Virugambakkam
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area of and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists. Virugambakkam had some of Chennai's oldest film studios.
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Worth seeing in and around Virugambakkam
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.
- 01Radha Regent Hotel, Chennai
Radha Regent Chennai, earlier called as Radha Park Inn, is a four-star hotel located at Arumbakkam in Chennai, India. The hotel is the second hotel of the Sarovar Hotels & Resorts in India and the first of star hotels to open on Inner Ring Road, Chennai.
3.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Vadapalani Andavar Temple
Vadapalani Andavar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Muruga. It is located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3.1 km · A Murugan temple in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu · Wikipedia - 03Makkah Masjid, Chennai
The Makkah Mosque is a mosque in the city of Chennai, India. The dargah of Syed Musa Sha Khaderi is located near the mosque.
3.7 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 04Nexus Vijaya Mall
Nexus Vijaya Mall is a shopping mall located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, developed by Prestige Group. This mall has approx 650,000 square feet of retail space.
2.7 km · mall located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 05Chennai Trade Centre
Chennai Trade Centre is a permanent exhibition complex in Nandambakkam, Chennai, hosting several trade fairs and conventions round the year. It is the first fair infrastructure that has been developed by India Trade Promotion Organisation —the premier trade promotion agency of the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry—outside Delhi.
3.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Kothandaramaswami Temple, Nandambakkam
Kothandaramaswami Temple is a Hindu temple located at Nandambakkam, a suburb of Chennai, India. Dedicated to Rama, the spot is associated with the legendary sage Bhrigu.
3.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 07Kurungaleeswarar Temple
Kurungaleeswarar Temple is a historically important Shiva temple in the neighbourhood of Koyambedu, Chennai, India. The temple encloses a large tank and dates from the Medieval Chola period.
2.9 km · Temple in Chennai · Wikipedia - 08Maduravoyal Junction
Maduravoyal Junction is an important junction in Chennai. It is located to the west of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of National Highway 4 and Chennai Bypass.
2.9 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 09Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research
The Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, commonly referred to as Meenakshi University, is a private deemed-to-be-university for mainly medical science in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
900 m · private deemed-to-be-university · Wikipedia - 10DLF Cybercity Chennai
DLF Cybercity is an multiblock Information technology SEZ, developed by DLF a commercial real estate developer. DLF Cybercity is located on the 100 ft.
3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Virugambakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 7 km · Tirupati (TIR), 95 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 269 km
- Stations
- Arumbakkam metro station, 3.2 km · Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, 3 km · CMBT, 3 km · Vadapalani metro station, 2.9 km · Ashok Nagar metro station, 3.2 km
- Tirupati → Virugambakkam106 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹900–1,130
- Bengaluru → Virugambakkam282 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · ₹2,060–2,580
- Tiruchirappalli → Virugambakkam297 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · ₹2,070–2,580
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Virugambakkam
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 Virugambakkam. 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 Virugambakkam
Virugambakkam is 6 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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