Nageshwara Rao Park

Nageshwara Rao Park is a 4 sections of land park situated on Luz Corner in Mylapore, Chennai, India. The recreation center, with a different play region for youngsters, is held open to people in general from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. also, is a well known place for morning strolls among local people. The recreation center additionally has music kutcheris and city discussions, on the ends of the week lasting through the year. The recreation center has a badminton court. The recreation center is kept up by Sundaram Finance.

Nageswara Rao Park was initially called Arathakuttai enormous lake. In yielding to a demand by the Chennai Corporation, the proprietors of the lake, Ramayamma Pantulu, Aravamutha Iyengar and Nainiappa Mudaliar, gave the lake to the municipal body for making a recreation center. After its creation, the recreation center was named after Desodharaka Nageswara Rao Pantulu. Initially created in a considerably littler territory on Luz Church Road, the recreation center was extended when more land was given by Ramayee Ammal, M. Nainappa Mudaliyar, V. Kumaraswamy Raja and Aravamadhu Iyengar around the same time.

In 1996, the Chennai Corporation re-built up the recreation center and began looking after it. A lake known as Aaratha kuttai was filled in and made into a garden. Tree ieties found in the park incorporate Lapostromea, Cassia fistula, Tabulia and foliage trees like Pungam, Neem, palms, Ficus religeosa and Thespesia. Therapeutic and fancy plants, for example, Tabubia, Copper case, Enterolobium saman, Cassia sp. are additionally found in the park.