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{{Infobox park
| name = Panagal Park<br />பனகல் பூங்கா
| photo = Panagal Park.jpg
| photo_caption = Entrance of Panagal Park
| type = [[Urban park]]
| location = [[T.Nagar]] in [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| area = {{convert|8|acre|ha|abbr=off}}
| created = c. 1923
| operator = [[Corporation of Chennai]]
| visitation_num =
| status = Open all year
| embedded =
}}

'''Panagal Park''' is a [[park]] and a locality in [[Theagaraya 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]].<ref name="HinduBL_ShopTillYouDrop">{{cite news
| last = Varghese
| first = Nina
| title = T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 29 August 2006
| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2006/08/29/stories/2006082903011900.htm
| access-date = 14 Jan 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120926000130/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2006/08/29/stories/2006082903011900.htm
| archive-date = 26 September 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

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.<ref name="HinduBL_ShopTillYouDrop"/>

The architect of Panagal Park was Ganesh Iyer.

==The park==
The park covers {{convert|8|acre|ha|abbr=off}} and has three entry points.<ref name="ParkToBeRenovated">{{cite news
| title = Panagal Park to be renovated
| location = Chennai
| date = 27 June 2008
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/27/stories/2008062752100300.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080630175739/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/27/stories/2008062752100300.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 30 June 2008
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 22 Jul 2012}}</ref> As of 2019, the park has about 218 trees, including [[gulmohar]], [[neem]], [[peepal]], [[almond]], [[big-leaf mahogany]], [[mast trees]], and [[West Indian elms]].<ref name="FadingCanopies">{{cite news
| last = Majumdar
| first = Meghna
| title = Fading canopies
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = MetroPlus (p. 5)
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 8 May 2019
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/society/for-the-trees-of-chennais-panagal-park/article27059231.ece
| access-date = 12 May 2019}}</ref>

==Renovation==
In 2008, the Chennai Corporation started renovating the park at a cost of {{INR}} 13 million. The renovated works included construction of children's play area and public convenience ({{INR}} 1.182 million), beautification of the three entry points ({{INR}} 2.281 million), development of lotus pond and sitting gallery ({{INR}} 2.881 million), construction of walkways ({{INR}} 4.370 million) and development of landscaped lawn ({{INR}} 2.418 million).<ref>{{cite news
| title = Panagal Park to get facilities
| location = Chennai
| date = 26 January 2010
| url = http://hindu.com/2010/01/26/stories/2010012659340300.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100130010500/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/26/stories/2010012659340300.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 30 January 2010
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 22 Jul 2012}}</ref>

The renovated park was reopened on 21 February 2010.

==Commercial establishments==
[[File:RajaofPanagal.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Statue of the Raja of Panagal inside Panagal Park]]
Panagal Park is a landmark to many commercial establishments and department stores. Almost all the shops offering Textiles and Jewellery are concentrated on South Usman Road and [[Ranganathan Street]].

Several high-end retail stores surround the park, including Saravana Stores, Lalithaa Jewellery, [[Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti]], Pothys, [[RMKV]], and Sri Kumaran Silks.

There are two educational institutions of repute around the park apart from commercial establishments. Sri Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School for Boys and Sri RKM Saradha Vidyalaya Girls Higher Secondary School.

==Roads==
Six arterial roads radiate outwards from the park:

* [[North Usman Road]] goes north towards [[Kodambakkam]]
* [[G N Chetty Road]] goes northeast towards [[Gemini Circle, Chennai|Gemini Circle]]
* [[Thyagaraya Road]] (known as pondy bazaar ) goes east towards [[Teynampet Signal]]
* [[Venkatanarayana Road]] goes southeast towards [[Nandanam Junction]]
* [[South Usman Road]] goes south towards [[Saidapet]]
* [[Doraiswamy Road]] goes west towards [[West Mambalam]]

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Parks in Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Parks in Chennai}}
{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Parks in Chennai]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Chennai]]
[[Category:Urban public parks]]

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