Mylapore
Mylapore, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.- Type: Suburb
- Description: Neighbourhood in Chennai
- Also known as: “Madras Mylapore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adikesava Perumal temple, Mylapore and San Thome Basilica.
Adikesava Perumal temple, Mylapore
Hindu temple
Adi Kesava Temple is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu located in Mylapore, Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Tamil style of architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Adi Kesava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Mayuravalli Thayar.
San Thome Basilica
Church
San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the Santhome neighbourhood of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu.
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
Place of worship
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai is a monastic organisation. The motto of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission is "For one's own salvation and for the welfare of the world".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santhome and Mandavelli.
Santhome
Neighborhood
Santhome, also written San Thome, is a locality in Mylapore in Chennai city in India. It was a Portuguese settlement in the 16th century.
Mandavelli
Suburb
Mandaveli is a neighborhood in Chennai, India. It is also termed usually as Mandavelipakkam which in the Tamil language "Mandhai" is 'herd of cattle' and "Veli" is 'grassland'.
Foreshore Estate
Suburb
Foreshore Estate is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. It is situated along the southern stretch of the Marina Beach. The proposed Marina Business centre commercial complex on 25 acre land at Foreshore Estate in Chennai, is planned to develop by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.
Mylapore
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.03165° or 13° 1′ 54″ north
Longitude
80.27002° or 80° 16′ 12″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN MYR
Open location code
7M5227JC+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Mylapore from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Mylapore” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Майлапор”
- Bengali: “ময়িলাপুর”
- Breton: “São Tomé de Meliapor”
- Catalan: “Mylapore”
- Chinese: “麥拉坡”
- Czech: “Kalamína”
- Czech: “Mylapore”
- Dutch: “Mylapore”
- Esperanto: “Milaporo”
- French: “Mylapore”
- German: “Mylapore”
- Greek: “Μαϊλαπούρ”
- Hebrew: “מיילאפור”
- Hindi: “मयलापुर”
- Irish: “Mylapore”
- Italian: “Mylapore”
- Japanese: “マイラーップール”
- Japanese: “マイラーップル”
- Japanese: “マイラポール”
- Kashmiri: “میلاپور”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mayilappur”
- Norwegian: “Mayilappur”
- Portuguese: “Meliapor”
- Portuguese: “Mylapore”
- Portuguese: “São Tomé de Meliapor”
- Russian: “Майлапор”
- Slovenian: “Milapore”
- Spanish: “Meliapor”
- Spanish: “Santo Tomé de Meliapor”
- Swedish: “Mylapore”
- Tamil: “மயிலாப்பூர்”
- Urdu: “میلاپور”
- Uzbek: “Mylapore”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Mylapore”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Abhiramapuram and Jeth Nagar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Veleeswarar Temple and Athikesvara Perumal Koil Kulam.
Tamil Nadu: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Tiruchirappalli.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.