?Palavanthangal Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India
Palavanthangal
Coordinates: 12°59′22″N 80°11′11″E / 12.989537, 80.186291
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Kancheepuram
Planning Agency	CMDA
Civic agency	Alandur municipality
Codes • Pincode	• 600114

Coordinates: 12°59′22″N 80°11′11″E / 12.989537, 80.186291

Pazhavanthangal (also called Palavanthangal) is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is also the name of the railway station in the Beach-Tambaram rail route in Chennai. It is one of the neighborhoods that is very close to the Chennai International Airport.

Named after the small settlement with the same name adjoining the station, it also serves as the railway point for the bigger Nanganallur. This station came into being in the 1970s and lies between St.Thomas Mount and Meenambakkam railway stations. This serves as the railway node to the famous 32 ft. Anjaneyar temple and the adjoining temples of Nanganallur. Close to it is the Palavanthangal subway which serves as the main road entry to Nanganallur from the GST Road.

Palavanthangal was anglicised from its original name Pallavan Thaangal. The area and its neighborhoods ruled by Pallava rulers, there was a water tank which was dug by one of the Pallava rulers during his regime. The place around the water tank was called as Thaangal in Tamil. As it was built by Pallava king, the place was known as Pallavanthaangal and presently Pazhavanthangal.