Porur Lake
Porur Lake is located on the fringes of the Porur neighbourhood in south-west Chennai and is a primary water resource for the residents of Chennai. It is a temporary catchment area connected with Chembarambakkam Lake.Photo: Ravichandar84, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: water resource for people residing in Chennai, India
- Also known as: “Retteri”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porur Bypass metro station and Porur Junction metro station.
Porur Bypass metro station
Metro station
Photo: TamizhanEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porur Bypass is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. Porur Bypass metro station is situated 250 metres north of Porur Lake.
Porur Junction metro station
Metro station
Photo: TamizhanEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porur Junction metro station is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 elevated stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. Porur Junction metro station is situated 760 metres east of Porur Lake.
Thelliyaragaram metro station
Metro station
Photo: TamizhanEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thelliyaragaram is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, Poonamallee Bypass–Lighthouse stretch. Thelliyaragaram metro station is situated 1 km west of Porur Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porur and Alapakkam.
Porur
Suburb
Photo: Ravichandar84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porur is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is situated in the Maduravoyal taluk of Chennai district in the southern part of the city. Since 2011, it has been a part of the Chennai Corporation and included in zone number 11.
Alapakkam
Suburb
Alapakkam is a neighbourhood in western part of Central Chennai. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of Chennai district. It is surrounded by Porur, Valasaravakkam and Maduravoyal.
Mugalivakkam
Village
Mugalivakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is located in Sriperumbudur taluk of Kanchipuram district, in Tamil Nadu. It is situated 16 km south-west of Chennai on the Mount-Poonamallee Road. Mugalivakkam is situated 2½ km southeast of Porur Lake.
Porur Lake
- Category: lake
- Location: Poonamallee, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.034° or 13° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
80.14997° or 80° 8′ 60″ eastOpen location code
7M5224MX+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 23633592OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q5185746
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Panjabi to Tamil—“Porur Lake” goes by many names.
- Panjabi: “ਪੋਰੁਰ ਝੀਲ”
- Tamil: “போரூர் ஏரி”
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