Post and Telegraph Colony
Post and Telegraph Colony is a residential area in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu. Post and Telegraph Colony is situated nearby to the theater building Anna Arivalayam, as well as near the Hindu temple Pothiamman Koil.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include AG-DMS and Semmozhi Poonga.
AG-DMS
Metro station
Photo: Helppublic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
AG – DMS 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 Teynampet and T. Nagar. AG-DMS is situated 440 metres north of Post and Telegraph Colony.
Semmozhi Poonga
Park
Photo: Balajijagadesh, CC0.
Semmozhi Poonga, variously spelled as Semmoli Poonga, is a botanical garden in Chennai set up jointly by the Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Semmozhi Poonga is situated 1 km north of Post and Telegraph Colony.
Madras Music Academy
Theater building
Photo: Jayaram36, Public domain.
Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called Music Academy It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music Indian art form. Madras Music Academy is situated 1¼ km east of Post and Telegraph Colony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teynampet and Alwarpet.
Teynampet
Suburb
Teynampet, also Teynampettai, is one of the busiest commercial localities in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Part of the city's central business district, it is surrounded by Gopalapuram in the north, Mylapore in the east, Alwarpet in the south, Nandanam in the south-west and T.Nagar in the west.
Alwarpet
Suburb
Alwarpet is a residential zone in central Chennai and is a part of the greater Teynampet region. It is surrounded by Teynampet in the north and west, Mylapore, Mandavelli and Abhiramapuram in the east, Raja Annamalaipuram in the south, and Nandanam in the southwest.
Gopalapuram
Suburb
Gopalapuram is a prime residential locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Royapettah in the North and East, Mylapore in the South-East, Teynampet in the South and Thousand Lights in the West.
Post and Telegraph Colony
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.04208° or 13° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
80.24936° or 80° 14′ 58″ eastOpen location code
7M5226RX+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 27497260OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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