Arignar Anna Zoological Park
Arignar Anna Zoological Park also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden in Chennai, India. It is located at Vandalur in the south western part of the city, about 32 km from the city center.Photo: Rasnaboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Vandalur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Arignar Anna Zoo Park” and “Vandalur Zoo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vandalur railway station and Vandalur Reserve Forest.
Vandalur railway station
Railway station
Vandalur railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Vandalur railway station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Arignar Anna Zoological Park.
Vandalur Reserve Forest
Nature reserve
Vandalur Reserve Forest is a protected area located in the suburb of Vandalur to the southwestern part of Chennai, about 30 km from the city centre. It is bordered by the Grand Southern Trunk Road in the west and Suddhanandha Bharathi Street on the northern and the eastern sides and is intersected by the Vandalur–Kelambakkam Road on the southern side.
Perungalathur railway station
Railway station
Perungalathur railway station is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network serving the neighbourhoods of Perungalathur and Peerkankaranai in southern Chennai. Perungalathur railway station is situated 2½ km north of Arignar Anna Zoological Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vandalur and Urapakkam.
Vandalur
Town
Vandalur is a suburb of the city of Chennai and a taluk in Chengalpattu district. The Arignar Anna Zoological Park is situated in the locality. The area is served by Vandalur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway network.
Urapakkam
Suburb
Photo: Braveman2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urapakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai and a panchayat in Chengalpattu district. As per the 2011 census, Urapakkam had a population of 29,122 individuals. Urapakkam is situated 3 km southwest of Arignar Anna Zoological Park.
Mannivakkam
Suburb
Mannivakkam is a town near Chennai Metropolitan City in the Indian state of Tamil-Nadu India. Mannivakkam lies between Vandalur and Mudichur, 7.5 kilometers from Tambaram and 2 kilometers from Vandalur. Mannivakkam is situated 3 km northwest of Arignar Anna Zoological Park.
Arignar Anna Zoological Park
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Tambaram, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
12.88273° or 12° 52′ 58″ northLongitude
80.09197° or 80° 5′ 31″ eastNamed after
C. N. AnnaduraiOpen location code
7M42V3MR+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 28206920OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q647587
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In Other Languages
From French to Tamil—“Arignar Anna Zoological Park” goes by many names.
- French: “parc zoologique d’Arignar Anna”
- French: “Parc zoologique d’Arignar Anna”
- German: “Arignar Anna Zoological Park”
- Hindi: “vandalur zoo”
- Malayalam: “അരിങ്യർ അണ്ണാ മൃഗശാല”
- Tamil: “அறிஞர் அண்ணா விலங்கியல் பூங்கா”
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