Gopalapuram is a prime residential locality in

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. It is surrounded by

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in the North and East,

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in the South-East,

Teynampet Teynampet, also Teynampettai, is one of the busiest commercial localities in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Part of the city's central business district, it is surrounded by Gopalapuram in the north, Mylapore in the east, Alwarpet in t ...

in the South and

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in the West. It is located from the

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and from

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. It is located in between Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and

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. Avvai Shanmugam Road passes through Gopalapuram, dividing it into North Gopalapuram and South Gopalapuram. Gopalapuram comes under

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Educational institutions

Gopalapuram has many schools which are considered to be the best in Chennai. The educational institutions at Gopalapuram include: * DAV Girls Senior Secondary School * DAV Boys Senior Secondary School * National Public School * Sri Sarada Secondary School (Affiliated to the CBSE) * Church Park Convent * Gopalapuram Boys Higher Secondary School * Ganapathy Girls Higher Secondary School

Important places

*Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple *Residence of the family of DMK leader and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu,

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* U.S. Consulate General *

Semmozhi Poonga Semmozhi Poonga, variously spelled as Semmoli Poonga (literally translated to "Classical Language Park"), is a botanical garden in Chennai set up jointly by the Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering department of the Government of Tamil Na ...

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set up by the horticulture department of the

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. The garden was opened on 24 November 2010 by the then chief Minister Karunanidhi and is the first botanical garden in the city. * Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan

Colleges

* Stella Maris College *

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Hospitals

* Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital *

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Libraries

*Easwari Lending Library, oldest in the city of

Theaters

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, popularly known as "Satyam cinemas".

Business

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headquarters

Gallery

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References

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