Velachery Lake

Velachery Aeri, or Velachery Lake, is one of the lakes inside , in the state of , with a good stock of water all through the year.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Guindy National Park and Guindy.

Forest
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is a protected area, located in , India. Spread across 2.70 km2, it is one of the smallest National Parks in India and one of the few national parks situated inside a metropolitan area.

Railway station
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railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach– section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of , a suburb of .

Railway station
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, locally known as Mount railway station or Parangimalai station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach– section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Chennai and Velachery.

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is a posh new area of south of the Adyar River. It is home to the city's growing IT hub along Rajiv Gandhi Salai, often nicknamed the IT Expressway.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is located in the southern part of the Chennai city sharing borders with in the north, Taramani in the east, in the south-east, Pallikaranai in the south, in south-west, in the west and north-west.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in the state of , India. It is situated about 10 kilometres south of Adyar. It is bordered on two sides by the Old Mahabalipuram Road and the lake.

Velachery Lake

Latitude
12.9882° or 12° 59′ 18″ north
Longitude
80.2115° or 80° 12′ 41″ east
Open location code
7M42X6Q6+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25504265
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7352533
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Satellite Map

Discover Velachery Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Panjabi to Tamil—“Velachery Lake” goes by many names.
  • Panjabi: “ਵੇਲਾਚੇਰੀ ਝੀਲ”
  • Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி ஏரி”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as CMWSSB Division 177 and Lakshmi Hayagriva Nagar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include District Branch Library, Velachery and BSNL Exchange.

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