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Alandur, Tambaram — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Alandur is a zone of the Chennai corporation in Guindy division, holding Kathipara Junction and the Nehru Statue among its landmarks.
About Alandur
Where to stay in Alandur
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Kathipara Junction is the hinge of any stay in Alandur. A room near it puts a traveller on the roads that tie the zone into the rest of Chennai, with Guindy along two sides and Adambakkam to the south. Quieter ground lies toward Parangimalai.
The streets running that way and on to the St Thomas Mount Cantonment trade the noise of the interchange for the church on the Mount, which is the better bargain for anyone staying more than a night.
About Alandur
What are the main landmarks in Alandur?
Three churches carry one name. St Thomas Church on the Mount, its separate bell tower and the St Thomas Garrison Church make up the named heritage recorded in Alandur, and the Garrison Church ties the zone to the military ground of the St Thomas Mount Cantonment next to it. Two civic markers do the rest.
The Nehru Statue and Kathipara Junction are counted among the landmarks of Chennai, unusual company for a road interchange, and both stand inside the zone rather than in the middle of the city.
What is the history of Alandur?
Politics supplies the one dated moment. M. G. Ramachandran, later a chief minister of Tamil Nadu, won his first legislative election from Alandur in 1967, which put an urban node on the state's political map well before its building spread. Administration ran on another track.
Alandur became a zone of the Chennai corporation inside Chennai district and Guindy division, while the St Thomas Garrison Church and the church on the Mount stand from a period the record does not date.
Where is Alandur?
Alandur lies in Chennai district with Guindy along its north and east, Adambakkam to the south and Pazhavanthangal to the south-west.
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Updated September 2026