Tourist Places to Visit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Tourist Places to Visit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai previously called as Madras is located in the Indian continent in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is situated near to the Bay of Bengal. The geographical coordinates puts the place at 13.08389⁰N and 80.27000⁰E. During the summer season the temperature ranges from 22 ⁰C to 42 ⁰C and in winter season the temperature ranges from 18 ⁰C to 32 ⁰C. Chennai is 6m above sea level.

History of Chennai

During the pre-colonial era from 1st to 12th century entire Tamil nadu was ruled by the Cholas. Later the Pallavas of Kanchi overthrew the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas dynasty and ruled Chennai and some parts of south region in Indian country. Many monuments were built during their rule in and around Chennai. Later the Vijayanagara Empire conquered Chennai and ruled for a long time.

In the year 1522, the Portuguese arrived on the shores of Tamil Nadu. They built establishments in some parts ot the region. In 1612, the Dutch arrived in Tamil Nadu and established themselves. Chennai witnessed the arrival of the British East India Company in the year 1639, who later bought land from the then King Damarla Chennappa Nayakudu. Battles were fought between the British, the French, Portuguese and the Dutch in order to gain supremacy over the region. Eventually the British succeeded and thrived in the region waging wars against every princely occupied place in South India.

People & Culture Chennai

Most of the people of Chennai are god fearing and are from different religious background such as Christianity, Hinduism, and Muslim. Tamil, Hindi and English are the languages well spoken in Chennai city with Tamil being the local language.

Throughout Chennai every kind of festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Christmas, Eid are celebrated promptly.

Tourist Places in Chennai

There are plenty of places of interest in and around Chennai. Some of them are mentioned below

Connemara Library
Fort St George
National Art Gallery(Victoria Memorial Hall)
Ripon Building
Valluvar Kottam
Vivekananda House(Ice House)
Breezy Beach
Marina Beach
Ashtalakshmi Temple
ISKCON Temple
Marundeeswarar Temple
Prakasam Salai
Santhome Cathedral Basilica
Thirumalai Thirupati Devasthanam Temple
Dash N Splash
VGP Golden Beach
MGR Film City

There are wonderful places of interest close to Chennai where one could spend their weekends. The place name along with their distances from Chennai are mentioned below

Mahabalipuram is located at a distance of 52km
Thiruvannamalai is located at a distance of 187km
Vellore is located at a distance of 137km
Thiruthani is located at a distance of 85km
Kanchipuram is located at a distance of 72km
Nagapattinam is located at a distance of 297km
Cuddalore is located at a distance of 183km
Sriperumbudur is located at a distance of 40km
Covelong is located at a distance of 34km

Means of Commutation to Chennai

Chennai is well connected to rest of the places in India. The distance of Chennai by road from cities within Tamil Nadu and other cities in neighboring states are mentioned below.

Bangalore is located at a distance of 347km
Coimbatore is located at a distance of 495km
Kochi is located at a distance of 79km
Hyderabad is located at a distance of 680km
Mangalore is located at a distance of 695km

There are trains available on a daily basis from Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai

Chennai is well connected to the rest of the world via Airways The International Airport at Chennai is located at a distance of 15km from the city, Chennai.

Accommodation Options at Chennai

Hotels in Chennai city provide various luxuries to tourists such as air conditioned rooms, free Wi-Fi and other amenities with prices beginning at Rs.3000/- per day. Names of such hotels are