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562 SOUTH INDIA
Exploring Chennai
A conglomeration of several overgrown villages, Chennai D ECASTOR'S BASIN BRIDGE ROAD OLD JAIL S
ROAD
has no single centre, but can be divided into a numerous PULIYANTHOPE HIGH RD XAVIER STREET PORTUGUESE CHURCH ST PRAKASA M ROAD
urban districts, connected by four main roads. George BASIN BRIDGE ROAD MINT STREET CORALMERCHANT ST T
POWDER MILLS RD
Town is to the northeast of Periyar EVR High Road DMELLOW'S ROAD Mannadi RAJAJI SALAI (NORTH BEACH RD)
(Poonamallee High Road), while Triplicane and Mylapore V O C ROAD (WALL TAX ROAD) Chennai
Beach
A P RD
are to the south. The city’s main thoroughfare, Anna Salai ASTABUJAM ROAD AUDIAPPA NAICKEN ST ARMENIAN ST
(Mount Road), links Fort St George with Mount St Thomas, AVADANAM P RD ROAD MY LADYE'S High Court
GARDEN
to the south. Chennai’s other main roads, Rajaji Salai R I THERD O N R OAD HUNTERS State Express N S C B ROAD Parry's
Corner
High
(North Beach Road) and Kamarajar Salai (South Beach VA PERY PEOPLE'S MINT STREET Bus Depot Court Lighthouse
PARK
Road), run along the seafront, along the popular Marina EVK SAMPATH RD HIGH ROAD Central FRASER B RIDGE RD MUTHUSW A MY IYER RD
promenade towards Kalakshetra. Central Chennai
Egmore (POONAMALLEE HIGH RD) Park Fort
PERIYAR EVR HIGH Govt College Town (SOUTH BEACH ROAD)
of Arts and Crafts
Nehru Park
Kilpauk Egmore Chintadripet PALLAVAN SALAI SERVICES PARADE FLAG STAFF RD
GROUND &
Chetpet HALLS ROAD ARUNACHALA NAICKEN ST GOLF COURSE
Gymkhana
MAYOR RAMANATHAN SALAI CASA MAJORS PANTHEON RUKMANI LAKSHMIPATHY RD ROAD AUDITHANAR RD SWAMI SIVANAND A RD War Memorial
Club
Government
Estate
ROAD
Cooum (Kuvam)
Rajaji Hall
HADDOW'S ROAD ETHIRAJ ROAD Church Wallajah Chepauk Chepauk PARK MGR
C O LLEGE ROAD Higgin- WA LLAJAH ROA ANNA
MCNICHOLS ROAD
Madras University
botham's
ANNA SALAI (MOUNT ROAD)
Senate House
Christ
Samadhi
Stadium
Spencer's
Mosque
Chepauk
Palace
An early morning scene at a flower shop at Parry’s Corner GREA MS LANE GREAMS ROA D Plaza Lic BHARATHI SALAI (PYCROFTS RD) VICTORIA HOSTEL ROAD D Presidency College
Tiruvellikeni
T NA GAR II ST
Sights at a Glance VILL A GE ROAD MA HATMA GANDHI ROAD Thousand Lights WHITES ROAD Amir JANI JHAN KHAN ROAD Parthasarathy KAMARAJAR SALAI MARINA
Temple
VENKATRANGAM PILLAI STREET
Mahal
D R NATESAN RD
Thousand
TIRUMALAI PILLAI RD SA LAI
M S IYER ST R C RD
Historic Buildings, Areas & M G R Lights Mosque PETE RS ROAD BEACH
Neighbourhoods AVVAI SHANMUGHAM SALAI V M STREET ANINE BESANT RD Triumph
St George's
of Labour
1 Fort St George NORTH USMAN ROAD HABIBULLAH ROAD Cathedral Vivekananda
2 George Town AG-DMS ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL RD House
(MOUNT R OAD ANNA SALAI
4 Egmore G N DR NAIR RD CHETTY ROAD Taj Lighthouse Queen Mary's
6 Anna Salai NORTH BOAG RD Connemara BINNY RD IYENGAR RD DR RADHAKRISHNA SALAI College
PANAGAL Lighthouse
8 Triplicane PARK S SRINIVASAN RD
0 Adyar SIR THEAGARAYA ROAD LLANGO SA LAI Church ROYAPETTAH HIGH RD Buckingham Canal KAMARAJAR SALAI
Luz
GA N ESAN SALAI
Churches & Holy Places S MUDALIAR RD ELDAM'S ROAD LUZ CH U RCH ROAD
Teynampet
3 St Andrew’s Kirk pp566–7 SOUTH USMAN ROAD VENKATNARAYANA ROAD CH AVELIE SIVAJI ELLAMMAN KOIL ST ALWARPET STREET ROAD CPR IYER ST NAGESWARARAO Tirumailai Kapaleshvara MYLAPORE BAZAR ROAD Basilica
PARK
K BHARATI DASAN RD
San Thomé
9 Mylapore & San Thomé BURKIT ROAD DR RANGACHARI ROAD Temple
SOUTH AVENUE
r Little Mount & Mount of SOUTH WEST BOAG RD Nandanam T T K CHITRAKULLAM ST
St Thomas CANAL BANK RD ST MA R Y'S ROAD R K MUTT ROAD
Walk P MUTHURAMALINGAM SALAI RA JA Madaveli MANDAVELI S TREET
Madras
7 A Walk along the ANNA SALAI Club
Marina pp572–3 COSMOPOLITAN BOAT CLUB AVENUE BOAT CLUB RD CANAL BANK RD S A NTHOME HIG H R OAD
GOLF COURSE
Adyar
Saidapet RANJIT ROAD PUGH'S ROAD ANNAMALAIPURAM II M A IN ROAD
Museums
CPR AMASWAMY RD
5 Government Greenways G REENWAYS ROAD QUIBBLE ISLAND
CEMETERY
Road
Museum Complex
Little Mount GANDHI MANDAPAM ROAD Chettinad
Parks & Gardens P KOVIL ST DR DURGABAI DESHMUK ROAD Palace
e Guindy National Park TALUK OFFICE ROAD Kotturpuram III CRESCENT ROAD sophical Adyar
Theo-
Entertainment IV MAIN ROAD Society GARDEN OF
q Kalakshetra SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL ROAD (ELLIOT BEACH ROAD) BESANT AVENUE ROAD REMEMBRANCE ELLIOT’S
II MAIN ROAD
BEACH
w MGM Dizzee World
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p702 and p717
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