Guindy National Park
The smallest national park in India, three square kilometres of scrub forest left inside the city.
- Where
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.0026, 80.2308
Get the Guindy National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Guindy National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Guindy National Park
Marundeeswarar Temple 3.8 km
A temple at Thiruvanmiyur where Shiva is said to have taught the use of herbs.
Elliot's Beach 4.4 km
Besant Nagar, and the Karl Schmidt memorial.
Kapaleeshwarar Temple 5.5 km
A Dravidian temple in Mylapore with a gopuram covered in painted figures, rebuilt in the sixteenth century.
Valluvar Kottam 5.9 km
A temple chariot in concrete, with all thirteen hundred couplets.
Santhome Basilica 6.1 km
One of only three churches in the world built over the tomb of an apostle, in this case Thomas.
Thousand Lights Mosque 6.4 km
A Shia mosque of 1810 named for the lamps it took to light the assembly hall.
Parthasarathy Temple 7.6 km
An eighth century Pallava foundation at Triplicane, to Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer.
Marina Beach 8.1 km
Thirteen kilometres of sand along the Bay of Bengal, one of the longest urban beaches anywhere.
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Questions
Where is Guindy National Park?
Guindy National Park is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Marundeeswarar Temple (3.8 km), Elliot's Beach (4.4 km), Kapaleeshwarar Temple (5.5 km).
How do I get the Guindy National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Guindy National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Guindy National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.