Thousand Lights
Thousand Lights is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Royapettah, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram.Photo: Santosh4118, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Chennai, India
- Also known as: “Thousand Lights metro station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thousand Lights Mosque and Taj Connemara.
Thousand Lights Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thousand Lights Mosque is a Shi'ite mosque in Anna Salai in Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest mosques in the country and is a revered place of worship and azadari for Shia Muslims. Thousand Lights Mosque is situated 550 metres southwest of Thousand Lights.
Taj Connemara
Hotel
Taj Connemara, Chennai is a five-star hotel in Chennai, India. It is a heritage hotel in Chennai. Classified under the Taj Group's business hotels section, the 127-year-old hotel is considered the oldest hotel in the city. Taj Connemara is situated 510 metres northeast of Thousand Lights.
Chennai Government Museum
Museum
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. Chennai Government Museum is situated 1½ km north of Thousand Lights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royapettah and Chennai.
Chennai
Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. With a population of 8.6 million, Chennai's urbanised area is the most populous in Southern India and the fourth most populous in India.
Gopalapuram
Suburb
Gopalapuram is a prime residential locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Royapettah in the North and East, Mylapore in the South-East, Teynampet in the South and Thousand Lights in the West.
Thousand Lights
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.05852° or 13° 3′ 31″ northLongitude
80.25878° or 80° 15′ 32″ eastOperator
Chennai Metro Rail LimitedNetwork
Chennai MetroOpen location code
7M523755+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5337407346OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q62005544
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In Other Languages
From French to Tamil—“Thousand Lights” goes by many names.
- French: “Thousand Lights”
- Tamil: “ஆயிரம்விளக்கு மெற்றோ நிலையம்”
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