Oct
25
2011
Tourist fair is conducted by Tamilnadu tourism promotion council at island grounds in Chennai , during January. Folk dances and Drama’s are the main attraction of this festival, and these are conducted every day during fair season . various government departments and public sector enterprises are take part in this fair. Besides the cultural shows , the tourism promotion council delivers a wealth of information about the tourist places in Tamilnadu. By participating in this fair you will get a complete picture of tamilnadu . The fair last for 3 months.
Feb
11
2010
vandalur zoo is situtated in vandalur, it is about 30 km away from chennai city. it is very near to the park town in chennai. the first zoo in india started in madras city in 1855. in 1975 this zoo is expanded and it moves out from the chennai city. the forest department in tamilnadu move this zoo to the reserve forest in vandalur. here you can see animals in an open island enclosure. about 170 species of mammals, reptiles, aviaries are displayed here. the main attractions here are snakes, tropical mammals, reptiles, barking deer, sambar , nilgai, blackbuck, hog deer, wolf, hyena, otter, jackal, star tortoises, tiger, lion, panther etc.
Dec
30
2009
Churches in Chennai –Christian pilgrimages in Chennai
Santhome cathedral basilica
The name santhome church is associated with the apostle doubting Thomas. His mortal remains are buried st. Thomas mount . where the church was built .the church is a magnificent building in gothic style. a huge statue of virgin mary can also seen.
Portuguese church
This is a church of our lady of assumption . it is the first church constructed in brittish India.
Luz church
This church is located at mylapore on the luz church road .this is also known as kaattu koil.the luz church is dedicated to our lady of light.
Little mount church
The church is also known as china malai. It is dedicated to our lady of health. Here you can see a cave , in which st Thomas was hiding and doing prayers and penace.every year on the fourth Saturday and Sunday after easter the littlemount festival is celebrated . thousands of devotees are take part in this festival.
St Andrews park
The church built in 1821 .it was situated on the poonamallee high road .the church is near to egmore railway station.
St george church
This is an anglician church built in 1814 .now the church has lost its panoramic views as a major portion of the outer space is occupied by the American cosulate and the anna flyover raising nearby.
Dec
30
2009
Temples around Chennai-Hindu pilgrimages in chennai
Tiruvotriyur
This is an ancient temple about 10 km on the northern trunk road. It is a saivite shrine predating the pallava’s days. The founder of advaitham adisankara visited this temple and ha sung in praise of the deity.the temple rebuilt by rajendra chola 1. it was a vedic centre during chola’s period. The architecture of the temple is superb.
Thirupporur temple
It is about 40 km south to Chennai . the old temple dedicated to lord muruga. Soora samharam the defeat and salvation to the demon soorapandaman is the major festival .
Thiruvanmiyur temple
The temple is located at thirunamiyur on the road to mamallpuram. The temple constructed during 11 th century and it is dedicated to lord marundeeswarar.
Thirisoolam temple
This is a chola temple and dedicated to lord siva . the famous festival is sivarathri. The name derived from tiruchuram.
Kunrathur temple
The temple is near to thirunelveli. The temple built in 12 th century . here you can see a round rock here which produces musical notes when one strikes it with a stone.
Thiruneermalai temple
The temple is at pallavapuram. It is dedicated to lord Vishnu. The bronze images here are very beautiful. The temple constructed during pallava’s days.
Dec
28
2009
About 700 temples in and around Chennai. Some of them are built during colonial periods and some are modern.
Parthasarathi temple
The temple constructed by pallavas in the 18 th century. The tank of the temple is made beautiful by lilies so the place is also known as thiru –beautiful.the word meaning of parthasarathy is the cariot driver of partha or arjuna. During the days of chola , pandya, and vijayanagar kings have made endowments and grants to this temple
Kapaleeswarar temple
The temple is located in mylapore. It is one of the oldest city of tamilnadu. The historic persons described about this place in their books. Mylapore is a port city.. the kapaleeswarar temple built by pallava kings in 1522 .it is believed that saint thirugnana sambadar and appar are visited here. The temple have a gopuram about 120 ft height, known as portal tower.number of vaishnavaite temples are also seen in mylapore .
Siva-vishnu temple
The temple is situated in thyagaraya nagar. Both siva and Vishnu have separate shrines here. Number of devotees are crowded during evening.
Villivakkam
The temple is about 10 km away from Chennai town. The temple is dedicated to lord siva. Villivakkan is well connected to other important cities of Chennai by roads.
Temples of george town
The george town temples are during new European settlement .some temple are , kalahasteeswarar temple, makikeswarar temple, kachichaleeswarar temple,, krishnaswamy temple ,kandasami kovil,etc.
