Velachery
Velachery is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is located in the southern part of the Chennai city sharing borders with Guindy in the north, Taramani in the east, Perungudi in the south-east, Pallikaranai in the south, Madipakkam in south-west, Adambakkam in the west and north-west.Photo: Simply CVR, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Velachery and Pallikaranai Marsh.
Velachery
Railway station
Photo: Simply CVR, CC BY 2.0.
The Velachery MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in Chennai. It is located near the junction of Velachery Main Road and Inner Ring Road in Velachery. The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.
Pallikaranai Marsh
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallikaranai Marsh is a freshwater marsh in the city of Chennai, India. It is situated adjacent to the Bay of Bengal, about 20 kilometres south of the city centre, and has a geographical area of 80 square kilometres.
Perungudi railway station
Railway station
Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of Perungudi, including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar. It is located 1.3 km from the Perungudi Lake. Perungudi railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of Velachery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam.
Puzhuthivakkam
Suburb
Puzhuthivakkam, commonly known as Ullagaram or Ullagaram–Puzhuthivakkam, is a southern neighbourhood of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Puzhuthivakkam loosely translates to dust neighborhood.
Adambakkam
Suburb
Photo: Ganeshk, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Adambakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is primarily a residential locality situated in South Chennai. Adambakkam area comes under Velachery taluk and Alandur taluk, Chennai District of Chennai Corporation.
Velachery
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: neighborhood in Chennai metro area
- Categories: neighborhood, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.96717° or 12° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
80.21956° or 80° 13′ 10″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Abbreviation
“VLCY”Open location code
7M42X689+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 1141163691OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Velachery” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বেলাচেরি”
- Chinese: “維拉徹里”
- Dutch: “Velachery”
- Hindi: “वेलाचेरी”
- Kashmiri: “ویلاچری”
- Maithili: “वेलाचेरी”
- Persian: “ولچری”
- Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி”
- Urdu: “ویلاچری”
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