Pazhavanthangal (also called Palavanthangal or "Pallhavanthangal") is a southern neighbourhood of

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. It is served by the

Pazhavanthangal railway station Pazhavanthangal railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach– Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Pazhavanthangal and surrounding areas. It is situated about from ...

of the Beach-Tambaram suburban railway route in Chennai. It is one of the neighborhoods that is very close to the

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. It comes under the

Alandur Alandur is a zone of Chennai corporation, and an urban node in Chennai district in Guindy division in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Guindy in the north and east, Adambakkam in the south, Pazhavanthangal in the south-w ...

constituency. Named after the small settlement with the same name adjoining the station, the railway station also caters to the bigger region of

Nanganallur Nanganallur or Nangainallur is one of the southern neighborhoods of Chennai, India. Since September 2011, it has become a part of Chennai Corporation. It is a residential area close to the Chennai International Airport. History The name 'Nanga ...

. This station came into being in the 1970s and lies between St. Thomas Mount and

Meenambakkam Meenambakkam is a southern neighbourhood of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is home to Chennai International Airport, the Airports Authority of India regional office, and the DGQA Complex. It was under the reign of the Pallava ki ...

railway stations. This serves as the

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to the Vembuli Amman Temple, Rajarajeshwari Temple and the Anjaneyar Temple with a 32-feet idol of

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and the adjoining temples of Nanganallur. Close to it is the Palavanthangal subway which serves as the main road entry to Nanganallur from the GST Road. Palavanthangal was anglicised from its original name Pallavan Thaangal. The area and its neighborhoods were ruled by Pallava rulers; there was a water tank which was dug by one of the Pallava rulers during his regime. The place around the water tank was called ''thaangal'' in Tamil. As it was built by a Pallava king, the place was known as Pallavanthaangal. The area is one of many settlements of Kamma Naidu during the reign of king Krishnadevarayar. An Air India colony, a quarter for the employees of Air India, the Kendriya Vidyalaya School and the Trident Hotel are all located near Pazhavanthangal station.

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