Tindivanam is a municipality in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Ennairam,[2] located near Tindivanam, has inscriptions about the Hindu shastras that date back to the 11th century.

It lies in the stretch of NH-45, about 123 km (76 mi) from Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu.

Tindivanam is at the junction of roads going to Tiruchirapalli, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Viluppuram, Thellar, Marakkanam and Chennai.

Tindivanam is about 69 km (43 mi) from Chengalpet; it takes about 1.30 hours to reach by roadways.

Oilseeds Research Station is located in a distance of 3 km from Tindivanam town.

Oilseeds Research Station has been established by Govt of Tamilnadu to evolve groundnut, sesame and castor varieties with desirable attributes viz., short duration, high yield, high oil content, drought tolerance, fresh seed dormancy, resistance to major insect pests and diseases etc.

Groundnut (Has separate Kolmudal Nilayalam (Tamil)) & Oil seeds research station – affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University[11] The Enga Ooru Tindivanam flyover is the state's second railways flyover, which was built under the former union Minister Tindivanam G.Venkatraman, who was the minister for surface transport government of India and Member of parliament of Tindivanam constituency.

National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument located in the Villupuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is maintained by the Geological Survey of India.

[12] The park was established in 1940[13] and is located 1 km east of Thiruvakkarai[14][15] village on the road between Tindivanam and Pondicherry.

The park consists of nine enclaves, but only a small portion of the 247 acres (approx 1 square km) is open to the public.

[17] Officials of the GSI believe the fossils were formed during massive flooding that occurred millions of years ago.