Velachery

Velachery 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Velachery Lake and Velachery.

Lake
Velachery Aeri, or , is one of the lakes inside , in the state of . As is a low-lying area, the monsoon rain water from the neighbouring areas drain into the lake.

Railway station
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The MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in . It is located near the junction of Main Road and Inner Ring Road in . The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.

Pitch
The or Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground is a cricket ground within the IIT Madras campus, in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adambakkam and Puzhuthivakkam.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , . It is primarily a residential locality situated in . area comes under Velachery taluk and Alandur taluk, Chennai District of Chennai Corporation.

Suburb
, commonly known as Ullagaram or Ullagaram–Puzhuthivakkam, is a southern neighbourhood of in , India. loosely translates to dust neighborhood.

Suburb
is an area in the south Indian city of . It is known for the presence of the city's first IT parks and numerous government educational and research institutions.

Velachery

Latitude
12.98072° or 12° 58′ 51″ north
Longitude
80.21891° or 80° 13′ 8″ east
Population
4,650,000
Open location code
7M42X6J9+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 422418168
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7918771
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Velachery” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেলাচেরি”
  • Chinese: “維拉徹里”
  • Dutch: “Velachery”
  • Hindi: “वेलाचेरी”
  • Kashmiri: “ویلاچری”
  • Maithili: “वेलाचेरी”
  • Persian: “ولچری”
  • Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி”
  • Urdu: “ویلاچری”

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