St. Thomas Mount
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St. Thomas Mount is a small hillock in the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu, India, near the neighbourhood of Guindy and close to Chennai International Airport. By extension, it is also the name of the neighbourhood surrounding the hillock.
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Worth seeing in and around St. Thomas Mount
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.
- 01ITC 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.
3 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Kathipara Junction
Kathiparai Junction is a major road junction in the Indian city of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated at the Alandur area, between the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road, Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and Mount-Poonamallee Road.
1.2 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 03Le Royal Meridien, Chennai
Le Royal Méridien Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel in Chennai, India. Initially built as Madras Hilton at an investment of ₹ 1,650 million, the hotel was, however, opened as Le Royal Meridien Chennai in 2000.
1.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2.8 km · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 05Trident, Chennai
Trident, Chennai is a five-star hotel located on GST Road at Meenambakkam, Chennai, India, directly across GST Road from the Chennai International Airport, about 20 minutes from the Chennai city centre. Managed by the Oberoi Group of Hotels, the hotel is built on 5 acres of land and is the first airport hotel of the city.
1.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Westin Chennai
The Westin Chennai Velachery is a 10-storied five-star hotel in Chennai, India. Located on Velachery Main Road in Velachery, a southern suburb of Chennai, it is the sixth Westin hotel in India.
3.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 07Anjaneya Temple, Nanganallur
The Anjaneya Temple at Nanganallur, Chennai is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Hanuman. The principal idol of Hanuman is 32-feet tall and sculpted from a single piece of granite, which the second tallest Hanuman after Panchavatee near Puducherry.
2.4 km · Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 08Butt Road Jumma Masjid
The Butt Road Jumma Masjid is a Friday mosque located in Parangimalai on the outskirts of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Situated 13 kilometres from Chennai city and 2 kilometres from Guindy on the Mount-Poonamallee Road, the mosque caters to the Muslim population of the suburb and the nearby cantonment.
200 m · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 09Officers Training Academy
The Officers Training Academy is a training establishment of the Indian Army that trains officers for the Short Service Commission. The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps.
800 m · Premiere Training Institute for Short Service Commissioned Officers · Wikipedia - 10Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai
Radisson Blu is a five-star hotel in Chennai, India. It is located on GST Road at Meenambakkam.
1.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to St. Thomas Mount
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 3 km · Tirupati (TIR), 99 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 270 km
- Stations
- Guindy railway station, 2.1 km · St. Thomas Mount railway station, 1.6 km · Meenambakkam railway station, 3.3 km · Palavanthangal railway station, 2.1 km · Meenambakkam metro station, 2.8 km
- Tirupati → St. Thomas Mount109 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · ₹950–1,190
- Bengaluru → St. Thomas Mount282 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · ₹2,080–2,600
- Tiruchirappalli → St. Thomas Mount293 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · ₹2,030–2,540
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No local-transport research exists yet for St. Thomas Mount
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 St. Thomas Mount. 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 St. Thomas Mount
St. Thomas Mount is 11 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- ManapakkamVillage in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India2.6 km
- MeenambakkamNeighborhood in Chennai3.2 km
- Nandambakkamneighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India1 km
- Puzhuthivakkamneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3.9 km
- St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaramhuman settlement1.7 km
- RamapuramNeighbourhood in India2.1 km