Malligavaneswarar
Temple, Kanchipuram – Connectivity
The temple is located at
about 500 metres from Kanchipuram East Railway Station, 1 Km from Kanchipuram
Bus Stand and 1.5 Kms from Kanchipuram Railway Station. This temple is situated
in Chettikulam Silar Street. Kanchipuram is located at about 18 Kms from Walajabad,
31 Kms from Sriperumbudur, 40 Kms from Chengalpattu, 60 Kms from Chennai
Airport, 67 Kms from Mahabalipuram and 72 Kms from Chennai.
By Road:
Kanchipuram is most easily
accessible by road. The Chennai – Bangalore National Highway, NH
4 passes the outskirts of the city. Daily bus services are provided
by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation to and from Chennai, Bangalore, Villupuram,
Salem, Tirupati, Thiruthani, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Coimbatore, Tindivanam and Pondicherry.
There are two major bus routes to Chennai, one connecting via Poonamallee and
the other via Tambaram.
The Tamil Nadu state
government operated transport corporation runs buses from Kanchipuram to most
major towns in Tamil Nadu. Buses from Chennai leave for Kanchipuram every
fifteen minutes from the Koyambedu interstate bus terminal. There is also an
air-conditioned bus service numbered Z576 from 5.00 AM to 6.00 PM, which
departs from the T-Nagar bus terminal every hour. Buses from Bangalore leave
for Kanchipuram seven times a day.
By Train:
The city is also connected
to the railway network through the Kanchipuram railway station. The
Chengalpattu – Arakkonam railway line passes through Kanchipuram and
travellers can access services to those destinations. Daily trains are
provided to Pondicherry and Tirupati, and there is a weekly express train
to Madurai and a bi-weekly express train to Nagercoil. Two
passenger trains from both sides of Chengalpattu and Arakkonam pass via
Kanchipuram.
By Air:
Nearest domestic as well as international airport is Chennai International Airport.