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Hotels in Pallikaranai, Chennai
Pallikaranai is one of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai (Wikidata: "neighborhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"); area 17 km². Its centre is 17 km from the city centre. 32 places to stay in this guide are counted here, listed nearest the area centre first.
- Places to stay
- 32of 394 in Chennai's neighbourhoods
- From the city centre
- 17 km
- Nearest station
- Velachery railway stationrailway station · 3.3 km
- Nearest main sight
- ISKCON Temple Chennai4.5 km
- Restaurants, cafes and bars
- 19OpenStreetMap, by nearest area centre
Where to stay
Places to stay in Pallikaranai
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.
Visiting
What to see, eat and drink in Pallikaranai
OpenStreetMap maps 13 restaurants, 4 cafes and 2 bars and pubs counted in Pallikaranai, and 4 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.
| What | Mapped | Rank in Chennai |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 13 | 16 of 74 |
| Cafes | 4 | 19 of 74 |
| Bars, pubs and beer gardens | 2 | 5 of 74 |
| Museums and galleries | 0 | |
| Named parks | 4 | 14 of 74 |
| Monuments, viewpoints and other sights | 0 |
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 4 best-known sights counted in Pallikaranai
Named sights OpenStreetMap maps for which the centre of Pallikaranai is the nearest area centre (there is no boundary for Pallikaranai 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.
| Sight | Type | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kammkottai Park | Park | 0.5 km |
| IIT colony park | Park | 0.7 km |
| Sowmya Nagar Park | Park | 4.0 km |
| Nehru Nagar Park | Park | 1.7 km |
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026.
Stations
Stations nearest the centre of Pallikaranai
OpenStreetMap maps no rail, metro, light-rail, monorail or funicular station within 3 km of the centre of Pallikaranai.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026. Distances are in a straight line, not walking distance.
Distances
How far Pallikaranai is from Chennai's main sights
| Sight | From Pallikaranai |
|---|---|
| ISKCON Temple Chennai | 4.5 km |
| Kapaleeshwarar Temple | 12 km |
| Thousand Lights Mosque | 14 km |
| Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosque | 14 km |
| Parthasarathy Temple | 15 km |
| Triplicane Big Mosque | 15 km |
| Government Museum, Chennai | 15 km |
| St. Mary's Church, Chennai | 17 km |
| Fort St. George | 18 km |
| Armenian Church, Chennai | 19 km |
Around the area
Stations and sights in and near Pallikaranai
Nearest stations
- Velachery railway station · railway station · 3.3 km
- Sholinganallur metro station · metro station · 4.3 km
- Perungudi railway station · railway station · 4.5 km
Nearby
Areas next to Pallikaranai
Questions
Pallikaranai: questions travellers ask
How many hotels are in Pallikaranai, Chennai?
32 places to stay in this guide are counted in Pallikaranai: those for which its centre is the nearest of the 74 neighbourhoods of Chennai. The nearest to the area centre is OYO 19958 Iris Comfort Inn, 0.4 km away.
How far is Pallikaranai 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 Pallikaranai from Fort St. George?
18 km in a straight line from the centre of Pallikaranai. The nearest of Chennai's main sights is ISKCON Temple Chennai, 4.5 km away.
What is the nearest station to Pallikaranai?
Velachery railway station (railway station), 3.3 km from the area centre; then Sholinganallur metro station, 4.3 km and Perungudi railway station, 4.5 km.
How many restaurants, cafes and bars are there in Pallikaranai?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 restaurants, 4 cafes and 2 bars and pubs counted in Pallikaranai (each place in the area whose centre is nearest).
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); Pallikaranai on Wikipedia; places to stay from each operator's own public pages and from Wikidata. How this guide is made.