Connemara Public Library

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Connemara Public Library is located at Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai 60008.
Connemara Public Library remains open to the public from 9.00 A.M to 7.30 P.M without any break from Monday to Saturday and from 9.30 A.M to 6.00 P.M on Sundays. Library remains closed on 3 National Holidays and 6 Festival Holidays in a year.

Connemara Public Library at Chennai is one of the four National Depository libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. Established in 1890 the library is a repository of centuries-old publications, wherein lie some of the most respected works and collections in the country.

The Library's beginnings go back to 1861, when hundreds of books were found surplus in the libraries of Haileybury College (where Indian Civilians were trained in England). These books were sent to the Madras Government, which in turn handed them over to the Madras Museum. Conceived on the lines of the British Museum Library, it was part of the Madras Museum till 1890, when the need for 'a free public library' prompted the then Governor of Madras, Lord Connemara, to lay the foundation.

The library was as part of a cultural complex that grew in the grounds of what was once called 'The Pantheon'. The entire complex now boasts buildings that reflect architectural unity, even while demonstrating the various stages of Indo-Saracenic development, from Gothic-Byzantine to Rajput Mughal and Southern Hindu Deccani.

Connemara Public Library is located 0.1 kilometre away from Pantheon Road; 0.3 kilometre away from Major Ramanathan Salai Road - Spur Tank Road; 0.4 kilometre away from Audithanar Road; 0.5 kilometre away from Montieth Road; 0.6 kilometre away from College Road; Connemara Public Library is geographically located at latitude (13.0716 degrees) 13° 4' 17" North of the Equator and longitude (80.2577 degrees) 80° 15' 27" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Chennai.

The locations related to Connemara Public Library are represented by the the shortest path as the crow would fly between any two points and may not be nearest by road. For example, Connemara Public Library is located 0.1 kilometre from National Art Gallery. Connemara Public Library is located 0.1 kilometre from Chennai Museum. Connemara Public Library is located 0.2 kilometre from Woman and Children Hospital. Connemara Public Library is located 0.5 kilometre from Stadium Museum. Connemara Public Library is located 0.6 kilometre from Pudupet.

Spencer Plaza 1.2km, Chintadripet Market 1.7km, Moore Market 2.2km, Metal Market 2.7km, Medicine Market 3km, Jewellery Market 3km, Rattan Bazaar 3km, China Bazaar 3.4km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Connemara Public Library.

National Art Gallery 0.1km, Chennai Museum 0.1km, Stadium Museum 0.5km, Valluvar Kottam 2.6km, Music Academy 3km, Fort St. George 3.1km, Birla Planetarium 6.8km, War Memorial 9.5km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Connemara Public Library.

are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Connemara Public Library.

Ethiraj College 0.9km, St Matthias School, Vepery 1.9km, CMC Girls HS School 2.7km, Loyola College 2.8km, University of Madras 2.9km, Meenakshi College 3.9km, Chennai Teachers College 6.3km, Mandhopu School, Saidapet 6.7km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Connemara Public Library.

Congress Grounds 2.9km, Panagal Park 4.3km, Guindy National Park 8.2km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Connemara Public Library.