Nageshwara Rao Park
| Nageshwara Rao Park | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Mylapore, Chennai, India |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Created | 1940 |
| Operated by | Corporation of Chennai |
| Status | Open all year |
Nageswara Rao Park is a 4-acre park located on Luz Corner in Mylapore, Chennai, India. It was opened to the public in October 1940. Originally developed in a much smaller area on Luz Church Road, the park was expanded when more land was donated by Ramayee Ammal, M. Nainappa Mudaliyar, V. Kumaraswamy Raja and Aravamadhu Iyengar in the same year. In 1996, the Chennai Corporation re-developed the park and started maintaining it. The park, with a separate play area for children, is kept open to the public from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is a popular place for morning walks among the locals. A lake known as Aaratha kuttai was filled in and made into a garden.[citation needed]
Tree varieties found in the park include Lapostromea, Cassia fistula, Tabulia and foliage trees like Pungam, Neem, Palms, Ficus religeosa and Thespesia. Medicinal and ornamental plants such as Tabubia, Copper pod, Enterolobium saman, Cassia sp. and Ixora sp. are also found in the park.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Amirthalingam, M. "Parks of Chennai". Envis Centre on Conservation of Ecological Heritage and Sacred Sites of India. CPREEC. Retrieved 4-Feb-2012.
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