--- title: "Chennai: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/routes/rte_5NF8PQEEP3H6A718ZHHKV958E8" updated: null --- # Chennai: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Chennai: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/routes/rte_5NF8PQEEP3H6A718ZHHKV958E8) Self-guided route · generated from Wikivoyage # Chennai: a self-guided walk Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Chennai: 7 stops, about 2.2 km and 65 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go. 7 stops · 2.2 km · about 65 min on foot · [Wikivoyage source](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · fetched 2026-11-07 02:07:08 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go. 7 stops on the map. [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), ODbL 1.0 1. ## Southern Railway Headquarters From the Wikivoyage See list for Chennai. 13.08257, 80.27708 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.082574&mlon=80.277081#map=17/13.082574/80.277081) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_4VJMMCZNPZE23WW8FTF689B7FT) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 2. ## Victoria Public Hall One of the finest examples of British architecture in Chennai and was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Constructed with red brick and painted with lime mortar, the rectangular building has an Italianate tower capped by a Travancore-style roof. The structure consists of arcaded verandahs along the northern and southern sides in the hall on the first floor supported by sleek Corinthian stone columns, a square tower that is three storeys high, and a carved pyramidal roof. There is also an intricately carved terracotta cornice, which resembles Islamic calligraphy, atop th 13.08190, 80.27260 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.0819&mlon=80.2726#map=17/13.0819/80.2726) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_7B9D4798V85GD531EWP3Y7FHH8) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 3. ## Ripon Building The rectangular building built in Neoclassical style houses the office of the Corporation of Chennai, the civic body that governs the city of Chennai. The building was designed by G. T. S. Harris and was constructed between 1909 and 1913. Heritage tour of Ripon Building: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) organizes a free heritage tour of Ripon Building on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 8 AM to 9 AM. Registration is mandatory and can be done online through the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) website. 13.08170, 80.27160 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.0817&mlon=80.2716#map=17/13.0817/80.2716) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_7B9D4798V85GD531EWP3Y7FHH8) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 4. ## Chennakesava Perumal Temple From the Wikivoyage See list for Chennai. 13.08389, 80.27000 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.083889&mlon=80.27#map=17/13.083889/80.27) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_JJ1SB9BTSB2SEJHWFZM11DS98M) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 5. ## Mallikesvarar Temple From the Wikivoyage See list for Chennai. 13.08389, 80.27000 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.083889&mlon=80.27#map=17/13.083889/80.27) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_JJ1SB9BTSB2SEJHWFZM11DS98M) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 6. ## Queenship of Mary Church Vethagiri St, Chintadripet, Adikesavarpuram, Park Town 13.07761, 80.26919 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.077615&mlon=80.269188#map=17/13.077615/80.269188) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_G134KZWCNM4SGT7VAYNJQ3PC2A) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 7. ## St. Andrew's Church Neoclassical church. Built-in 1821. The St. Andrews Church has finely etched white Doric columns, a black and white tiled marble roof, and a high, sky-blue dome of enviable beauty. On the inner surface of the dome, constellations of stars, as they can be viewed in Scotland, are painted realistically. The body of the church is a circle, with rectangular compartments to the east and west. The circular part 24.5 m in diameter, is crowned by a shallow masonry dome colored a deep blue. This is painted with golden stars and supported by 16 fluted pillars with Corinthian capitals. 13.07980, 80.26370 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.0798&mlon=80.2637#map=17/13.0798/80.2637) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chennai) · [place page](/place/plc_1WTXK4F13WZVK28BV5VC3CBH8V) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. ## Use this route [Sign in](/auth/login?next=%2Froutes%2Frte_5NF8PQEEP3H6A718ZHHKV958E8) to add this route to a trip. Notes and the ordering come from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0; coordinates and map data from OpenStreetMap, ODbL. The route drawing is generated, not a guide's promise.