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Chennai has lot to offer to a traveler. Here are just a few important landmarks. Connemara Library, Pantheon Road, Elliots Beach, is in the Besant Nagar suburb of Chennai. Sometimes called Besant Nagar beach, after the area it is located in. It popular a place to cool off from the city heat. It is a very nice beach, safe and good place for picnicking. Port,and Ennore foundaries Fort St. George, built in 1653 by the English Company of the Eastern Indies (CAIO), houses the Secretariat and the legislative Parliament of Nadu Tamil. There is a museum presenting of the objects of the time of the domination of the CAIO, and a banquetting suite going back to 1802 where the portraits of the governors of the fort are hung. The fort comprises also the oldest church Anglican of , the church of St Mary. Government Museum, or National Art Gallery on Pantheon Road, comprises an interesting archaeological collection and a room holding a significant and superb collection of Chola bronzes. One building has modern works, while the other has historical works. National Park, The smallest national park in India and one of the few located in a metro. The park is an extension of the grounds surrounding the official residence of the governors of Tamilnadu. Guindy Snake Park, next to the . See the deadly King Cobra, pythons and vipers as well as other reptiles. There is a Childern's Park adjacent with collections of animals and birds. , one of the worlds longest beaches is 13 km long. The tsunami on December 26, 2004, caused massive death and destruction along the beach. It has been difficult to recover, but the community is working hard to make the area attractive to tourists and vacationers once again. - The Railway Coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, which has a Rail Museum. National Shrine of St.Thomas Basilica Christians believe that one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ came to India in A.D.52 and died in A.D.72. His body was buried in and the national Shrine of St.Thomas basilica, , Mylapore is built over the tomb of the Apostle. St. Thomas Mount The hill where it is said St. Thomas died. Valluvar Kottam, An auditorium built in memory of the poet . All of the verses of the poet's 'The Thirukkural' are inscribed on the pillars around the auditorium. List of Temples In Chennai Aarupadaiveedu Temple, Besant Nagar (Kalakshetra Colony) Ananthaa Padmanabha Swaamy Temple, Adayar Annai Velankani Church, Besant Nagar Ashtalakshmi Temple, Besant Nagar (Kalakshetra Colony) The temple is dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi. It looks different then other South Indian temples as it is of modern construction, less then 20 years old. Ayya Vaikundar Nizhal Thangal, Manali Pudunagar CSI Church House Of Prayer, Adayar CSI Church, Near Gemini fly over CSI Wesley Church, Guruvayurappan Temple, Jain Temple, Kutchery Road, Mylapore Kaalikaambaal Temple, Parrys Kapaleeshwara Temple, Mylapore Kaaraneeswarar Temple, Luz Anjaneyaar Temple, Mylapore Temple, Adyar Mary's Church, Built in 1680 it is the oldest Anglican Church in India. Robert Clive and Governor Elihu Yale (who later formed Yale University in the USA, were married here.) Marundeeshwar temple, Mundakaneeyaman Temple, Mylapore Nizhal Thangal, Parthasarathy Temple, Periaapaalayath Amman Temple, Adayar Puttaparthi Sairam Temple Sundaram, Chamiers Road Qurasani Mosque, Adayar (near new bus terminus) Ragavendhra Temple, Triplicane Ratnagirishwarar Temple, Besant Nagar (near RBI) Santhome Cathedral Basilica,Mylapore, Santhome, where the Apostle St.Thomas is buried according to christian tradition [7] Shirdi Sai Temple, Mylapore Tank Shiva Vishnu Temple, T.Nagar Sringeri Saradha Peetam Temple, Venkatnarayana Road, T.Nagar St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Stringer's St, Broadway, Chennai-600108 St. Peters & St. Paul Orthodox Chapel, , Near , Chennai-600107 Thirumalai Thirupathi Devasthanam Temple, Venkatnarayana Road, T.Nagar , Murugan Temple, Vadapalani Varasidi vinayakar Temple, Besant Nagar (near bus terminus) Visvaroopa Baktha Anjaneyaar Temple, Ramnagar, Nanganallur (The idol is 32ft. in height)

List Of Places To See In Chennai by dailynews