Chennai Travel Guide

Chennai is the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. This city is known for its numerous temples and also known as the biggest commercial and industrial city of the South India. This city was previously known as Madras, and this is a 369-year-old city that boasts to some very interesting tourist destinations, museums, forts, beautiful and attractive beaches, national park and also treated as a major destination for medical tourism. In this city, you can see some of the ancient constructions of the 7th century and also various other monuments that present the very delicate and beautiful Dravidian architecture. This city was discovered by the British and you can see a number of constructions that are built by these Englishmen.

Why visit Chennai?

 

• In Chennai you can many of the ancient forts which are beautiful and will mesmerize you with their Dravidian style of sculpture made on them. You can visit the Fort St. George which was formerly known as White Town and was established as the East India Company’s heartened base in Madras, decorated with military architecture and located delicately on the banks of Bay of Bengal. Inside this fort, you can find a fort museum where you can see many historical articles.
• Among some ancient structures of Chennai you can visit the Kapaleeshwarar Temple and the Parthasarathy Temple which are built back to the 7th and 8th centuries CE, and constructed in the Dravidian architecture. This kind of construction involves different styles merged into one of the Pallavas, the Cholas, and the Vijayanagara empires.
• Chennai is a place where you can also watch rich wildlife and animals like Antelope, elephant, Jungle Cat, Indian Civet, Hedgehog, Jackal, Pangolin, among snakes King Cobra, Indian Rock Python, Reticulated Python, Adders and Vipers are seen in its various wildlife parks such as Guindy National Park, Guindy Snake Park, Nanmangalam Forest Reserve, and most importantly Arinjar Anna Zoological Park where you can have fun with your children as in this place you can go for battery operated rides, elephants rides, lion safaris which will be an amazing experience for you.
• In Chennai you cannot afford to miss the pristine beaches and you can visit the Marina Beach and the Edward Elliot Beach where you can have fun by having a picnic there or you can carry your balls to play over there. These beaches are the perfect place to enjoy natural beauty and sea shores.
• Do visit the Tamil Baptist Church is a 107-year-old monument which is a worth visit and also make sure to visit the Big Mosque which is also known as Wallajah Mosque is a magnificent monument made with grey granite and can be admired because of its structural beauty

Chennai Tips and Recommendations

 

• Make sure to visit the Chennai Book Fair which organizes in the month of January usually and you can have a great time there.
• In Chennai you can have a good time tasting over various cuisines that includes south Indian and continental.

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