| Guindy | |
| Other Name: | கிண்டி |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Nickname: | Gateway to Chennai |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Guindy, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates: | 13.0067°N 80.2206°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chennai |
| Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chennai |
| Governing Body: | Chennai Corporation |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.88 |
| Elevation M: | 37 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 600032 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-09 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chennai South |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | CMDA |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Chennai Corporation |
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.
The precise origin of the word is unclear. According to regional Hindu tradition, the 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,[1] and later the region's name was anglicized as Guindy during the British 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 with Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai 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 the Guindy 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]