Thiruvanmiyur

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?Thiruvanmiyur Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India
Thiruvanmiyur
Coordinates: 12°59′08″N 80°15′41″E / 12.9856, 80.2614
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Chennai
Parliamentary constituency	Chennai Central
Assembly constituency	Tambaram
Zone	Adyar
Ward	155

Coordinates: 12°59′08″N 80°15′41″E / 12.9856, 80.2614 Thiruvanmiyur is a south-end place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Once unknown, this area is now an upcoming destination with Tidel Park being located nearby. The legendary Marundeeswarar Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva is located here. Thiruvanmiyur also houses Kalakshetra, famous world over for the preservation, teaching and development of Indian culture, tradition, dance and art forms. [1],[2]

The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses and has a sprawling bus terminus. Bus Routes connecting Thiruvanmiyur and other places in Chennai are: 1, 1C, 1D, 6D, 22A, 29M, 41C, A47, 47D, 147, M1, M49, M7, T51, 23M ,M19,19G,PP19,PP49,C51,19,23A.

The main post office is located east of Lattice Bridge (LB) Road, around 100 meters before it meets Old Mahabalipuram Road. The two main theatres in the area are the Jayanthi and the Theyagaraja situated on the LB Road just north of the intersection with Tiruvalluvar Salai. Thiruvanmiyur Beach is an attraction. Tons of people flock to it during evenings. Most people come there to have nice chat.

The beach line is 1 km from the East Coast Road (ECR). ECR leads to Mahabalipuram and Puducherry(Arabindo Ashram)

On the way to Mahabalipuram,there is a good commercial center Kottivakkam,do visit that place.

An aerial view of Besant Nagar and Elliots beach. Thiruvanmiyur lies further south