Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Tiruvottiyur

Mylapore

Mylapore, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of , India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Neighbourhood in Chennai
  • Also known as: “Madras Mylapore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kapaleeshwarar Temple and Adikesava Perumal temple, Mylapore.

Hindu temple
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The is a dedicated to the god Shiva. It is located in Mylapore, in the state of . The temple was built around the 7th century CE and is an example of South Indian Architecture.

Hindu temple
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Adi Kesava Temple is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu located in Mylapore, , in the South Indian state of . Constructed in the Tamil style of architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Adi Kesava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Mayuravalli Thayar.

Church
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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 neighbourhood of Chennai, in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santhome and Mandavelli.

Suburb
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, also written San Thome, is a locality in Mylapore in city in India. It was a Portuguese settlement in the 16th century.

Suburb
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Mandaveli is a neighborhood in , . It is also termed usually as Mandavelipakkam which in the Tamil language "Mandhai" is 'herd of cattle' and "Veli" is 'grassland'.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , India. It is situated along the southern stretch of the . The proposed Marina Business centre commercial complex on 25 acre land at in Chennai, is planned to develop by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.

Mylapore

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
node 247677540
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1262327
Wiki­data ID
Q1646915
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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”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Veleeswarar Temple and Athikesvara Perumal Koil Kulam.

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