 Church and Ascension Church, temples being "Gangai Amman Kovil" and "Shiva Vishnu Kovil", and mosques being Kodambakkam Mosque, HGWC Choolaimedu Islamic Centre situated in Abdullah Street, Choolaimedu Mosque and Sowrashtra Nagar 10th Street Mosque in Choolaimedu.The Nungambakkam Railway subway was one of the few 4-lane railway subways in Chennai at the time it was opened in the early 1980s.The sprawling and busy Chitra Avenue residential and commercial complexes near Nungambakkam railway station, was once a silent staff quarters of the Loyola College.