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{{Infobox settlement
| name = St. Thomas Mount
| native_name = பரங்கி மலை
| native_name_lang = ta
| other_name = Parangimalai
| settlement_type = [[Hillock]]
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'''Parangi Malai''' (known in English as '''St. Thomas Mount''') is a small [[hillock]] in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], near the neighbourhood of [[Guindy]] and very close to [[Chennai International Airport]].

The ancient [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christian]] community of India trace the origin of their [[Saint Thomas Christian churches|church]] to [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle]]. From the 17th century, this part of Chennai was populated predominantly by [[Anglo-Indian]]s. The [[St. Thomas Garrison Church]] is at the foot of St Thomas Mount.

The [[St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Church]] is located east of the shrine at North Silver Street, footholds of the mountain shrine.

The neighbourhood is served by the [[St. Thomas Mount railway station]], on the southern line of the [[Chennai Suburban Railway Network]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Integration of the [[Chennai Metro|Metro]] and [[Chennai MRTS|MRTS]] with the suburban station in the neighbourhood, is expected to make the suburb the city's largest transit hub after [[Chennai Central]].<ref name="TOI_FromTongaStopToHub">{{cite news
| last = Ayyappan
| first = V
| title = From Tonga Stop to Transport Hub
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 28 January 2013
| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/01/28&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML
| access-date = 3 Feb 2013}}</ref>

In the state assembly elections of 1967 and 1971, there was a constituency known as the [[Saint Thomas Mount (State Assembly Constituency)|Saint Thomas Mount]].

== St. Thomas Mount block ==
The [[St. Thomas Mount block]] is a revenue block in the [[Chengalpattu district]] of Tamil Nadu, India.
The following 15 rural village panchayats come under St Thomas Mount Panchayat Union:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kancheepuram.nic.in/local-body-ward-delimitation-2020-chengalpattu-district/|title=Local Body Ward Delimitation – 2020 – Chengalpattu District {{!}} Kancheepuram District,Government of Tamilnadu {{!}} City of Thousand Temples {{!}} India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>

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== Hill shrine ==
A shrine dedicated to "Our Lady of Expectation" ([[Mother Mary]]) was built in 1523 on top of the mount. The altar of this shrine was built on the spot where St. Thomas' death traditionally believed to have been occurred. At the northern foot of the mount, is a gateway of four impressive arches surmounted by a cross bearing the inscribed date 1547. A flight of 160 steps leads up to the summit of the mount. There are 14 [[stations of the cross]] erected on the way to the summit.

[[File:Chennai city panorama annotated.jpg|thumb|800px|center| A panoramic view of the city of Chennai as seen from the top of St. Thomas Mount]]

{{Geographic location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Nandambakkam]]
|North = [[Ekkaduthangal]]
|Northeast = [[Guindy]]
|West = [[Officers Training Academy]], [[Manapakkam]]
|Centre = St. Thomas Mount
|East = [[Alandur]]
|Southwest = [[Pazhavanthangal]], [[Chennai Airport]], [[Tambaram]], [[Mudichur]]
|South = [[Adambakkam]], [[Pazhavanthangal]]
|Southeast = St. Thomas Mount railway station, [[Velachery]]
}}

==References==
{{Portal|India}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.stthomasmount.org/ St. Thomas Mount National Shrine]
* [https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002183942#page/152/mode/2up St. Thomas and San Thome, Mylapore]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817081632/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/03/stories/2002060300070300.htm]

{{Neighbourhoods of Chennai}}
{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai topics}}

[[Category:Sacred mountains]]
[[Category:Churches in Chennai]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholic shrines]]

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