Sholinganallur
Worth seeing in and around Sholinganallur
8 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.
- 01Indian Maritime University
The Indian Maritime University (IMU) is a Central University, that was established by an Act of the Indian Parliament namely the Indian Maritime University Act 2008, on 14 November 2008.
2 km · Wikipedia - 02
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- 08Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University
State public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2.9 km · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sholinganallur
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 13 km · Tirupati (TIR), 111 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 276 km
- Stations
- Sholinganallur metro station, 1.3 km
- Tirupati → Sholinganallur121 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · ₹1,070–1,330
- Bengaluru → Sholinganallur286 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹2,090–2,620
- Tiruchirappalli → Sholinganallur285 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₹2,030–2,540
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sholinganallur
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 Sholinganallur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundto Mamallapuram), your best bet is to negotiate a fare with an auto-rickshaw.
- Get aroundWesterners have the tendency to overpay rickshaw drivers.
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Next door to Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur is 23 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- PerumbakkamVillage in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India3.9 km
- Bollineni Hillsidehuman settlement in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India3.3 km