Guindy

Guindy
கிண்டி
Neighbourhood
Ashok Leyland Corporate Headquarter in Guindy, Chennai
Ashok Leyland Corporate Headquarter in Guindy, Chennai
Nickname: 
Gateway to Chennai
Guindy is located in Chennai
Guindy
Guindy
Guindy, Tamil Nadu
Guindy is located in Tamil Nadu
Guindy
Guindy
Guindy (Tamil Nadu)
Guindy is located in India
Guindy
Guindy
Guindy (India)
Coordinates: 13°00′24″N 80°13′14″E / 13.006700°N 80.220600°E / 13.006700; 80.220600
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
MetroChennai
Government
 • BodyChennai Corporation
Area
 • Total7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 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

Guindy is a neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 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, Parangimalai 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. 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.