Sowcarpet
Sowcarpet is a neighborhood in the northern part of Chennai, India. Sowcarpet is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings.Photo: RAJUKHAN SR RAJESH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chennai Central railway station and Fort St. George.
Chennai Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central, is a railway station in Chennai, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in South India and a major rail hub in the country. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
Fort St. George
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Fort St. George is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: IM3847, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Town and Park Town.
George Town
Suburb
George Town, also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner, is a neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is near the Fort Saint George. It is an historical area of Madras city from where its expansion began in the 1640s.
Park Town
Suburb
Park Town is a neighbourhood in downtown Chennai, India. It lies adjacent to the historical neighbourhood of George Town. The area got its name from the People's Park which was situated near the Ripon Building.
Periamet
Neighborhood
Periamet, also known as Periyampet natively spelt as Periyamedu, is one of the most important neighborhoods in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India…
Sowcarpet
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Category: locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.0885° or 13° 5′ 19″ northLongitude
80.27831° or 80° 16′ 42″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
7M5237QH+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 248560768OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Sowcarpet” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sowcarpet”
- Tamil: “சௌகார்பேட்டை”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Evening Bazaar and Flower Bazaar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ekambareswara Koil and Ekambareswarar Temple - Bhumi Stalam(Sani Stalam).
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