Tiruvottiyur

Tiruvottiyur is a locality in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chennai Central railway station and Chennai Government Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central is a railway station in , India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in 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.

Museum
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of in , .

Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
is a fortress at the coastal city of , . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chennai and Central Chennai.

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, formerly Madras, is the largest coastal city in and the capital of the state of . It is on the east coast of peninsular India.

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is the modern city centre of between Coovum and Adyar rivers. It is home to Santhome Church, Marina Beach and the Tamil film industry Kollywood.

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is the oldest part of the metropolis. is one of the best preserved Art Deco architectural areas in India. It is also Chennai's oldest central business district though it has long since given way to .

Tiruvottiyur

Latitude
13.1003° or 13° 6′ 1″ north
Longitude
80.2464° or 80° 14′ 47″ east
Population
5,220,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7M52462W+4H
Geo­Names ID
12684141
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