Indian States - Tamilnadu

Places of interest in Tamilnadu Chennai

Chennai, a sea-side city is the capital of Tamilnadu and the gate-way to South India. It has an area of 172 sq kms. and is the largest among southern cities. There are several buildings in the Indo-saracenic style built by the British most of them along the Marina Beach Road to the modern buildings, There are several towering temples, churches.

BEACHES

.....Marina Beach
.....Elliot's Beach
.....Covelong

MEMORIALS

.....Anna Samadhi (Anna Square)
.....MGR Memorial
.....Gandhi Mandapam
.....Rajaji Memorial.
.....Rajiv Gandhi Memorial
.....Valluvar Kottam
.....War Memorial Hall

Pictures taken at Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Page by Satish Chandrasekhar

Dakshin Chitra - a unique Heritage Centre

Photographs of Dakshin Chitra taken in June 2003 by Ken
http://community.webshots.com/album/81899335JNzmmJ

PLACES OF WORSHIP(Hindu Temples)

.....Kapaleeswarar Koil - Siva Temple
.....Malleeswarar Koil - Siva Temple
.....Melmaruvathur - Adi Parasakthi
.....Parthasarathy Temple - Vaishnava Temple

PLACES OF WORSHIP (Other than Hindu Temples)

.....CHURCHES
..........The Armenian Church
..........St.Mary's Church
..........Santhome Basilica
..........C.S.I. Holy Cross Church
..........St.Thomas Mount
..........St.Andrews Church
..........St. George's Cathedral
..........Descanso
..........Velankanni Church

.....MOSQUES
..........Big Mosque
..........Thousand Lights Mosque

.....GURUDWARA

.....JAIN TEMPLE
..........Bah'a'i Centre

OTHER PLACES

.....Kalakshetra
.....Theosophical Society
.....Lalit Kala Akademi
.....Tamilnadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu
.....Birla Planetarium
.....Fort St.George
.....Film City
.....High Court
.....Ripon Building

Places of interest in Tamilnadu

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