Alandur
District of 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:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 06:21 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
2:17 am and 2:54 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: 2024-05-03 08:06:06

Discover Alandur

The district Alandur of Saint Thomas Mount in Kancheepuram (State of Tamil Nādu) with it's 153,775 citizens Alandur is a subburb in India about 1,097 mi south of New Delhi, the country's capital city.

If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, 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: 38°C / 100 °F

Morning Temperature 29°C / 84 °F
Evening Temperature 33°C / 91 °F
Night Temperature 30°C / 87 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 39%
Air Pressure 1006 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 81% of sky
General Conditions Broken clouds

Saturday, 4th of May 2024

37°C (98 °F)
31°C (88 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.

Sunday, 5th of May 2024

37°C (99 °F)
31°C (87 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.

Monday, 6th of May 2024

37°C (99 °F)
30°C (87 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.

Hotels and Places to Stay

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


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


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


Hablis Hotel

Address
3,0 mi
19, GST Road, Guindy
600032 Chennai
India

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
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


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


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


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


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


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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

Guindy Race Course

The Guindy Race Course is a horse racing course set up in 1777 in Chennai, India. It is the oldest race course in India. It hosts events in the winter season.

Located at 13.0047, 80.2162 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Sport in Chennai, Horse racing in India, Horse racing venues in India, Buildings and structures in Chennai, Sports venues in Tamil Nadu

Velachery Aquatic Complex

The Velachery Aquatic Complex is a swimming pool complex with spectator facilities in Chennai, India. It was purpose built as one of the venues for the 1995 South Asian Games. Facilities available at the complex include one racing pool (50 × 25 m), one diving pool (18 × 25 m), one warm-up pool (20 × 25 m), VIP lobby and lounge, change rooms, shower cubicles, physiotherapy room, first aid, CCTV, control room, electronic score board, gym, commentator box and seating for 4,000 spectators.

Located at 13.0059, 80.2197 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sports venues in Chennai, Swimming venues in India

Raj Bhavan (Tamil Nadu)

Raj Bhavan(Tamil: ஆளுநர் மாளிகை, literally the "Governor's Palace," is the official residence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu. It is located in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu.

Located at 13.0059, 80.2266 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Governors' houses in India, Government of Tamil Nadu, Buildings and structures in 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

Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, or TNMGRMU for short, is a government medical university centered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. M.G. Ramachandran (M.G.R. ) and is the second-largest health sciences university in India.

Located at 13.0099, 80.2182 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, Universities in Chennai

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

Velachery Lake

Velachery Lake is one of the lakes inside Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a good stock of water all through the year. Since Velachery is a low lying area, the monsoon rain water from the neighbouring areas are drained into this lake. CHENNAI: In an unexpected turn of events, the Chennai Corporation has decided to put on hold the proposal for boat rides and other tourist facilities on the Velachery lake, one of the few water bodies still alive in the city.

Located at 12.988, 80.213 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Lakes of Tamil Nadu, Lakes of 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

ITC Grand Chola Hotel

The ITC Grand Chola is a five-star luxury hotel in Chennai, India. Opened as the world's largest LEED-certified green hotel, it is the third largest hotel in India after Renaissance and Grand Hyatt, both in Mumbai. It is located in Guindy, opposite SPIC building and along the same row of buildings as Ashok Leyland Towers.

Located at 13.0106, 80.2202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Hotels in Chennai, Hotels in India, Skyscrapers in Chennai

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

DAV School, Adambakkam

DAV School is a CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) affiliated school in Adambakkam, Chennai, India. The school's motto is Asato Maa Sadgamaya which is in the language Sanskrit. DAV School is located in Nilamangai Nagar, Adambakkam. It is has high rankings in 10th and 12th classes. It has branches at Meenambakkam and Kancheepuram. It has a college granting Bachelor of Education degrees at Santhavellore village near Sunguvarchattiram in Kancheepuram.

Located at 12.9815, 80.2024 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Schools in Chennai, Schools affiliated with the Arya Samaj

Chennai Snake Park Trust

The Chennai Snake Park Trust is a not-for-profit NGO constituted in 1972 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and is India's first reptile park. Also known as the Guindy Snake Park, it is located next to the Children's Park in the Guindy National Park campus. Located on the former home of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, the park is home to a wide range of snakes such as adders, pythons, vipers, cobras and other reptiles.

Located at 13.0069, 80.2259 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Visitor attractions in Chennai, Zoos in India, Zoology organizations, Herpetology organizations, Organizations established in 1972, 1972 establishments in India

Chellammal Women's College

Chellammal Women's College is affiliated to University of madras, is an Arts & Science Colleges in Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Located at 13.0139, 80.2211 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Women's College in Chennai, Women's universities and colleges in Tamil Nadu, Arts and Science colleges in Chennai, University of Madras, Educational institutions established in 1971

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

Hilton Chennai

Hilton Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel located on Inner Ring Road at Ekkaduthangal, Chennai, India. It is located next to the Olympia Technology Park in Guindy and is close to the Kathipara Junction. Built in the Indo-Saracenic style with an initial investment of 7px 4,000 million, it is Hilton's fourth Indian property after Hilton (Janakpuri), Hilton Garden Inn (Saket), both in New Delhi, and Hilton Mumbai International Airport.

Located at 13.0167, 80.205 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Hotels in Chennai, Hotels in India, Skyscrapers in Chennai

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

Anjaneya 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. The idol was installed in 1989 and consecrated in 1995. Sri Maruti Bhakta samajan trust, consisting of people with high spiritual beliefs, wished for this temple.

Located at 12.9863, 80.1943 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Hindu temples in Chennai, Hanuman temples

SPIC building, Chennai

SPIC building, Chennai, is one of the oldest skyscrapers of the city. Earlier, it was popularly known as "twin towers of Chennai. " The main building has 10 floors and Annexe building has 8 floors. It houses the headquarters of Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp. Ltd. , a joint venture between the MA Chidambaram Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corp. Ltd. It is one of the Asia's largest fertilizer factories located in southern part of India.

Located at 13.0117, 80.2186 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Office buildings in Chennai, Skyscrapers in Chennai

Guindy railway station

Guindy 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 Guindy, a suburb of Chennai. It is located at about 14 km from Chennai Beach terminus and is situated at NH 45 in Anna Salai, with an elevation of 12 m above sea level.

Located at 13.0086, 80.2131 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway, Railway stations in Chennai, Railway stations opened in 1931

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

Pazhavanthangal railway station

Pazhavanthangal railway station is one of the railway station of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Pazhavanthangal and surrounding areas. It is situated about 18 km from Chennai Beach, and has an elevation of 12 m above sea level.

Located at 12.9906, 80.1881 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Stations of Chennai Suburban Railway, Railway stations in Kanchipuram district

Districts of the same city

These districts also belong to Saint Thomas Mount.

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Alandoor, Alandur