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Tiruverkadu

Thiruverkadu is a western suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Tiruverkadu
Tiruverkadu · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Thiruverkadu is a western suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It comes under Thiruvallur district administration. It is famous for its Devi Karumariamman Temple. There is also Vedapureeswarar Temple in Thiruverkadu, where Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi are seen in their wedding pose inside the sanctum sanctorum. As of 2011, the town had a population of 62,289. It is a town with rich cultural heritage and also a fast-growing areas in the city.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tiruverkadu

5 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.

  1. 01
    Vedapureeswarar Temple, Thiruverkadu

    Hindu temple of Shiva in Thiruverkadu, India

    1.3 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Makkah Masjid, Chennai

    Mosque in India

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman Temple

    Amman Temple in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

    300 m · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ambattur Lake

    Lake in India

    3.3 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Maduravoyal Junction

    Bridge in India

    3.9 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Tiruverkadu

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 10 km · Tirupati (TIR), 89 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 262 km
Stations
Poonamallee Government Hospital metro station, 3.7 km
  • Tirupati → Tiruverkadu
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · ₹860–1,080
  • Bengaluru → Tiruverkadu
    273 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · ₹2,020–2,520
  • Tiruchirappalli → Tiruverkadu
    294 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₹2,050–2,560
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tiruverkadu

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 Tiruverkadu. 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
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    448 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    451 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    464 km
  4. 04
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    468 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    469 km

If you know how people move in Tiruverkadu – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Tiruverkadu

Tiruverkadu is 5 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Poonamalleetown in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India3.2 km
  • Ayappakkamneighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India3.4 km
  • Annanurvillage in Tamil Nadu, India3.2 km
  • KattupakkamNeighbourhood in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India3.7 km
  • Iyyapanthangalhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India4 km
  • Ayanambakkamlocality in Tamil Nadu, India2.6 km