Triplicane

Triplicane is a railway station in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Triplicane is situated nearby to Thiruvallikeni railway station, as well as near Marina Beach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thiruvallikeni railway station and Marina Beach.

Thiruvallikeni railway station

Railway station

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Thiruvallikeni is a station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just behind the Marina Campus of the University of Madras along the Marina Beach, it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station serves the neighbourhood of Triplicane. Thiruvallikeni railway station is situated 130 metres northwest of Triplicane.

Marina Beach

Beach

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Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km, making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.

Parthasarathy Temple

Hindu temple

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The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai, India. 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. Parthasarathy Temple is situated 550 metres west of Triplicane.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Triplicane and Chepauk.

Triplicane

Suburb

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Thiruvallikeni known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.