Men's PGfrom ₹7,000
Taramani
ChennaiOMR600113
The top of the corridor, and the only stretch of it on a working rail line.
Tidel Park, Ramanujan IT City and International Tech Park sit within a kilometre of each other, with an MRTS station in the middle of them.
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01 — Find your place
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02 — What it costs
What you'll
actually pay
Most people in Taramani pay ₹6,700–8,500 a month — the middle half of 769 room prices owners have listed with us.
- DoubleMost pay ₹8,000–10,500median ₹8,500
- TripleMost pay ₹7,000–8,500median ₹7,500
- 4 sharingMost pay ₹6,500–7,800median ₹7,000
Your deposit
A PG cannot ask you for more than three months' rent as a deposit, and must return it within one month of you moving out.
Section 11, Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017. On a ₹7,500 room that caps the deposit at ₹22,500. General information, not legal advice.
Read the Act03 — At a glance
Taramani in a minute
You can take a train today
Taramani and Thiruvanmiyur MRTS stations put this stretch on the existing rail network. Nothing else on OMR has that.
Three campuses in one kilometre
Tidel Park, Ramanujan IT City and International Tech Park Chennai are effectively adjacent: the highest office density on the corridor.
The expensive end
Taramani prices at the top of OMR. What you are buying is commute minutes, not floor space.
04 — The practical stuff
Water, power and the monsoon
Water sourceCoverage is partial and varies by street. Ask whether the PG is on Metrowater, a borewell, tankers, or a mix.
Power backupAsk what the backup runs. On a tanker-fed building, the water pump matters more than the lights.
MonsoonTaramani sits better than most of the corridor, but December 2023 is the benchmark for all of South Chennai. Ask what happened on this street that month.
Taramani1Tidel Park2Ramanujan IT City3ELCOT SEZ, Sholinganallur4SIPCOT, Siruseri5Chennai Central6Chennai Airport
© OpenStreetMap · © CARTO05 — Getting to work
How long it actually takes
Peak-hour times, measured rather than estimated.
- 1Tidel ParkOn foot4 min · 1.7 km
- 2Ramanujan IT CityOn foot / share auto5 min · 2.2 km
- 3ELCOT SEZ, SholinganallurBus or cab, OMR southbound26 min · 13 km
- 4SIPCOT, SiruseriCompany shuttle or cab40 min · 19 km
- 5Chennai CentralMRTS via Beach line30 min · 15 km
- 6Chennai AirportCab via Velachery / GST25 min · 14 km
06 — The neighbourhood
What's around Taramani?
Offices, research campuses, and the last stretch of OMR with a working railway line.
The office cluster
Four of the corridor's largest campuses sit inside a walkable radius, which is why rents here run at the top of OMR.
Tidel Park Cisco, Sify, Trimble, TCS, EY, C-DAC
Ramanujan IT City Amazon, Cognizant, HP, Infosys, Citibank, Fidelity
International Tech Park Chennai Amazon, Siemens, Caterpillar
Research campuses
An unusual concentration of research institutions, which changes who lives here: researchers and interns as well as IT staff.
IIT Madras main campus adjoins the area
Roja Muthiah Research Library three centuries of Tamil print culture
CSIR campuses on the Taramani institutional stretch
Rail, road and what's being built
The MRTS is the practical option today. Corridor 3 goes underground north of here and elevated south.
Taramani MRTS on the Beach–Velachery line
Thiruvanmiyur MRTS opposite Tidel Park
Madhya Kailash junction the northern head of OMR
07 — Good to know
Before you choose a place in Taramani
01Check where your office actually isThe premium here is commute time. If you work at ELCOT or SIPCOT, you pay it and then commute anyway. Put your office on a map first.
02Walk to the station yourself, at nightStation-adjacent on a map and station-adjacent on foot are different things. If you can walk to Taramani or Thiruvanmiyur MRTS, that is the whole case for the area.
03Ask what the water source isPiped coverage on OMR is partial and varies street by street. Ask whether this PG is on Metrowater, a borewell, tankers, or a mix.
08 — Living here
What is it like to live here?
Composed from what people on this stretch consistently say.
Taramani Renters · 380 members
09 — Nearby
Discover more areas around Taramani
Taramani is the top of the corridor. Rent falls as you go south, and so does commute convenience.
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Taramani, answered
Is there a metro station in Taramani?
Not running yet. Corridor 3 goes underground from Madhavaram to about Taramani and elevated from here south, which makes this the transition point. The OMR stretch is currently targeted for 2027 and the date has slipped before, so check CMRL. Today the MRTS is the working rail option.
How is the water supply in Taramani?
Partial. Much of OMR runs on borewells and private tankers rather than piped Metrowater, and coverage varies street by street. The 400 MLD Perur desalination plant is the structural fix, roughly two-thirds built in mid-2026 and targeted for commissioning in 2027. Until then, ask each PG directly.
Is Taramani cheaper than Thoraipakkam or Sholinganallur?
No. Taramani sits at the expensive end and prices fall as you go south. Whether the premium is worth it depends entirely on where you work. The rent section above shows the distribution for each sharing type with the number of rooms behind every figure.