Saint Thomas Mount
in Kancheepuram of State of Tamil Nādu, India

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Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
13.003 and 80.196 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 13° 0' 12" and E 80° 11' 46"
Currency and Currency Code:
Rupee - INR
Spoken languages:
English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Panjabi, Assamese, Bihari , Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Sanskrit, French
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 05:46 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:53 am and 6:22 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-0.955 and -90.967 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Puerto Villamil
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for India in Southern Asia

Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to India.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning India. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45

Touring Saint Thomas Mount

Saint Thomas Mount in Kancheepuram (State of Tamil Nādu) with it's 43,223 residents is a town located in India about 1,097 mi (or 1,765 km) south of New Delhi, the country's capital place.

Time in Saint Thomas Mount is now 05:46 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kolkata with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Saint Thomas Mount, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in India is Chennai International Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in a distance of 27 mi (or 43 km), South. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Chennai, George Town, Chittoor, Puducherry and Dasarahalli. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 35°C / 96 °F

Morning Temperature 27°C / 81 °F
Evening Temperature 32°C / 89 °F
Night Temperature 28°C / 83 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 47%
Air Pressure 1007 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 73% of sky
General Conditions Broken clouds

Sunday, 21st of April 2024

36°C (96 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.

Monday, 22nd of April 2024

36°C (97 °F)
28°C (83 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.

Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024

35°C (96 °F)
28°C (83 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.

Hotels and Places to Stay

FEATHERS- A Radha Hotel

Address
0,3 mi
No. 4 / 129, Mount Poonamallee Road
600089 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Le Royal Meridien Chennai

Address
0,7 mi
1 GST ROAD ST THOMAS MOUNT
600 016 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Radisson Blu Hotel GRT Chennai

Address
0,9 mi
531 GST Road St. Thomas Mount
600016 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Novotel Chennai OMR

Address
2,7 mi
Rajiv Gandhi Salai IT Expressway Sholinganallur
600119 Alwarthiru Nagar,Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Feathers-A Radha Hotel

Address
1,6 mi
4/129, Mt Poonamalle High Rd, Manapakkam
600089 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:13 - Checkin: 12:14
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Chennai a Luxury Collection Hotel ITC Grand Chola

Address
1,7 mi
63 MOUNT ROAD GUINDY
600032 Guindy,Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


The Westin Chennai Velachery

Address
1,9 mi
154 VELACHERY MAIN ROAD
600042 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Park Hyatt Chennai

Address
1,9 mi
Near Raj Bhavan,Velachery Road 39
600032 Guindy,Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 16:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Quality Inn Airport

Address
1,9 mi
5 Old Station Road Meenambakkam
600027 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Lemon Tree Chennai

Address
2,0 mi
72 Sardar Patel road
600032 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 14:00 - Checkin: 11:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Videos from this area

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Published: April 05, 2015
Length: 29:51 min
Rating: 0 of 5
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Published: November 29, 2013
Length: 19:45 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Karan Verma

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Published: February 22, 2013
Length: 51:17 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: shathishkumar R.K.

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Mobile videos: Palindromic Deemer blasting with Chendur Express

Published: June 29, 2013
Length: 36:30 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Ranjeet R Iyer

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Published: December 13, 2012
Length: 01:37 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Ravi Ranganathan

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St.Thomas Mount church | Chennai view from hilltop | Plane landing in Chennai Airport

Published: October 27, 2013
Length: 12:42 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Renju's Palakkad Videography

Video shot from St.Thomas Mount Church in Chennai and luckily a plane too was landing that time in the Chennai International Airport nearby. Shot using Canon A3100 IS Rgds, Renju.


Chennai, New flyover at Padi junction

Published: February 22, 2009
Length: 26:09 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: Saibaba SV

New flyover constructed at Padi Junction. Inaugurated on 20.2.09 Videos taken before and after construction.


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Published: April 13, 2013
Length: 34:57 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Murali D

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Published: April 13, 2013
Length: 00:00 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Murali D

Ramada Mr. Prakash Chandran General Manager, Ramada Chennai Egmore invites you to a press briefing to announce the opening of Wyndham's first operational Ramada property in Chennai in the.


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Published: April 13, 2013
Length: 00:00 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Murali D

Ramada Mr. Prakash Chandran General Manager, Ramada Chennai Egmore invites you to a press briefing to announce the opening of Wyndham's first operational Ramada property in Chennai in the.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Adambakkam

Adambakkam is a neighbourhood in Chennai, a city located on the east coast of South India. It is a thickly populated area close to the St. Thomas Mount Railway Station. Adambakkam is surrounded by Alandur, Palavanthangal, Nanganallur, Vanuvampet, Puzhuthivakkam, Velachery and Guindy. Before October 2011, one part of Adambakkam used to come under Chennai Corporation while the other under Alandur Municipality. From October 2011, the entire area was merged with Chennai Corporation.

Located at 12.99, 80.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods of Chennai

Kathipara Junction

Kathipara Junction is an important road junction in Chennai, India. It is located at Alandur, (St. Thomas Mount), south of Guindy, at the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH 45), Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and the Mount-Poonamallee Road. Kathipara flyover is the largest cloverleaf flyover in the whole of Asia.

Located at 13.0073, 80.2037 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Road interchanges in India, Bridges and flyovers in Chennai

Britto School

Britto School is a school in Adambakkam, Chennai, India.

Located at 12.9957, 80.2042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Schools in Tamil Nadu

Madras War Cemetery

Madras War Cemetery is a war cemetery and a memorial created to receive Second World War graves from many civil and cantonment cemeteries in the south and east of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 856 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

Located at 13.0141, 80.194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Cemeteries in India, Monuments and memorials in Chennai, 1952 establishments in India

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Chennai

Saint Patrick's Cathedral is a church located near St. Thomas Mount, in Chennai, India. The patron saint is Saint Patrick.

Located at 13.0081, 80.1953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Churches in Chennai

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (India)

CIPET or Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology is an autonomous institute under the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India.

Located at 13.0142, 80.2051 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Universities and colleges in Chennai

Charnockite, St. Thomas Mount

Charnockite, St. Thomas Mount, located to the south of the Chennai city, in Pallavaram suburb, Tamil Nadu, is a characteristically profuse exposure of quartz–feldspar–hypersthene rock, illustrated by occurrence of two pyroxene facies metamorphism. The name "Charnockite, St. Thomas Mount" originated from the use of the rocks quarried from a central band in the St. Thomas Mount for the tombstone of Job Charnock, the founder of Kolkata in 1679.

Located at 12.9951, 80.1995 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geology of India, Kanchipuram district

Olympia Tech Park

Olympia Tech Park is one of the oldest and most sought IT destinations in Chennai. Various companies have established themselves in this software park and it is probably only second to the Tidel Park in terms of fame and popularity. It is located in the Inner Ring Road, Chennai just near the TANSIDCO Industry and the Kathipara Junction. It consists of three towers (phases) which are Citius, Altius & Fortius.

Located at 13.015, 80.2036 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
High-technology business districts, Science parks in India, High-technology business districts in Chennai

Le Royal Meridien, Chennai

Le Royal Méridien Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel located at the Guindy-Kathipara Junction on Anna Salai, Chennai, India. Initially built as Madras Hilton at an investment of 7px 1,650 million, the hotel was, however, opened as Le Royal Meridien Chennai.

Located at 13.0068, 80.2055 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Hotels in Chennai

Trident, 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. It is also the registered office of the EIH Associated Hotels Limited.

Located at 12.9935, 80.186 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Hotels in Chennai, Hotels in India

Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai

Radisson Blu is a five-star hotel in Chennai, India. It is located at on GST Road at Meenambakkam, 2 km from Chennai International Airport.

Located at 12.9944, 80.1876 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Hotels in Chennai, Hotels in India

St. Thomas Mount railway station

St. Thomas Mount railway station, or Mount railway station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of St. Thomas Mount, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at a distance of 17 km from Chennai Beach terminus, with an elevation of 11 m above sea level.

Located at 12.9947, 80.1989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway, Railway stations in Chennai

Districts of the same city

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Other districts

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Popular in vicinity

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Parangimalai, Saint Thomas’s Mount, Paranginealai, Madras Saint Thomas Mount, Saint Thomas Mount