Madras, now called
Chennai, the first city of Tamil Nadu, is comparatively a new city. The
erstwhile villages of Mylapore, Triplicane, Ezhambur (Egmore), etc., all now
a part of Chennai, have a recorded historical past centuries older than
Chennai. Chennai, the present gateway to the South of India, is, however,
only about 350 years old. Chennai is ever growing, changing and pulsating
with new activities. The city of today, one of the great metropolitan cities
of the world, and the fourth largest city in India, grew from the Fort that
Francis Day and his superior Andrew Cogan of East India Company built on a
narrow spit of no-man's land that Day's dubash Beri Thimanna negotiated with
the local governor of the Vijayangar Empire.
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About
Chennai Travel Guide Madras, now called Chennai, the first
city of Tamil Nadu, is comparatively a new city. The erstwhile villages of
Mylapore, Triplicane, Ezhambur (Egmore), etc., all now a part of Chennai,
have a recorded historical past centuries older than Chennai. Chennai, the
present gateway to the South of India, is, however, only about 350 years
old. Chennai is ever growing, changing and pulsating with new activities.
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Places
to See
Sri
Kapaleeswarar Temple,
Guindy
National Park,
Fort
St. George,
Government
Museum Complex,
Valluvar
Kottam,
MGR
Film City,
Birla
Planetarium,
The
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Excursions
Vandalur,
Kishkintha,
MGM
Dizzy World,
Little
Folks,
V.G.P.
Golden Beach Resort,
Dakshina
Chitra,
Crocodile
Bank,
Muttukadu
Boat House
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Shopping
Chennai is renowned for its handlooms, both the exquisite Kancheepuram silk
sarees and the cottons used designed sarees, shirts and domestic furnishers.
The Co-optex showrooms offer a wide variety of both types of handlooms,
whereas the Khadi centres are better known for their cotton varieties. The
several Nalli shops, the Rasi showroom in Mylapore and other saree shops
near Panagal Park and Dhun Building (Anna Salai) specialise in the finest
silks. Several boutiques have exclusively designed more modern sarees.
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