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{{Short description|Neighborhood of Chennai, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Guindy
| other_name = கிண்டி
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = ALCOB Ashok Leyland Corporate Building in Guindy, Chennai.jpg
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| image_caption = [[Ashok Leyland]] Corporate Headquarter in Guindy, [[Chennai]]
| nickname = Gateway to [[Chennai]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|13.006700|N|80.220600|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai district|Chennai]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Chennai
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| governing_body = [[Chennai Corporation]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 7.88
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| elevation_m = 37
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 600032
| registration_plate = TN-09
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chennai South]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Civic agency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Corporation]]
| website = {{URL|www.chennai.tn.nic.in}}
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'''Guindy''' is a neighborhood of [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]. The [[Kathipara junction]] where [[Anna Salai]], [[Mount-Poonamallee Road]], [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|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 (Chennai)|Adyar]] towards the East, [[Velachery]] in the South, [[Adambakkam]] and [[Alandur]] in the South-West, [[Parangimalai]] in the West and [[Ekkaduthangal|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]]. 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 (Chennai Suburban Railway)|Guindy railway station]] and [[Guindy metro station]].

== Etymology ==

The precise origin of the word is unclear. According to regional Hindu tradition, the [[Bhringi|sage Bhringi]] is said to have performed penance on the [[Parangimalai]] hill, before which he had to circumambulate the regions surrounding the hillock, considered as an abode of [[Shiva]]. The place where he completed the [[circumambulation]] and left his [[kindi (vessel)]] before starting the journey to the hilltop is said to have been named as ''kiṇḍi'',<ref>{{cite news |title=What’s in a name? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/whats-in-a-name/article5048779.ece |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=22 August 2013 |language=en-IN}}</ref> and later the region's name was anglicized as ''Guindy'' during the [[British Raj]].

== 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 [[Chennai Suburban Railway]] and [[Chennai Metro]]. Guindy is also located 10 km away from the airport.

==Government House and Guindy under the British Raj==
[[File:South Chennai Skyline.jpg|thumb|750px|left|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.<ref name=Paintings>Southern India painted by Lady Lawley described by F.E.Penny. A & C Black, prem London. 1914</ref>

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 Race Course|Guindy Horse Racing Track]].<ref name=EKE>"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</ref>
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.<ref name=Times>The Times Obituary for Lord Wenlock, 15 June 1932</ref>

==Location in context==

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{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Nandambakkam]]
|North = [[Ekkaduthangal]]
|Northeast = [[Saidapet]] / [[Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Estate]]
|West = [[St. Thomas Mount]] / [[Alandur]]
|Centre = Guindy
|East = [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]]
|Southwest = [[Adambakkam]]
|South = [[Velachery]]
|Southeast = [[Guindy National Park]]
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==Important landmarks==
* [[Guindy Race Course]]
* [[Guindy National Park]]
* [[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]]
* [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]
* [[Anna University Chennai]]
* [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]]
* [[Chennai Snake Park Trust|Snake Park]]
* [[Cancer Research Institute]]
* [[Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Estate]]
* [[Guindy Links]]
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==References==
{{Portal|India}}
{{Reflist}}

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{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai district}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]

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JennyRoyster668 at 21:53, 10 April 2025