Guindy கிண்டி | |
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Neighbourhood | |
 Ashok Leyland Corporate Headquarter in Guindy,Chennai | |
| Nickname: Gateway toChennai | |
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| Coordinates:13°00′24″N80°13′14″E / 13.006700°N 80.220600°E /13.006700; 80.220600 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Chennai Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600032 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-09 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai South |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| Civic agency | Chennai Corporation |
| Website | www |
Guindy is a neighborhood ofChennai, Tamil Nadu. TheKathipara junction whereAnna Salai,Mount-Poonamallee Road,Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, andGST 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 ofAshok Leyland This junction serves as the entry point to the city limits from the suburbs. It is surrounded bySaidapet in the North,Kotturpuram andAdyar towards the East,Velachery in the South,Adambakkam andAlandur in the South-West,Parangimalai in the West andEkkatutthangal in the North-West. Guindy is home to many important landmarks in the city, the most famous amongst them being theGuindy National Park. 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 byGuindy railway station andGuindy metro station.
The precise origin of the word is unclear. According to regional Hindu tradition, thesage Bhringi is said to have performed penance on theParangimalai hill, before which he had to circumambulate the regions surrounding the hillock, considered as an abode ofShiva. The place where he completed thecircumambulation and left hiskindi (vessel) before starting the journey to the hilltop is said to have been named askiṇḍi,[1] and later the region's name was anglicized asGuindy during theBritish Raj.
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 withChennai Suburban Railway andChennai Metro. Guindy is also located 10 km away from the airport.
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.[2]
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 theGuindy Horse Racing Track.[3] 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.[4]
