Thandalam, Chennai

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| name = Thandalam

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| settlement_type = Village

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| coordinates = {{coord|13|1|0.81|N|80|0|24.86|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Tamil Nadu

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Kancheepuram

| subdivision_type3 = Taluk

| subdivision_name3 = Sriperumbudur

| subdivision_type4 = Metro

| subdivision_name4 = Chennai

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| government_type = Panchayati raj (India)

| governing_body = Gram panchayat

| leader_title = Panchayat President

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Tamil

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 602101 {{cite web |url=http://www.pin-code.co.in/pincode-search-post-office/tamil-nadu/kanchipuram/thandalam/T/ |title=Pin Codes of Thandalam, Thandalam Pin Code, Thandalam Pincode, Pin Code for Thandalam at pin-code.co.in |access-date=2013-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412230617/http://www.pin-code.co.in/pincode-search-post-office/tamil-nadu/kanchipuram/thandalam/T/ |archive-date=2013-04-12 }}

| registration_plate = TN-85

| website = {{URL|1=tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=03&blk_name='Sriperumbudur'&dcodenew=1&drdblknew=4|2=tnmaps.tn.nic.in}}

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Thandalam is an emerging location of the Chennai city in the Sriperumbudur taluk of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is in the National Highway 4 (NH-4) {{Cite web|url=https://maps.google.co.in/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=1793206196240360429&q=Rajalakshmi+Engineering+College&iwloc=A&gl=IN&hl=en|title = Rajalakshmi Engineering College · Vellore - Chennai Rd, Rajalakshmi Nagar, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu 602105}} or State Highway 84 (SH-84) at Sira Bypass. It is the village near the Chembarambakkam lake.

The village is the birthplace of Tamil Thendral Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram