Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai

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Coordinates: 13°05′08″N 80°16′18″E / 13.0855, 80.2716

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a Chennai stadium and seats 40,000. It hosts football (soccer), and athletic competitions. The complex also houses a multi purpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 8000 which hosts volleyball, basket ball, table tennis etc. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister.

There are numerous other stadiums all over India named Nehru staidum after Jawaharlal Nehru.