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	'''Adyar''', or '''~~Adaiyaaru~~''', is a large neighbourhood in south [[Chennai]] (formerly [[Madras]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is located on the southern banks of the [[Adyar River]]. It is surrounded by the [[Tharamani]] in the West, [[Tiruvanmiyur\|Thiruvanmiyur]] to the South, [[Besant Nagar]] in the East, [[Kotturpuram]] in the North-West and [[Raja Annamalaipuram\|Raja Annamalai puram]] in the North past the [[Adyar River]] . Adyar is one of the costliest areas in Chennai with property values four times the value of similar sized properties in the northern part of [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173456/http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2007-06-04 \|title=Property values in an unequal city \|date=2007-06-02 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref> The Gandhi Nagar region of Adyar is one of the poshest localities in Chennai.		'''Adyar''', or '''Adyar-On-Sea''', is a large neighbourhood in south [[Chennai]] (formerly [[Madras]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is located on the southern banks of the [[Adyar River]]. It is surrounded by the [[Tharamani]] in the West, [[Tiruvanmiyur\|Thiruvanmiyur]] to the South, [[Besant Nagar]] in the East, [[Kotturpuram]] in the North-West and [[Raja Annamalaipuram\|Raja Annamalai puram]] in the North past the [[Adyar River]] . Adyar is one of the costliest areas in Chennai with property values four times the value of similar sized properties in the northern part of [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173456/http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2007-06-04 \|title=Property values in an unequal city \|date=2007-06-02 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref> The Gandhi Nagar region of Adyar is one of the poshest localities in Chennai.

	[[File:Chennai.satmap.annotated.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|Adyar is situated on a flat coastal plain, near Adyar river]]		[[File:Chennai.satmap.annotated.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|Adyar is situated on a flat coastal plain, near Adyar river]]
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	===Educational and Research Institutions===		===Educational and Research Institutions===
	Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods. The [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] is headquartered in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Adyar. The lake/pond restoration efforts across the country are managed from this set up.<ref>~~www.~~indiaenvironment.org</ref>		Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods. The [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] is headquartered in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Adyar. The lake/pond restoration efforts across the country are managed from this set up.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Our Projects\|url=https://indiaenvironment.org/our-projects/\|access-date=2021-07-18\|website=Environmentalist Foundation of India\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	===Schools===		===Schools===

	Schools in the neighbourhood include the oldest and a very big campus school in Adyar St. Patrick's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, which was started in 1875, St. Michael's Academy, [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], Bala Vidya Mandir, The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Bharath Senior Secondary School, [[Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School]], [[Sishya School\|Sishya]], St Johns English School & Junior College, The School K.F.I., Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, and Indus Early Learning Centre,Vidya ratna PTS Matric Higher Seconday School, The Chennai School (International Baccalaureate).		Schools in the neighbourhood include the oldest and a very big campus school in Adyar St. Patrick's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, which was started in 1875, St. Michael's Academy, [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], Bala Vidya Mandir, The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Bharath Senior Secondary School, Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, [[Sishya School\|Sishya]], St Johns English School & Junior College, The School K.F.I., Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, and Indus Early Learning Centre,Vidya ratna PTS Matric Higher Seconday School, The Chennai School (International Baccalaureate).

	The [[École Franco-Indienne Sishya]] is co-located with Sishya.~~<ref>[http://www.sishya.com/ Home page]. [[Sishya School]]. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.</ref>~~		The [[École Franco-Indienne Sishya]] is co-located with Sishya.

	===Localities===		===Localities===
	Sub-localities of Adyar include [[Gandhi Nagar, Chennai\|Gandhi Nagar]], Kasturibai Nagar, Nehru Nagar, [[Indira Nagar, Chennai\|Indira Nagar]], Venkatarathnam Nagar, Padmanabha Nagar, Bhaktavatsalam Nagar, [[Parameshwari Nagar]], Jeevaratnam Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Karpagam Gardens,Arunachalapuram ~~and Urban Palette~~.		Sub-localities of Adyar include [[Gandhi Nagar, Chennai\|Gandhi Nagar]], Kasturibai Nagar, Nehru Nagar, [[Indira Nagar, Chennai\|Indira Nagar]], Venkatarathnam Nagar, Padmanabha Nagar, Bhaktavatsalam Nagar, [[Parameshwari Nagar]], Jeevaratnam Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Karpagam Gardens, and Arunachalapuram.

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	Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods. The [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] is headquartered in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Adyar. The lake/pond restoration efforts across the country are managed from this set up. <~~Ref~~> www.indiaenvironment.org </ref>		Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods. The [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] is headquartered in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Adyar. The lake/pond restoration efforts across the country are managed from this set up.<ref>www.indiaenvironment.org</ref>

	===Schools===		===Schools===

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	Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods.		Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods. The [[Environmentalist Foundation of India]] is headquartered in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Adyar. The lake/pond restoration efforts across the country are managed from this set up. <Ref> www.indiaenvironment.org </ref>

	===Schools===		===Schools===

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'''Adyar''', or '''Adaiyaaru''', is a large neighbourhood in south [[Chennai]] (formerly [[Madras]]), [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is located on the southern banks of the [[Adyar River]]. It is surrounded by the [[Tharamani]] in the West, [[Tiruvanmiyur|Thiruvanmiyur]] to the South, [[Besant Nagar]] in the East, [[Kotturpuram]] in the North-West and [[Raja Annamalaipuram|Raja Annamalai puram]] in the North past the [[Adyar River]] . Adyar is one of the costliest areas in Chennai with property values four times the value of similar sized properties in the northern part of [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173456/http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/06/02/stories/2007060250620100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-04 |title=Property values in an unequal city |date=2007-06-02 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref> The Gandhi Nagar region of Adyar is one of the poshest localities in Chennai.

[[File:Chennai.satmap.annotated.jpg|thumb|220px|Adyar is situated on a flat coastal plain, near Adyar river]]

==History==
[[File:The Adyar River, 1905.jpeg|thumb|left|The Adyar River, c. 1905]]
The neighbourhood gets its name from the [[Adyar River]], which flows through its northern limits. Adyar and the neighbouring [[Guindy]] had been used as hunting grounds by British officials of [[Fort St. George]] from the 1680s onwards though Adyar is first mentioned as a [[suburb]] of Madras only in a map from the year 1740 when the British purchased the village and integrated it with the [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="toi_20100422">{{cite news|title=Rebirth of Adyar creek|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 April 2010|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-22/chennai/28140473_1_crrt-adyar-creek-adyar-river|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103070558/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-22/chennai/28140473_1_crrt-adyar-creek-adyar-river|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|author=Julie Mariappan|author2=Devparna Acharya|name-list-style=amp}}</ref>

Adyar started to grow rapidly at the turn of the 20th century following the founding of the headquarters of the [[Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society]] by [[Helena Blavatsky|Mrs. Helena Blavatsky]] here in 1883. Following the establishment of the Theosophical Society headquarters, the [[Kalakshetra]], a cultural organisation to promote traditional arts and culture was established by [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] at Adyar in 1936. The 1931 census records Adyar as a ''[[zamindari]]'' village in [[Kancheepuram district]]. Adyar was included within the [[Chennai Corporation]] limits in 1948.

==Geography==
As of 2018, Adyar zone had a green cover of 30.1 percent, as against the city's 14.9 percent average. This was the highest green cover recorded in the city.<ref name="Hindu_228CrProjectForGreen">{{cite news
| last = Lopez
| first = Aloysius Xavier
| title = A Rs. 228-cr. project to take city’s green cover to 20%
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = 4
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 31 August 2018
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-228-cr-project-to-take-citys-green-cover-to-20/article24824653.ece
| access-date = 2 September 2018}}</ref> The Adyar River divides [[Raja Annamalaipuram]] and Adyar in the North and the Buckingham Canal divides [[Kotturpuram]] and [[Tharamani]] in the North-West and West respectively.

==Transport==

The [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)]] runs through Adyar and has three stations within the neighbourhood - Kasturbai Nagar, Indira Nagar and Thiruvanmiyur. Adyar has a bus depot operating both intra-city and inter-city buses.

=== Roads ===

* The Sardar Patel Road also called the Durgabai Deshmukh Road in its eastern end runs in an East - West fashion and connects [[Guindy]] and [[Raja Annamalaipuram]] respectively.
* The Lattice Bridge Road (LB Road) that runs in a North - South fashion, starting from Adyar signal at Sardar Patel road up to [[East Coast Road]] junction (Thiruvanmiyur Signal) at [[Thiruvanmiyur]] is an important arterial road of Adyar.

==Landmarks==

*The [[Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society]], is headquartered in Adyar. The campus, located on the south bank of the Adyar river provides a calm environment for quiet contemplation on comparative religion.
*The Adyar estuary has been home to over a hundred species of birds<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/29/stories/2007052914350300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213065910/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/29/stories/2007052914350300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-13 |title=How urbanisation watered down the natural wealth |date=2007-05-29 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref> but has been affected by urbanization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/01/12/stories/2003011200110200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214105133/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/01/12/stories/2003011200110200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-14 |title=Death of an estuary |date=2003-01-12 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref> The [[Adyar Eco Park]] was set up by the Government of Tamil Nadu in January 2011 to restore this fragile eco-system to its natural state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/31/stories/2007033119620500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209154942/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/31/stories/2007033119620500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-09 |title=Eco-park may cover all of Adyar Creek |date=2007-03-31 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2009-09-23}}</ref>

[[File:Adyar Signal.jpg|thumb|Adyar Signal near Malar Hospital]]

*The [[Elliot's beach]] in nearby Besant Nagar is the nearest point to the sea, and a popular recreation spot.

===Educational and Research Institutions===
Adyar is also home to [[Adyar Cancer Institute]] and [[Central Leather Research Institute]], the world's largest leather research institute. Fortis Malar, one of the best speciality hospitals in Chennai, is also located in Adyar. [[IIT Madras]], [[Anna University]], National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kumar Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College, Asian College of Journalism and the Technical Teachers Training Institute are all located in adjacent neighbourhoods.

===Schools===

Schools in the neighbourhood include the oldest and a very big campus school in Adyar St. Patrick's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, which was started in 1875, St. Michael's Academy, [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], Bala Vidya Mandir, The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Bharath Senior Secondary School, [[Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School]], [[Sishya School|Sishya]], St Johns English School & Junior College, The School K.F.I., Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, and Indus Early Learning Centre,Vidya ratna PTS Matric Higher Seconday School, The Chennai School (International Baccalaureate).

The [[École Franco-Indienne Sishya]] is co-located with Sishya.<ref>[http://www.sishya.com/ Home page]. [[Sishya School]]. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.</ref>

===Localities===
Sub-localities of Adyar include [[Gandhi Nagar, Chennai|Gandhi Nagar]], Kasturibai Nagar, Nehru Nagar, [[Indira Nagar, Chennai|Indira Nagar]], Venkatarathnam Nagar, Padmanabha Nagar, Bhaktavatsalam Nagar, [[Parameshwari Nagar]], Jeevaratnam Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Karpagam Gardens,Arunachalapuram and Urban Palette.

==Gallery==
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File:Teams of Bullocks Ploughing at Adyar.jpg|Teams of Bullocks Ploughing at Adyar village, c. 1905
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==Location in Context==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Kotturpuram]]
|North = [[Adyar River]]
|Northeast = [[Adyar Estuary]] / [[Theosophical Society]]
|West = [[Guindy]]
|Centre = Adyar
|East = [[Besant Nagar]]
|Southwest = [[Tharamani]]
|South = [[Thiruvanmiyur]]
|Southeast = [[Besant Nagar]]
}}

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