Padappai is a town near Chennai

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. It is a small town developing fast in chennai suburbs about 13 km from Tambaram connected to Bangalore highway and near Oragadam SIPCOT & many big companies like Nissan, Appolo tyres, Infac India are few companies near this small town.

The road from Vandaloor to Valajabad via Oragadam is known as Padappai road that connects Chennai and Kanchipuram, an alternate road for Chennai - Bangaluru highway. Padappai road and Sriperumpudur to Singaperumalkoil road meets at Oragadam, known as "Oragadam kootu road".

The nearby villages in Padappai road (Vandaloor to Valajabad) are Adhanacherry, Panapakkam, Vanchuvancherry, Umaianparangcherry, Cherrappanagcherry, Nariyampakkam, Karachangal, Oragadam, Ezhichur, Pandruti, Varanavasi, Mettupalayam, Aarambakkam, Uthukkadu, Vembakkam, Devariyampakkam, Kunnavakkam, Thalampattu, Aloor, Eraiyamangalam, Vattambakkam, Eraiyur, Vaipur, Sirumathur, Samadhuvapuram, and Mannivakkam.

Padappai is the name from ancient Tamil which means "Beautiful Flower Garden". Padappai is surrounded by many nursery gardens where you can get variety of samplings for gardens.

5 Engineering colleges, CCC (Chennai Corporate Club) & Country club are also located around this town.