Thursday 20 August 2009

Chennai - Capital of Tamilnadu


Chennai formally known as Madras, is of the Metro Politan city of India. It is the capital of Tamilnadu State. The city is widely spread about 181 Sq. kms. There are many tourist places to visit. Mamallapuram, Marina Beach, Eliots Beach, Chennai Museum, Muttukad Resort, Kovalam Beach, Kabaleeswar Temple, Vadalapani Murugan Temple etc.,

Mamallapuram is located 60 kms far away from Chennai. It was a 7th century port city in south indian dynasty. Mamallapuram has many historical monuments and sculpture. Mamallapuram was ruled by Pallava kings. So we can see so many Pallava Sculptures in Mamallapuram. We can see many single rock sculpture which was made by Pallava Kings.
Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world. The distance of Marina beach is about 12 kms. Every weekend people will spend their time in this beach. Marina is the coastal area of Bay of Bengal.
Chennai Museum is located in Egmore, chennai near Egmore railway station. Lot of Ancient Statues, Historic memorials are stored there.
Muttukad resort is one of the fascinating spot to spend our leisure time by boating. Its a backwater of Bay of Bengal. Its located en-route of Mahabalipuram.

There are trains available from all the cities from india to Central and Egmore Railways Station.
If you want to fly to Chennai, there are many air services (Jet Airways, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Paramount, Indian Airlines) from all the cities to Chennai Meenambakkam Airport.

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