Anna Nagar twin arches

13°4′28″N 80°13′6″E / 13.07444°N 80.21833°E / 13.07444; 80.21833

The Anna Nagar Twin Arches are ornamental structures in Chennai, India, built in 1986 to honor the platinum jubilee of C. N. Annadurai, Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister. They are located at the junction of Poonamallee High Road and Third Avenue. They act as southern entrance for Anna Nagar, a suburb named after Annadurai. They were deisgned by the sculptor Ganapathy Sthapathi. Each arch stands 52 feet tall, weighs 82 tonnes, and cost ₹12 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.6 crore or US$190,000 in 2023). Then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran inaugurated the arches on January 1, 1986, to commemorate Annadurai. In 2012, protests erupted between government and local, when a plan was proposed to demolish the arches for a flyover, later they were forced to redesign in order to save the arches.

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