Madras Music Academy

Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called Music Academy It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music Indian art form.

Photo: Jayaram36, Public domain.

Type: Theater building
Description: South Indian music academy
Also known as: “Music Academy”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Public School and Semmozhi Poonga.

National Public School

School

National Public School, in Gopalapuram, Chennai, India, is run by the Citizens Education Society. It was founded in 1970 by KP Gopalkrishna and is run by National Education Trust. It is affiliated to the CBSE. National Public School is situated 430 metres northwest of Madras Music Academy.

Semmozhi Poonga

Park

Photo: Balajijagadesh, CC0.

Semmozhi Poonga, variously spelled as Semmoli Poonga, is a botanical garden in Chennai set up jointly by the Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Semmozhi Poonga is situated 1 km northwest of Madras Music Academy.

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 1¼ km northwest of Madras Music Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gopalapuram and Teynampet.

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.

Teynampet

Suburb

Teynampet, also Teynampettai, is one of the busiest commercial localities in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Part of the city's central business district, it is surrounded by Gopalapuram in the north, Mylapore in the east, Alwarpet in the south, Nandanam in the south-west and T.Nagar in the west.