Pattaravakkam
Pattaravakkam is a small sub-urban locality in the north-west part of Chennai, Kanchipuram district, India.
Pattaravakkam is a small sub-urban locality in the north-west part of Chennai, Kanchipuram district, India. It comes under the Ambattur municipality and situated along the Chennai-Mumbai railway. In 2011, the population of Pattaravakkam was 1,441.
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Worth seeing in and around Pattaravakkam
4 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.
3 km · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 02Korattur 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.
1.9 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 03Ambattur Lake
Ambattur Aeri, or Ambattur Lake, is a rain-fed reservoir which reaches top levels during the monsoon seasons. In November 2008, incessant monsoon rain filled the lake and encroachments on the north and south banks of the lake were demolished.
3.2 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 04Mangal aeri, Chennai
Mangal Aeri, or Mangal Lake, is a rain-fed reservoir in the neighbourhood of Mugappair in Chennai, India.
3.2 km · lake in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pattaravakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 14 km · Tirupati (TIR), 89 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 266 km
- Stations
- Ambattur railway station, 1.4 km · Korattur railway station, 2 km · Pattaravakkam railway station, 0 m · Tirumullai vayil railway station, 3.1 km · Padi railway station, 3.4 km
- Tirupati → Pattaravakkam99 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · ₹850–1,060
- Bengaluru → Pattaravakkam279 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₹2,080–2,600
- Tiruchirappalli → Pattaravakkam302 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹2,090–2,610
- 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 Pattaravakkam
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 Pattaravakkam. 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 Pattaravakkam
Pattaravakkam is 2 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ayappakkamneighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India3.8 km
- PuthagaramVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.7 km
- Padi, ChennaiNeighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India3.1 km
- SurapetVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.7 km
- Ambattur taluktaluk of Chennai district in Tamil Nadu, India1.6 km
- Koratturneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu2 km