Panagal Park

Coordinates: 13°02′29″N 80°13′59″E / 13.0413°N 80.2331°E / 13.0413; 80.2331

Panagal Park is a park and a locality in T Nagar, Chennai. The park is named after the Raja of Panagal, the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency who created the park. It is an important junction and is the commercial centre of T Nagar.

History

When the Long Lake on the western peripheral region of the old city was drained out and the area of T. Nagar was newly carved out of the existing neighborhood of Mambalam in 1923, a park was developed in the centre of the new locality intended to be a residential one. The park was named Panagal Park honouring the then Chief Minister of Madras, the Raja of Panagal.

In the early days, there was a public radio inside the park to cater the visitors who gathered there to listen to music and news and stayed till the last news broadcast at 7.15 p.m.

The architect of Panagal Park was Ganesh Iyer.

The park

The park covers 8 acres (3.2 hectares) and has three entry points.

Renovation

Panagal

Panagal may refer to