Puzhal
Puzhal or Pulhal is a Northwestern residential town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Puzhal or Pulhal is a Northwestern residential town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Puzhal is located on the banks of Puzhal Lake. The town is known for Puzhal Central Prison.
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Worth seeing in and around Puzhal
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.
- 01Puzhal Lake
Puzhal Lake, or Puzhal Aeri, also known as the Red Hills Lake, is located in Red Hills, Chennai, India. It lies in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu state.
3.9 km · Reservoir in Puzhal, India · Wikipedia - 02Puzhal Central Prison
Puzhal Central Prison is a central prison complex located in Chennai, India. It is about 23 km from the city centre.
1 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 03Retteri
Rettai Eri, locally known as Retteri, is a lake in the Kolathur area of Chennai, India which is visible from the 100 ft road. Redhills road Junction is also named as Retteri Junction.
2.9 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 04Madhavaram Junction
Madhavaram Junction, also known as Madhavaram Bypass, is an important junction in the city of Chennai, India. It is located in Madhavaram to the north of Maduravoyal Junction at the intersection of Chennai Bypass and NH 5.
2 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 05Velammal Engineering College
Velammal Engineering College, is a private institution located in Chennai, India. Established in 1995, it was the first private engineering College to obtain an ISO 9001:2000 certificate.
2.8 km · engineering college in Chennai, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Puzhal
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 20 km · Tirupati (TIR), 89 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 271 km
- Stations
- Madhavaram Depot metro station, 3.6 km
- Tirupati → Puzhal100 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · ₹790–980
- Bengaluru → Puzhal284 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · ₹2,130–2,670
- Tiruchirappalli → Puzhal308 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · ₹2,130–2,670
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No local-transport research exists yet for Puzhal
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 Puzhal. 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 Puzhal
Puzhal is 9 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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