Tharamani
Tharamani is an area in the south Indian city of Chennai.
Tharamani is an area in the south Indian city of Chennai. It is known for the presence of the city's first IT parks and numerous government educational and research institutions. It is located adjacent to the posh residential area of Adyar and Besant Nagar in South Chennai. It is an Estate with Express IT Companies, making it a massive located neighbourhood in the IT Expressway.
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Worth seeing in and around Tharamani
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.
3 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.
3.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Buckingham Canal
The Buckingham Canal is a 796 kilometres -long brackish-water navigation canal system running roughly parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India, from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh to Marakkanam in Tamil Nadu. It links a chain of coastal backwaters and waterways and passes through Chennai.
1 km · canal that runs in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu in India · Wikipedia - 05Marundeeswarar Temple
Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva, located in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai adjacent to the beach of Bay of Bengal. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams where two of the most revered Nayanars, Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar, have glorified the temple with their verses during the 7th century CE. The temple has been widely expanded by Chola kings during the 11th century CE. The temple has two seven-tiered gateway towers, a huge tank, with the overall temple area covering 1 acre.
2 km · Hindu temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 06Edward Elliot's Beach
Edward Elliot's Beach, simply called as Elliot's Beach and popularly known as Besant Nagar Beach or the Bessie, is a natural urban beach located in the Besant Nagar neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located next to the southern tip of the Marina Beach, and was named after Edward Elliot, a chief magistrate and superintendent of police of the Madras Presidency in colonial India.
3.5 km · beach in Chennai, India · Wikipedia - 07Anna Centenary Library
The Anna Centenary Library is an established state library of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is located at Kotturpuram, Chennai.
3.5 km · Public Library in India · Wikipedia - 08Tamil 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.
3.8 km · state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 09Westin 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.
2.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 10Ashtalakshmi Kovil
The Ashtalakshmi Kovil is a Hindu temple, which lies on the shorelines near the Elliot's beach, in Chennai, India. The temple is dedicated to the goddess Lakshmi, and her eight primary forms – the Ashtalakshmi – the giver of all eight forms of wealth, namely, offspring, success, prosperity, wealth, courage, bravery, food, and knowledge.
3 km · Hindu temple of Ashtalakshmi in Chennai, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tharamani
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 8 km · Tirupati (TIR), 105 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 276 km
- Stations
- Velachery railway station, 3.4 km · Indira Nagar railway station, 1.3 km · Little Mount metro station, 3.8 km · Perungudi railway station, 1.8 km · Taramani railway station, 900 m
- Tirupati → Tharamani115 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ₹980–1,230
- Bengaluru → Tharamani279 km · quickest by road, 6h 57m · ₹2,500–3,120
- Tiruchirappalli → Tharamani219 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · ₹1,640–2,060
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tharamani
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 Tharamani. 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 Tharamani
Tharamani is 12 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Adyarlarge neighbourhood in south Chennai2.7 km
- PerungudiNeighborhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- PalavakkamNeighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India4 km
- Kottivakkamneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.4 km
- Velacheryneighborhood in Chennai metro area2.7 km
- Besant Nagarneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India3 km