Guindy

Guindy is one of the most important neighborhoods of Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India and is nicknamed as "The Gateway to Chennai". The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, and GST Road meet here. It is one of the important nodal points of road traffic in the metropolitan area. It is also a commercial hub. Here is headquarters of Ashok Leyland 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, Adambakkam and Alandur in the South-West, St Thomas Mount in the West and Ekkatutthangal in the North-West. Guindy is home to many important landmarks in the city, the most famous amongst them being the Guindy National Park — the only National Park in the country within city limits. It also serves as a main hub for several small and medium scale industries (Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Estate). Transportation to/from the neighborhood is catered by Guindy railway station and Guindy metro station.

For other uses, see Guindy (disambiguation).

Guindy
Neighbourhood
Ashok Leyland Corporate Headquarter in Guindy, Chennai
Nickname(s): 
Gateway to Chennai
Guindy
Guindy
Guindy
Coordinates: 13.0084125°N 80.2126875°E / 13.0084125; 80.2126875
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
MetroChennai
Government
 • BodyChennai Corporation
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600032
Vehicle registrationTN-09
Lok Sabha constituencyChennai South
Planning agencyCMDA
Civic agencyChennai Corporation
Websitewww.chennai.tn.nic.in

Transportation

Guindy is well connected by road and train services. Many buses ply through Guindy and connect it to the rest of Chennai. It is also well connected by the trains with MRTS and Metro station. Guindy is also located 10 km away from the airport.

Government House and Guindy under the British Raj
Guindy skyline

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]

Location in context

Important landmarks

References
  1. Southern India painted by Lady Lawley described by F.E.Penny. A & C Black, prem London. 1914
  2. "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
  3. The Times Obituary for Lord Wenlock, 15 June 1932
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