Tamil Nadu
Chengalpattu district
Tambaram

Palavakkam

Palavakam is a locality in the south of and census town in in the state of . It is located on the East Coast Road about 6 km south of Adyar.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pallikaranai Marsh and World Trade Center Chennai.

Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a freshwater marsh in the city of , . It is situated adjacent to the , about 20 kilometres south of the city centre, and has a geographical area of 80 square kilometres. is situated 2½ km west of Palavakkam.

Photo: Bhagya sri113, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The World Trade Center, Chennai is a 28-storeyed commercial and residential centre in , . Located at , it was made operational in March 2020.

Hindu temple
Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva, located in , adjacent to the beach of . It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams where two of the most revered Nayanars, Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar, have glorified the temple with their verses during the 7th century CE. is situated 3 km north of Palavakkam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kottivakkam and Neelankarai.

Suburb
Kottivakam is a locality in the south of Chennai in in the Indian state of . is included with the Chennai Corporation.

Suburb
Neelangarai is a census town and is a locality in the south of . it is situated in in the state of about seven kilometers south of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in the state of , India. It is situated about 10 kilometres south of Adyar. It is bordered on two sides by the Old Mahabalipuram Road and the lake.

Palavakkam

Latitude
12.95999° or 12° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
80.25603° or 80° 15′ 22″ east
Population
26,800
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7M42X754+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 306113540
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
9212571
Wiki­data ID
Q2718134
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Palavakkam” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পালবক্কম”
  • Bishnupriya: “পালাবাক্কাম”
  • Bulgarian: “Палавакам”
  • Cebuano: “Palavakkam”
  • Chinese: “Palavakkam”
  • Chinese: “帕拉瓦卡姆”
  • Dutch: “Palavakkam”
  • French: “Palavakkam”
  • Hindi: “पालवाक्कम”
  • Italian: “Palavakkam”
  • Malagasy: “Palavakkam”
  • Malay: “Palavakkam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Palavakkam”
  • Portuguese: “Palavakkam”
  • Spanish: “Palavakkam”
  • Swedish: “Palavakkam”
  • Tamil: “பாலவாக்கம்”
  • Vietnamese: “Palavakkam”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as CMWSSB Division 185 and Kandaswamy Nagar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Palavakkam Corporation Office and Yoga.

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