Ekkattuthangal, also known as Ekkaduthangal or Ekkatuthangal, is a neighbourhood in

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city,

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. It is surrounded by Jafferkhanpet,

Guindy 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 ...

and Ramapuram. Area pincode is 600032, and previously it was 600097. The neighbourhood is known for factories involved in lathes, milling, welding, etc. The neighbourhood is located close to Kathipara Junction, which is the center point of the city, connecting to Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus,

Chennai International Airport Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, in the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area around southwest of the c ...

Chennai Central railway station Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central) (station code: MAS), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. ...

and

Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur, also known as Thiruperumbudur, is a Municipality and the headquarters of Sriperumbudur taluk located in Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai ...

. This area is also known for having two big Media houses Jaya TV and Pudiyathala Murai. Abutting the Guindy Industrial Estate, the region is experiencing rapid growth including technology parks like Olympia Tech Park, Thamarai Tech Park and Virtusa and five-star luxury hotels such as the Hilton Chennai. The Chennai Metro railway station at Ekkattuthangal became operational on 29 June 2015.Chennai Metro Railway Station became operational
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Location in context

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External links

GeoHack - Ekkaduthangal

Neighbourhoods in Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub