Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Tiruvottiyur

Triplicane

Thiruvallikeni known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of , India. It is situated on the coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.
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Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Madras Triplicane” and “Thiru-alli-keni”
  • Historically known as: “Triplicane”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Triplicane Big Mosque and Parthasarathy Temple.

Mosque
Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Wallajah Mosque, is a and dargah complex, located on Triplicane High Road, in the Triplicane neighbourhood of , in the state of , .

Hindu temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in , . Located in the neighbourhood of Thiruvallikeni, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.

Beach
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in , , , along the . The beach runs from near in the north to in the south, a distance of 6.0 km, making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chepauk and Royapettah.

Suburb
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is a locality in , . The name is popularly used to refer to the , also known as the Stadium.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , India.

Suburb
is a locality in , in . Located on the southern banks of the Cooum River, it is a residential-cum-commercial area surrounded by , , Pudupet, , Anna Salai and …

Triplicane

Latitude
13.06043° or 13° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
80.27507° or 80° 16′ 30″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7M52376G+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 247689792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1254172
Wiki­data ID
Q2454031
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Triplicane” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “তিরুবল্লীকেণি”
  • Catalan: “Triplicane”
  • Dutch: “Triplicane”
  • French: “Triplicane”
  • German: “Thiruvallikeni”
  • German: “Tiruvallikeni”
  • German: “Triplicane”
  • Tamil: “ட்ரிப்ளிக்கேன்”
  • Tamil: “திரு அல்லிகேணி”
  • Tamil: “திருவல்லிகேணி”
  • Tamil: “திருவல்லிக்கேணி”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Triplicane Government Hospital and Full Time Library, Triplicane.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Triplicane”. Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.