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1. Kapaleeshwarar Temple

2,535
Religious Sites
Open now
By DayaMass
It's Gopuram was full of colourful sculptures depicting ancient tales of Lord Shiva.
  • Main Deity

2. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

585
Religious Sites
By siva200
Large Temple with Peaceful ambience around and you would definitely get a peaceful mind while returning.
  • ISKCON Temple Front View

3. ISKCON Chennai, Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple

330
Religious Sites
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By Vyomsinha
A highly spiritual place , beautiful temple in ECR with very positive vibes.
  • Col.William Lambton on St.Thomas mount

4. St. Thomas Mount National Shrine

351
Religious Sites
Royapettah
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By rsraghavan6
The city view from the hill top is very nice too.
  • Sri Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane

5. Parthasarathy Temple

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Religious Sites
Royapettah
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By SunandSand678
The world famous Marina beach is within the walking distance from the temple would definitely make the visit of a tou...
  • T. Nagar at its busiest during festival season

6. T Nagar, Ranganathan Street

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Points of Interest & Landmarks • Flea & Street Markets
Royapettah
By LostMySelfTraveling
Once you visit this place you can complete the shopping for entire family 👪 Have a nice shopping experience.
  • Mylapore

7. Mylapore

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Neighborhoods
Mylapore
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By KathiraveluG
Best place to get karnatic songs in CD or USB formats along with books on Hindusium.
  • Inside the restaurant

8. Pondy Bazaar

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Neighborhoods
George Town/Parry’s Corner
By MalcolmNicholas
A fun-filled and enjoyable Shopping Experience.... with great bargains available.
  • Lighthouse

9. Light House

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Points of Interest & Landmarks • Lighthouses
Thiruvanmiyur East
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By lurmerikaramchand
This amazing and beautiful light house stands proudly near by the world famous Marina Beach area.
  • Golden Chariot

10. Vadapalani Murugan Temple

459
Religious Sites
Vadapalani
By srini_soma
It's very close all landmarks, Metro, Forum mall, must visit place
  • Ashtalakshmi Kovil

11. Ashtalakshmi Temple

249
Religious Sites
Besant Nagar
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By Mrudula1208
which is a famous temple for it's architecture and the dieties are located at four levels
  • entrance gate

12. Kalikambal Temple

278
Religious Sites
  • View of the elevated meditation area

13. Matsya Narayana Temple

23
Religious Sites
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By meghashyam
The open to sky edifice to Lord Matsya Narayana is beautiful , the whole place is aesthetic , clean well maintained ,...
  • vivekananda house-Muralitharan photo

14. Vivekananda House

188
Historic Sites
By chiclifebyte
A landmark in itself, Vivekananda house is an important pilgrimage and shrine for the followers of Swami Vivekananda.
  • Chennai Central Railway Station

15. Chennai Central Railway Station

502
Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings
By KARTHIKb87
Is built in combination of Romanesque structure and Gothic revival style on 1873 during British rule.
  • Loving you so much ...

16. Mahalingapuram Sree Ayyappa Temple

101
Points of Interest & Landmarks
Nungambakkam
  • San Thome Church Chennai India

17. San Thome Church

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Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites
Mylapore
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By snehatsamuel
The architecture is so beautiful and the museum where St. Thomas's memorial is kept is well maintained with air condi...
  • Lord Anjaneya

18. Viswaroopa Adhivyadhihara Sri Bhaktha Anjaneyaswami Temple

275
Religious Sites
Open now
  • MA Chidambaram Stadium

19. M.A.Chidambaram Stadium

108
Arenas & Stadiums
Vadapalani
By Kaepagavalli
... over cricket game.this is near the famous,longest marina beach and visitors were allowed only on the match days a...
  • The tree on the temple grounds (people circle around it so must have some religious significance

20. Marundeeswarar Temple

207
Religious Sites
Thiruvanmiyur East
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By Nag_24_5-65
Temple AUTHORITIES should run book stall which sells books in regional languages about temple and it's history OM NAM...
  • Om Muruga Om ... Thanks a lot for everything ... Loving you so much ... Peacefully yours.

21. Kundrathur Murugan Temple

27
Points of Interest & Landmarks
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22. Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras

255
Points of Interest & Landmarks
Adyar
By nageswararaog2018
Located in a serene location with tons of greenery.
  • The Lake

23. Kamakshi Amman Temple

206
Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites
Nungambakkam/Marina Beach
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By mantamoon3
Lots of carvingS and statues to photograph.
  • Aarupadai Veedu Temple

24. Aarupadai Veedu Temple

92
Religious Sites
Besant Nagar
By sudd2020
Pays tribute to the six abodes of Murugan that are situated in different parts of Tamil nadu.
  • Inside St Thomas caves home

25. Little Mount Shrine

92
Religious Sites
Open now
By amosamiyanayek
blessed place to be in with family it's one of the most oldest holy place.. even some attractive things you can't...
  • landscape view of new temple

26. Ramakrishna Temple

212
Religious Sites
Mylapore
By nageswararaog2018
I Always feel delighted to visit this place
  • Thiruvidanthai Temple

27. Thiruvidanthai Temple

26
Religious Sites
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28. Thiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman Temple

22
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  • temple

29. Jagannath Temple, Kanathur

101
Religious Sites
By Veer2468
Beautiful architecture and complete replica of the puri jagannath temple.
  • MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLE

30. Padi Sivan Temple

27
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