West Chennai is the suburban western part of Chennai.

Get in

By train

• 1 Tambaram  SR  (station code: TBM, தாம்பரம் இரயில் நிலையம்), Railway Station Road, Tambaram East (SW 29 km from Chennai Central). Trains to Chennai Beach (every 5-10 min), Chengalapettu (every 10-15 min) and Kanchipuram (half hourly or so). 

See and do

Forests, lakes and parks

Arignar Anna Zoological Park

• 1 Arignar Anna Zoological Park (updated Jun 2023)
• 2 Chembarambakkam Lake (updated Jun 2023)
• 3 Nanmangalam Reserve Forest (updated Jun 2023)
• 4 Pulhal Lake (updated Jun 2023)

Temples

• 5 Dhenupureeswarar Temple (updated Jun 2023)
• 6 Kamakshi Amman Temple (updated Jun 2023)
• Kundrathur Shiva temple (Vada Thirunageshvaram), Kundrathur (Kundrathur bus depot). Sekkizhar built this temple 1,000 years ago. 
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• 7 Masilamaniswara Temple (updated Jun 2023)
• 8 Ranganatha Temple (updated Jun 2023)

Buy

• 1 The Forum Vijaya (updated Sep 2017)