Senate House
The Senate House is the administrative centre of the University of Madras in Chennai, India. It is situated in Wallajah Road, along Marina Beach. Constructed by Robert Chisholm between 1874 and 1879, the Senate building is considered to be one of the best and oldest examples of Indo-Saracenic architecture in India.Photo: Ezhilbio1987, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ezhilagam and Chepauk railway station.
Ezhilagam
Government office
Photo: Yes.aravind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ezhilagam is a government office, which is situated 150 metres south of Senate House.
Chepauk railway station
Railway station
Chepauk is a station on the Chennai MRTS railway line. It is located in the eastern Chennai neighbourhood of Chepauk near the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. Chepauk railway station is situated 430 metres southwest of Senate House.
MGR Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
M.G.R. and Amma Memorial, officially Bharat Ratna Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. and Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Selvi J. Jayalalithaa Memorial, is a memorial complex dedicated to the former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu M. MGR Memorial is situated 270 metres east of Senate House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chepauk and Triplicane.
Chepauk
Suburb
Photo: Nikhilb239, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, also known as the Chepauk Stadium.
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…
Senate House
- Type: Building
- Description: administrative center of the University of Madras, India
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.06509° or 13° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
80.28292° or 80° 16′ 59″ eastOpen location code
7M52378M+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 23894473OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7450007
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In Other Languages
“Senate House” goes by many names.
- Tamil: “செனட் ஹவுஸ்”
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