Porur Lake

Porur Lake is located on the fringes of the neighbourhood in south-west and is a primary water resource for the residents of Chennai. It is a temporary catchment area connected with .
Wikipedia
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 Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research.

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 , India. This metro station will be among the 30 stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, – stretch. is situated 250 metres north of Porur Lake.

Hospital
Photo: Sriher, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a private institute located in , , . SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties with more than 6,000 students. is situated 1 km northwest of Porur Lake.

Metro station
Photo: TamizhanEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in , 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, – stretch. is situated 760 metres east of Porur Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thelliyar Agaram and Porur.

Neighborhood
or Thelliyaragaram is a revenue village in the Kundrathur taluk of Kancheepuram district, India and a suburb of city. stretches along the northern banks of the Porur Lake from Karambakkam in the east to Iyyappanthangal in the west and administratively forms part of the municipality of .

Suburb
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is a of the city of , . It forms part of the Maduravoyal taluk of . Situated about 17 kilometres by road from Chennai in the western part of the city, is largely a residential neighbourhood with a significant portion devoted to commercial,religious,and industrial activities.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in western part of Central . It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of . It is surrounded by , and .

Porur Lake

Latitude
13.034° or 13° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
80.14997° or 80° 8′ 60″ east
Open location code
7M5224MX+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23633592
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q5185746
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Satellite Map

Discover Porur Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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