The township extends from the Madras War Cemetery on the east to the banks of the Adyar River on the west.

After ten long years of continuous penance, some of which he stood on one leg, Lord Rama appeared before him.

Following Lord Rama's advice, Pandi Muni married a Brahmin girl called Brinda Muthaayi.

More than 10,000 people were working for Nandam Handlooms during Vijayanagara dynasty (13th - 16th Century) and they were exporting textiles in South East Asian Region.

During the Chief Ministership of K. Kamaraj, proposals were made for establishing a surgical instruments factory at Nandambakkam with Russian collaboration.

[4][5] This project undertaken by the Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited culminated in the inauguration of the factory constructed at the cost of Rs.

[7] The surgical instrumentsplant, was later named IDPL, and now the production of surgical instruments was totally stopped in 1994, and a major portion the factory has been closed ' India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)'s first fair infrastructure outside Delhi, the Chennai Trade Centre was inaugurated at Nandambakkam in January 2001.