CSI Tucker Church, George Town, Chennai
CSI Tucker Church is located at George Town, well known
locality in Chennai City of Tamilnadu. The Church was founded by the Church
Missionary Society in 1820, and named after its second missionary and minister
Rev. John Tucker, was built on land bought from a ‘Mussalman’. The Church is
famous for its 150 years old, London-made pipe organ. It still rings loud at Tamil
service every Sunday. The Church did not change much as it looks just as it did
in the detailed pencil drawings that Sarah, John’s sister, drew in the 1840s in
letters to her ‘young friend’ Lisa, now collected in the slim volume South
Indian Sketches.
The Church is located at about 50 meters from Loyer
Square Bus Stop, 850 meters from Parrys Corner Bus Stop, 900 meters from
Chennai Beach Railway Station, 1.5 Kms from Mannady Metro Station, 2.5 Kms from
Chennai Central Railway Station, 5 Kms from Egmore Railway Station, 12 Kms from
Koyambedu Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and 20 Kms from Chennai Airport. The
Church is located very close to the Mannady Metro Station and Chennai Central
Railway Station. You can proceed on foot to the church from both the stations.
From other parts of the city, you can take a Cabs, Auto Rickshaw, Bus, Local
Trains and Metro Trains to reach the Church.
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