Bharat Insurance Building
Bharat Insurance building is a heritage building in Chennai, India. Located on the arterial Anna Salai, it was built in 1897. Originally known as Kardyl Building, the building is an example of the Indo-Saracenic architecture, a hybrid of Muslim design with Indian materials.- Type: Building
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Kardyl Building”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include LIC and Triplicane Big Mosque.
LIC
Metro station
Photo: Sam2905, CC BY-SA 4.0.
LIC 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 Egmore and Royapettah. LIC is situated 170 metres southwest of Bharat Insurance Building.
Triplicane Big Mosque
Mosque
Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Triplicane Big Mosque, also known as the Wallajah Mosque, is a mosque and dargah complex, located on Triplicane High Road, in the Triplicane neighbourhood of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India. Triplicane Big Mosque is situated 620 metres east of Bharat Insurance Building.
Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital
Hospital
Photo: 12afser12, Public domain.
Tamil Nadu Government Multi-Super-Speciality Hospital is a 400-bed government-owned super-speciality hospital in Chennai, India. It is located at the Omandurar Government Estate on Anna Salai and was opened in February 2014. Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital is situated 1 km northeast of Bharat Insurance Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triplicane and Royapettah.
Triplicane
Suburb
Photo: Nsmohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thiruvallikeni known as Triplicane, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.
Chintadripet
Suburb
Chintadripet is a locality in Chennai, in India. Located on the southern banks of the Cooum River, it is a residential-cum-commercial area surrounded by Chepauk, Island Grounds, Pudupet, Egmore, Anna Salai and Chennai Central…
Bharat Insurance Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.06501° or 13° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
80.26723° or 80° 16′ 2″ eastOpen location code
7M523788+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 211864557OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q4901121
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In Other Languages
“Bharat Insurance Building” goes by many names.
- Tamil: “பாரத் காப்பீட்டு கட்டடம்”
- Tamil: “பாரத் காப்பீட்டு கட்டிடம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Makkah Mosque and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Head Office.
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