From the main gate at Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, two parallel roads, Bonn Avenue and Delhi avenue, lead you through the residential zone, under a canopy of green, to Gajendra Circle (called GC; this is the main landmark on campus with a fountain and two back-to-back elephants) and the administrative block. GC is about 2 Km from the main gate. Buses ply between the gate and other locations on campus at regular intervals. Named after mountains, the IITM buses take you to the GC, academic zone and hostels (named after rivers) for a nominal fare. (This has infact led to the joke that IITM is the land of moving mountains and stationary rivers!)
About 1 km from the main gate, on Bonn Avenue, you would find Vana Vani Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Proceed straight, past the school for about 1 km, to reach GC. Enroute, you would find the post-office (on your right), State Bank of India (left) and Kendriya Vidyalaya School (right).
Delhi Avenue runs parallel to the Bonn Avenue and the two roads meet at GC. The distance of the two routes is almost the same. However, the buses take the Bonn Avenue route only. A few notable landmarks on the Delhi Avenue are Jalakandeshwarar temple, Shopping Centre, Stadium and the Dept. of Management Studies.
NCC 2010 is being held at the Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR) building. The building is very close to GC. From GC, take the Alumni avenue to the right of Bonn Avenue (straight road from Delhi Avenue). The ICSR building is the first building to the right as soon as you enter Alumni avenue.
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Travel straight from Bonn Avenue (turn left from Delhi Avenue), past GC to go to the hostel zone and CCW office. Enroute, you would first find the Central Library and Tiffany's Food Court both to your left, just past the GC. This will be followed by the Open Air Theatre (OAT) and the Badminton court, both to your left. Proceed straight and turn left to reach Cauvery Hostel (on your right). Travel straight on this road past Gurunath Stores and the Himalaya Hostel both to your left, to reach the CCW office. Some of the other hostels are located on the right side of this road between Cauvery hostel and the CCW office. Turn left just before the CCW office to reach Sindu and Mahanadi hostels.
The CCW office is about 3 Km from the gate and 1 Km from GC. You can make use of the internal buses that run all the way to the hostels from the Main Gate.
The Bose-Einstein guest house is located on the Delhi Avenue, close to the Gajendra Circle. If you come by auto or taxi, enter the Delhi avenue as you come past the main gate. Travel straight through Delhi avenue for about 1.75 km to reach the Bose-Einstein guest house (on you right). Few landmarks are Jalakandeshwarar temple, Shopping Centre and the Stadium.
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To view a complete map of the IITM campus, click on the following link: IIT Madras Campus Map