Saidapet
Saidapet is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India situated about 12.20 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city.
Saidapet is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India situated about 12.20 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city. Historically, an important suburban town of Madras city, Saidapet served as the southern gateway to the city for long by virtue of its strategic location on the Mount Road stretch of the Grand Southern Trunk Road until its inclusion in the limits of the then Corporation of Madras city in 1946. Saidapet functioned as the administrative headquarters of Chingleput District and the residence of its District Collector from 1859 to 1968. The Saidapet Court is located in Saidapet and also the taluk offices from 1798 onwards until 1997, though Saidapet town, itself, had been transferred from Chingleput District to Madras district in 1946.
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Worth seeing in and around Saidapet
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.
- 01Guindy National Park
Guindy National Park is a protected area, located in Chennai, India. Spread across 2.70 km2, it is one of the smallest National Parks in India and one of the few national parks situated inside a metropolitan area.
2.3 km · national park in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 02Anna University
Anna University is a public state university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Guindy.
1.9 km · state-run university in Guindy, Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 03ITC Grand Chola Hotel
The ITC Grand Chola is a high-end luxury hotel in Chennai, India. It is located in Guindy, opposite SPIC building and along the same row of buildings as Ashok Leyland Towers.
1.2 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Vadapalani Andavar Temple
Vadapalani Andavar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Muruga. It is located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3.6 km · A Murugan temple in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 05ITC Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers
The Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park was a five-star hotel located on TTK Road in Chennai, India. It opened in 1981 and closed in 2023.
3.2 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Anna Centenary Library
The Anna Centenary Library is an established state library of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is located at Kotturpuram, Chennai.
2 km · Public Library in India · Wikipedia - 07Hyatt Regency Chennai
Hyatt Regency Chennai is an 18-storey five-star luxury hotel located on Anna Salai at Teynampet in Chennai, India. Designed in 1986, the construction of the hotel started in the 1990s.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 08Residency Towers Chennai
Residency Towers Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel located at T. Nagar, Chennai, India. Built at a cost of ₹ 50 crore, the hotel is the second Residency hotel in the city and fourth in the chain.
3.2 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 09The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai
The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai is a five-star hotel located on Anna Salai in Chennai, India. It is the second hotel of The Raintree hotels opened in July 2010 at a cost of ₹ 2,000 million.
2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Birla Planetarium
B. M. Birla Planetarium is a large planetarium in Chennai, India. The fifth B. M. Birla planetarium in the country, it is located at Kotturpuram in the Periyar Science and Technology Centre campus which houses eight galleries, namely, Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children and Materials Science, with over 500 exhibits.
2.6 km · planetarium museum in Chennai, India. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Saidapet
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 7 km · Tirupati (TIR), 100 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 273 km
- Stations
- Guindy railway station, 1.8 km · St. Thomas Mount railway station, 3.8 km · Kodambakkam railway station, 3.6 km · Mambalam railway station, 2 km · Nanganallur Road metro station, 3.8 km
- Tirupati → Saidapet111 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · ₹940–1,180
- Bengaluru → Saidapet285 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · ₹2,090–2,620
- Tiruchirappalli → Saidapet296 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · ₹2,050–2,560
- 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 Saidapet
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 Saidapet. 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 Saidapet
Saidapet is 10 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nandambakkamneighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3.5 km
- St. Thomas Mounthillock and neighbourhood located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3.5 km
- St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaramhuman settlement3.4 km
- KodambakkamNeighborhood in Chennai3 km
- RamapuramNeighbourhood in India4 km
- Guindyhuman settlement in India1.7 km