Palavakkam
Palavakam is a locality in the south of Chennai and census town in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Palavakam is a locality in the south of Chennai and census town in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the East Coast Road about 6 km south of Adyar.
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Worth seeing in and around Palavakkam
5 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.
- 01Buckingham Canal
The Buckingham Canal is a 796 kilometres -long brackish-water navigation canal system running roughly parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India, from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh to Marakkanam in Tamil Nadu. It links a chain of coastal backwaters and waterways and passes through Chennai.
3.5 km · canal that runs in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu in India · Wikipedia - 02Marundeeswarar Temple
Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva, located in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai adjacent to the beach of Bay of Bengal. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams where two of the most revered Nayanars, Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar, have glorified the temple with their verses during the 7th century CE. The temple has been widely expanded by Chola kings during the 11th century CE. The temple has two seven-tiered gateway towers, a huge tank, with the overall temple area covering 1 acre.
3.6 km · Hindu temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 03Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University is a public state university established in 1997 at Chennai, India by the Government of Tamil Nadu under The Tamil Nadu Dr.
3.1 km · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 04International Tech Park, Chennai
The International Tech Park Chennai, Taramani or ITPC is an hi-tech park in Taramani, Chennai. Located in Chennai's IT Corridor, it spans 15 acres, offering approximately 2 million sq ft of office space.
3.8 km · technology park in south India · Wikipedia - 05National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Chennai
National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Chennai is a deemed to be university under distinct category under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. NITTTR Chennai is located in Tharamani in Chennai.
3.8 km · Institute in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Palavakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 10 km · Tirupati (TIR), 108 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 278 km
- Stations
- Perungudi railway station, 3.7 km · Taramani railway station, 3.3 km
- Tirupati → Palavakkam118 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₹1,010–1,260
- Bengaluru → Palavakkam289 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · ₹2,150–2,690
- Tiruchirappalli → Palavakkam292 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · ₹2,070–2,590
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Palavakkam
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 Palavakkam. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Chennai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Palavakkam
Palavakkam is 15 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Neelankaraineighborhood in India500 m
- PerungudiNeighborhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India1.8 km
- Kottivakkamneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India1.8 km
- OggiyamduraipakkamVillage in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- ThiruvanmiyurNeighbourhood in Chennai3.6 km
- Tharamanisuburb of Chennai3.3 km