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Guindy Railway Station | |
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Coordinates: 13°00′30″N 80°12′46″E / 13.0084125°N 80.2126875°ECoordinates: 13°00′30″N 80°12′46″E / 13.0084125°N 80.2126875°E | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai District |
Metro | Chennai |
Government | |
• Body | Chennai Corporation |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 600032 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai South |
Planning agency | CMDA |
Civic agency | Chennai Corporation |
Website | www.chennai.tn.nic.in |
Guindy (Tamil: கிண்டி) is one of the important neighbourhoods of Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the South-Western part of the city. It is the entry point or the gateway to Chennai city from the Southern parts of Tamil Nadu and the South Western suburbs of Chennai. The Kathipara junction (where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, (100 Feet road or Jawaharlal Nehru road) and GST Road meet located here, is one of the important nodal points of road traffic in the Chennai metropolitan area. This junction serves as the entry point to the city limits from the suburbs. It is surrounded by Saidapet in the north, Kotturpuram and Adyar towards the east, Velachery in the south and Adambakkam and St. Thomas Mount in the west. Guindy is home to many important landmarks in the city, and the most famous amongst them is the Guindy National Park - the only National Park in the country within city limits. transportation of the neighbourhood is catered by Guindy railway station.
Government House and Guindy under the British Raj. The Governor lived in Government House, Fort St George, a palatial residence with numerous servants, and had an official Daimler car at his disposal. There was a Head Butler called Muniswami, who ruled with a rod of iron. For the governor’s ceremonial use, there was a glittering coach with prancing horses, accompanied by a bodyguard of Indian troopers with red uniforms, glittering steel accoutrements and pennoned lances.[1]There was also Guindy, a spacious and elegant country home on the outskirts of Madras, surrounded by an extensive park. Nearby were a golf course, hockey pitches, riding stables and the Guindy Horse Racing Track.[2] From May to October each year during the hot season, the Madras Government and its officials, the Governor and his family went to Government House in the hill station of Ooty or Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills.[3]
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Location in context
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Nandambakkam | Ekkaduthangal | Saidapet / Guindy Industrial Area | ![]() |
St. Thomas Mount / Alandur | ![]() |
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Adambakkam | Velachery | Guindy National Park |
Guindy is in Tamil Nadu.
Important landmarks
- Guindy Race Course
- Guindy National Park
- Raj Bhavan, Chennai
- College of Engineering, Guindy
- Anna University Chennai
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- Children's Park
- Snake Park
- Cancer Institute
- Thiru. Vi. Ka. Industrial estate
- Gandhi Mandapam
- Rajaji Memorial
- Kamaraj Memorial
- Guindy Links
References
- ^ Southern India painted by Lady Lawley described by F.E.Penny. A & C Black, London. 1914
- ^ "Sir Arthur Lawley, Eloquent Knight Errant, David J, Hogg". Chapter 5 Ruler of the Raj. Lady Lawley Cottage (Western Australian Red Cross) 2008, ISBN 978-0-9554457-2-9 iBooks
- ^ The Times Obituary for Lord Wenlock, Wednesday 15th June 1932
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