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Mahabalipuram Shore Temple is a major tourist attraction Bharatanatyam dance. Chennai had been the most visited city in India by foreign tourists consecutively from 2010 [2] to 2012, [3] [4] overtaking New Delhi and Mumbai with visitors to heritage sites in Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram and medical tourists making up the largest numbers.
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The park was originally an undeveloped land near the port with some trees. In 2009, Corporation of Chennai developed the land measuring 18.5 acres (7.5 hectares) into a park at a cost of ₹ 97.5 million. The park was inaugurated on 29 May 2009 by the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanithi. [1]
The entertainment features in this park inclue, a 16-m high glass garden with rare flowers on 10,000 sq.ft. land, a horticultural museum with rare species of flowering plants and other flora, exotic birdhouse and green cave with 23 decorated arches, wooden house, sunflower cobblestone pathway, an orchid hut of 2,600 sq.ft., which is a facility for photography enthusiasts, 120-m lengthy snow ...
Fort St. George (or historically, White Town) [1] is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English (later British ) fortress in India. [ 2 ] The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land. [ 3 ]
The Mahabalipuram temples are in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast. The monuments are reachable by the four-lane, divided East Coast Road and Rajiv Gandhi Salai (State Highways 49 and 49A). The nearest airport is in Chennai (IATA airport code MAA). The city is ...
Chennai is a major centre for medical tourism and is termed "India's health capital". Chennai houses a major portion of India's automobile industry, hence the name " Detroit of India". It was the only South Asian city to be ranked among National Geographic 's "Top 10 food cities" in 2015 and ranked ninth on Lonely Planet 's best cosmopolitan ...
Nungambakkam is a locality in downtown Chennai, India.The neighborhood abounds with multi-national commercial establishments, important government offices, foreign consulates, educational institutions, shopping malls, sporting facilities, tourist spots, star hotels, restaurants, and cultural centers.