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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.
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.
Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area. Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Chengalpattu. Together with the Chennai City district, they form the Chennai metropolitan area.
The Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education or Division of Continuing Education was established in 1979 and offers more than 500 courses, including MBAs. All study programmes offered by the Senate of the university are approved by the Distance Education Council (UGC-DEB) & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) .
Connaught Place, also known as CP, is a business and commercial centre with hotels, shopping complexes, and offices.Tourist attractions include Hanuman Mandir, an ancient temple with a mention in Guinness Book of Record, Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory from the 18th century, Maharaja Agrasen ki Baoli and State Emporiums which houses a collection of ethnic specialities of the states.
B. M. Birla Planetarium is a large planetarium in Chennai, India.The fifth B. M. Birla planetarium in the country, it is located at Kotturpuram in the Periyar Science and Technology Centre campus which houses eight galleries, namely, Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children and Materials Science, with over ...
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is the nodal agency that handles town planning and development within the metro area. In 1974, an area encompassing 1,189 km 2 (459 sq mi) around the city was designated as the metropolitan area which was subsequently expanded to 5,904 km 2 (2,280 sq mi) in 2022.
Vannarapettai (transl. Washermenpet) is a northern neighbourhood of Chennai, India.It is also known as Pazhaya Vannarapettai (transl. Old Washermenpet), sometimes shortened as Vannai.