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Sholavaram

Cholavaram, also spelled Sholavaram, is a suburb 24 km (15 mi) north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

The place

Cholavaram, also spelled Sholavaram, is a suburb 24 km (15 mi) north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is popular as Sholavaram and is also known for the Cholavaram lake.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sholavaram

One place 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.

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    Sholavaram Lake

    Sholavaram Aeri, or Sholavaram Lake, is located in Ponneri taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply Chennai city from this lake to Puzhal lake through canals.

    1.7 km · lake in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sholavaram

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 27 km · Tirupati (TIR), 81 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 266 km
  • Tirupati → Sholavaram
    92 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · ₹720–900
  • Bengaluru → Sholavaram
    280 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · ₹2,100–2,620
  • Tiruchirappalli → Sholavaram
    313 km · quickest by road, 5h 29m · ₹2,200–2,750
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sholavaram

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 Sholavaram. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    462 km
  2. 02
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    464 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    467 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    480 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    484 km

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Around it

Next door to Sholavaram

Sholavaram is 15 km from Avadi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • NaravarikuppamVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India4 km
  • Angaduvillage in Tamil Nadu, India2.7 km