Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Tiruvottiyur

Tholkappia Poonga

Tholkappia Poonga or Adyar Eco Park is an ecological park set up by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Adyar estuary area of , India. According to the government, the project, conceived based on the master plan for the restoration of the vegetation…
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Adyar, India
  • Also known as: “Tholkappiar Ecological Park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Quibble Island and Ambedkar Memorial.

Island
Photo: Yes.aravind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a river island in the city of , , . Prior to British colonization, it was not an island but a network of inter-tidal channels.

Photo: Irfanahmed605, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dr. Ambedkar Manimandapam is a memorial in the neighborhood of Chennai, India, dedicated to B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. It is located in the Adyar estuary on Greenways Road in Mandhavelipakkam. is situated 320 metres southwest of Tholkappia Poonga.

Church
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the neighbourhood of Chennai, in . is situated 1½ km northeast of Tholkappia Poonga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mandavelli and Foreshore Estate.

Suburb
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Mandaveli is a neighborhood in , . It is also termed usually as Mandavelipakkam which in the Tamil language "Mandhai" is 'herd of cattle' and "Veli" is 'grassland'.

Suburb
Photo: Yes.aravind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in , India. It is situated along the southern stretch of the . The proposed Marina Business centre commercial complex on 25 acre land at in Chennai, is planned to develop by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.

Suburb
Photo: BenoitL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of , India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.

Tholkappia Poonga

Latitude
13.02194° or 13° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
80.26828° or 80° 16′ 6″ east
Named after
Tolkappiyar
Open location code
7M5227C9+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32256323
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q7786692
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In Other Languages

“Tholkappia Poonga” goes by many names.
  • Tamil: “அடையார் பூங்கா”
  • Tamil: “தொல்காப்பியப் பூங்கா”
  • Tamil: “தொல்காப்பியர் பூங்கா”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rohini Garden Park and Karpagam Avenue Playground.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tholkappia Poonga”. Photo: Yes.aravind, CC BY-SA 3.0.