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The city was 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 and recorded growth of 10 percent in arrivals over 2014. [10] As of 2012, the city has 21 luxury hotels in the five-star category, with over 4,500 rooms in the inventory. [11] As of 2018, the collective luxury room inventory across four and five-star categories is around 7,000. [12]
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal.The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi), [1] making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.
Religious buildings and structures in Chennai (5 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Chennai" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
Chennai is one of four Indian cities connected by undersea fibre-optic cables and is the landing point of SMW 4 (connecting with Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia), i2i and TIC (connecting with Singapore), BBG (connecting with Middle East, Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka), Gulf Bridge International (connecting with Middle East), and BRICS ...
Mylapore (also spelt Mayilapur [note 1]), or Thirumayilai, [3] is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city. The locality is claimed to be the birthplace of the celebrated Tamil philosopher Valluvar, and the Hindu saint and philosopher, Peyalvar.
The Chennai Metropolitan area consists of five districts namely Chennai city and the districts of Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur and Ranipet. The city area covers an area of 476 km 2 (184 sq mi). [23] The metropolitan area covers 1,177 km 2 (454 sq mi). The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North ...
Traffic is very high in Nungambakkam during peak hours (8am-11am and 6pm-9.30pm) due to various road junctions which connects some important places in Chennai city. [citation needed] There are a lot of ATMs and branches of various international banks such as Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank etc.. The Women's Christian College was established ...
Tamil women traditionally wear a sari, a garment that consists of a drape varying from 5 yards (4.6 m) to 9 yards (8.2 m) in length and 2 feet (0.61 m) to 4 feet (1.2 m) in breadth that is typically wrapped around the waist, with one end draped over the shoulder, baring the midriff, as according to Indian philosophy, the navel is considered as the source of life and creativity.