tank and dates from the Medieval Chola period.
3.4 km · Temple in Chennai · Wikipedia - 07DG Vaishnav College
DG Vaishnav College, commonly known as DDGDVC, is a Liberal arts, commerce and science college in Chennai, India. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras.
3.8 km · college in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 08Koyambedu Junction
Koyambedu Junction, also called the Koyambedu Roundtana, is an important road junction in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and the Poonamallee High Road in the Koyambedu area/locality.
3.1 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 09Somanatha Swamy Temple
Somanatha Swamy Temple is a Shaivite temple, located in Kolathur, in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Main Deity is Somanatheeswarar.
3.2 km · saivite temple in Chennai · Wikipedia - 10Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Arts and Science College
Arulmigu Sri Kapaleeswarar Arts and Science College is a college established in the year 2021, in Kolathur neighbourhood, in Tiruvallur district of the state Tamil Nadu in the peninsular India. This is the first of its kind in Kolathur.
3.7 km · College in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Padi, Chennai
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 13 km · Tirupati (TIR), 92 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 270 km
- Stations
- Thirumangalam metro station, 2.2 km · Anna Nagar East metro station, 3.4 km · Anna Nagar Tower metro station, 2.6 km · Koyambedu metro station, 3.4 km · Korattur railway station, 1.6 km
- Tirupati → Padi, Chennai102 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · ₹860–1,070
- Bengaluru → Padi, Chennai282 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₹2,090–2,610
- Tiruchirappalli → Padi, Chennai302 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹2,090–2,610
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No local-transport research exists yet for Padi, Chennai
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 Padi, Chennai. 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.
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Next door to Padi, Chennai
Padi, Chennai is 4 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- NerkunramVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.8 km
- Anna Nagarneighbourhood in Chennai, India3.3 km
- Koyambedusuburb of Chennai3.8 km
- Thirumangalam, Tiruchivillage in Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- Arumbakkamsuburb of Chennai, India3.6 km
- Nolamburhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3 km