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Hotels in Kovilambakkam, Chennai

Kovilambakkam is one of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai (Wikidata: "human settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"). Its centre is 17 km from the city centre. 6 places to stay in this guide are counted here, listed nearest the area centre first.

Places to stay
6of 394 in Chennai's neighbourhoods
From the city centre
17 km
Nearest station
Velachery railway stationrailway station · 3.1 km
Nearest main sight
ISKCON Temple Chennai6.2 km
Restaurants, cafes and bars
3OpenStreetMap, by nearest area centre

Where to stay

Places to stay in Kovilambakkam

Nearest the area's centre point first, by straight-line distance. Chain properties link to their own websites; hotels recorded in Wikidata link to their encyclopedia article where there is one.

#Place to stayTypeFrom the area centre
1Zone by The Park ORR Chennaihotel0.4 km
2SilverKey Executive Stays 26472 Pallikaranaihotel0.8 km
3OYO Townhouse 792 Comfort Stayshotel1.3 km
4Capital O 27794 Virgo Comfort Homeshotel1.3 km
5OYO Flagship 39390 Evergreen Innhotel1.5 km
6SPOT ON 68521 Vijay Guest Househotel1.5 km

Visiting

What to see, eat and drink in Kovilambakkam

OpenStreetMap maps 3 restaurants, no cafes and no bars or pubs counted in Kovilambakkam, and 3 named sights: museums and galleries, parks, monuments, viewpoints and other attractions. They are counted the same way as the places to stay: each place goes to the area whose centre is nearest, within that area's reach. This rule has no boundaries, so places near the edge can fall in a neighbouring area's count.

WhatMappedRank in Chennai
Restaurants348 of 74
Cafes0
Bars, pubs and beer gardens0
Museums and galleries0
Named parks319 of 74
Monuments, viewpoints and other sights0

Rank 1 has the most among the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai; areas with equal counts share a rank. A zero means none is mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that there are none: coverage varies from place to place.

The 3 best-known sights counted in Kovilambakkam

Named sights OpenStreetMap maps for which the centre of Kovilambakkam is the nearest area centre (there is no boundary for Kovilambakkam in this data, so a few may lie in a neighbouring area): those linked to Wikidata or Wikipedia first, then by the number of Wikipedia language editions covering them. Distances are in a straight line from the area's centre point.

SightTypeFrom the area centre
Chennai - Arul Murugan Public ParkPark1.3 km
Tambaram Corporation ParkPark1.4 km
Anna Nagar ParkPark1.1 km

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026.

Stations

Stations nearest the centre of Kovilambakkam

OpenStreetMap maps no rail, metro, light-rail, monorail or funicular station within 3 km of the centre of Kovilambakkam.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026. Distances are in a straight line, not walking distance.

Distances

How far Kovilambakkam is from Chennai's main sights

SightTypeFrom Kovilambakkam
ISKCON Temple ChennaiHindu temple6.2 km
Kapaleeshwarar TempleHindu temple12 km
Thousand Lights Mosquemosque13 km
Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosquemosque14 km
Parthasarathy TempleHindu temple15 km
Triplicane Big Mosquemosque15 km
Government Museum, Chennaimuseum15 km
St. Mary's Church, Chennaichurch17 km
Fort St. Georgefort18 km
Armenian Church, Chennaichurch18 km

Around the area

Stations and sights in and near Kovilambakkam

Nearest stations

Nearby

Areas next to Kovilambakkam

Pallikaranai

1.7 km away32 places

Raghava nagar

3.0 km away4 places

Puzhuthivakkam

3.2 km away8 places

Nanganallur

3.4 km away0 places

Ayyappa Nagar

3.8 km away1 place

Adambakkam

4.9 km away0 places

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Questions

Kovilambakkam: questions travellers ask

How many hotels are in Kovilambakkam, Chennai?

6 places to stay in this guide are counted in Kovilambakkam: those for which its centre is the nearest of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai. The nearest to the area centre is Zone by The Park ORR Chennai, 0.4 km away.

How far is Kovilambakkam from the centre of Chennai?

17 km in a straight line from the area's centre to the city centre point Wikidata gives for Chennai.

How far is Kovilambakkam from Fort St. George?

18 km in a straight line from the centre of Kovilambakkam. The nearest of Chennai's main sights is ISKCON Temple Chennai, 6.2 km away.

What is the nearest station to Kovilambakkam?

Velachery railway station (railway station), 3.1 km from the area centre; then Puzhuthivakkam railway station, 3.5 km and Adambakkam railway station, 4.1 km.

How many restaurants, cafes and bars are there in Kovilambakkam?

OpenStreetMap maps 3 restaurants, no cafes and no bars or pubs counted in Kovilambakkam (each place in the area whose centre is nearest). A zero means none is mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that there are none: coverage varies from place to place.

Areas: the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai that Wikidata records as a neighborhood located in the city. Places to stay are not assigned by boundary: each is counted in the area whose centre is nearest, and only when it is within that area's reach (twice the radius of a circle the size of the area where Wikidata gives its size, otherwise 1.5 km) and no nearer the centre of a neighbouring town in this guide; 394 places to stay are counted this way. Sights are counted the same way. Main sights: the 10 sights in these areas covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. Stations: railway and metro stations in Wikidata. All distances are straight-line from the area's centre point; on foot or by road they are longer.

Sources: the area, sights and stations from Wikidata (CC0); Kovilambakkam on Wikipedia; places to stay from each operator's own public pages and from Wikidata. How this guide is made.