Chennai

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Chennai, originally known as Madras, is one of India's four most prominent cities. Chennai is considered the gateway to South India. It is well connected by train, road and air (national and international flights), and traveling to any place in South India can be quickly done from here. It even has a port connected to selected sites.

Chennai was India's first major settlement of the British East India Company. Due to this reason, it has a lot of British period buildings.

Chennai has the second longest beach in the world. It also has a lot of ancient temples and some other religiously important places. Besides, there are many current-era attractions such as museums, zoos, amusement parks, etc.

Click the links below to get the complete details about each and every place of interest in and around Chennai.


Forest, Gardens and Amusement Parks


Heritage Sites/Monuments













Temples

Abirami Temple, Selaiyur
Adi Kesava Perumal Temple, Chintadaripet
Adi Kesava Perumal Temple, Mylapore
Adi Kesava Perumal Temple, Selaiyur
Adimoolanatha Perumal Temple, Vadapalani
Adi Parashakti Peetham, Melmaruvathur
Adipatta Vinayakar Temple, Sowcarpet
Adipureeswarar Temple, Chintadaripet
Adipureeswarar Temple, Pallikkaranai
Agasteeswarar Temple, Kolapakkam
Agasteeswarar Temple, Kolathur
Agasteeswarar Temple, Nedunkundram
Agasteeswarar Temple, Nungambakkam
Agasteeswarar Temple, Pozhichalur
Agasteeswarar Temple, Tiruvotriyur
Agasteeswarar Temple, Villivakkam
Agastya Temple, T.Nagar
Ahobila Math, Tambaram
Alavatamman Temple, Rajkilpakkam
Amaravatheeswarar Temple, Sirukalathur
Ananta Padmanabha Temple, Adyar
Angalamman Temple, Choolai
Angala Parameswari Temple, Putlur
Anjaneya Temple, Pudupakkam
Appar Swamigal Temple, Mylapore
Arai Kasu Amman Temple, Ratnamangalam
Arambeshwarar Temple, Ilambaiyankottur
Ardhanareeswarar Temple, Egmore
Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tondiarpet
Arupadai Veedu Murugan Temple
Arupadai Veedu Temple, Besant Nagar
Ayodhya Mandapam, West Mambalam
Ayyappa Temple, Anna Nagar
Ayyappa Temple, Mahalingapuram
Bairagi Mutt Temple, Sowcarpet
Balamurugan Temple, West Anna Nagar
Bala Vinayakar Temple, Saligramam
Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple, Tirunindravur
Body Guard Muneeswaran Temple
Chakra Kali Temple, Ratnamangalam
Chenna Keshava Perumal Temple, Sowcarpet
Chenna Malleeswarar Temple, Sowcarpet
Chinna Kadai Mariamman Temple
Dakshinamurti Temple, Ayapakkam
Dakshinamurti Temple, Tiruvotriyur
Dandeeswarar Temple, Velachery
Dharmeswarar Temple, Manimangalam
Dhatreeswarar Temple, Tirumanam
Dhenupureeswarar Temple, Madampakkam
Ekambareswarar Temple, Aminjikarai
Ekambareswarar Temple, Mint Street
Gangadeeswarar Temple, Purasawakkam
Gaudiya Mutt, Royapettah
Gayatri Temple, Selaiyur
Gnanasundara Vinayaka Temple, Mylapore
Haaritha Vaarana Perumal Temple, Nazrat Pettai
Hanuman Temple, Ashok Nagar
Hanuman Temple, Mylapore
Hanuman Temple, Nanganallur
Hayagriva Temple, Nanganallur
Hridayaleeswarar Temple, Tiruninravur
Jagannath Temple, Tirumazhisai Nagar
Jalantheswarar Temple, Thakolam
Jambulingeswara Temple, Sembakkam
Janmejaya Eswaran Temple, Senji
Jyeshtha Devi, Manimangalam
Jyeshtha Devi, Rajkilpakkam
Kachaleeswarar Temple, George Town
Kailasanathar Temple, Kovalam
Kailasanathar Temple, Manimangalam
Kailasanathar Temple, Manimangalam
Kailaya Eswara Mudaiya Mahadeva Temple, Kesavaram
Kalatheeswarar Temple, Kattangulathur
Kalatheeswarar Temple, Sowcarpet
Kali Bari Temple, West Mambalam
Kalikambal Temple, George Town
Kalyana Ranganathar Temple, Kulathur
Kamakshi Temple, Mangadu
Kamakshi Temple, Rajkilpakkam
Kanda Kottam, Sowcarpet
Kandaswamy Temple, Cheyyur
Kandazheeswarar Temple, Kundrathur
Kapaaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore
Karaneeswarar Temple, Mylapore
Karaneeswarar Temple, Saidapet
Kariya Manicka Perumal Temple, Aynavaram
Karumari Amman Temple - Thiruverkadu
Karumari Temple, Nanganallur
Kasi Vishwanatha Temple, St. Thomas Mount
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, George Town
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West Mambalam
Kodanda Ramar Temple, Nandampakkam
Kodanda Ramar Temple, West Mambalam
Kodanda Ram Temple, Unamancheri
Kola Vizhi Amman Temple, Mylapore
Kolkata Kali Temple, Madampakkam
Konatchi and Kailasanathar Temples, Paduvanchery
Kuber Temple, Ratnamangalam
Kumara Kottam, Sowcarpet
Kurungaleeswarar Temple - Koyambedu
Lakshmi Balaji Temple, Kamakoti Nagar
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Narasingapuram
Madhava Perumal Temple, Mylapore
Mahadevar Temple, Edayarpakkam
Malleswarar Temple - Mylapore
Mallikeshwarar Temple, Ashok Nagar
Mallikeswarar Temple - Sowcarpet
Malola Narasimha Temple, Velachery
Manneeswarar Temple, Mannivakkam
Marundeeswarar Temple, Tiruvanmiyur
Marundeeswarar Temple - Tiruvanmiyur
Masilamaneeswarar Temple, Tirumullavayal
Mela Tirupati Temple, Medavakkam
Mookambika Temple, Santhosapuram
Motta Uttara, Sowcarpet
Mundakakanni Amman Temple, Mylapore
Muneeswaran Temple, Burma Colony
Muneeswaran Temple, Kovilancheri
Muneeswaran Temple, Kovilancheri
Muruganatheeswarar Temple, Mampakkam
Murugan Temple, Kundrathur
Nageswarar Temple, Kundrathur
Nandalala Temple, Mylapore
Nandeeswarar Temple, Guduvanchery
Nandeeswarar Temple, St. Thomas Mount
Nandikeshwarar Temple, Tiruvotriyur
Narasimha Temple, Nanganallur
Nataraja Temple, Choolai
Nava Shakti Vinayak Temple, Mylapore
Neelakantheeswarar Temple, Gerugampakkam
Nimishamba Temple, George Town
Nootretteeswarar Temple, Chinnakavanam
Oppiliappan Pattabhisheka Ram Temple, Madipakkam
Othandeswarar Temple, Tirumazhisai Nagar
Otteswarar Temple, Ottiyampakkam
Paaleeswarar Temple, Tirupalaivanam
Pachai Amman Temple, Tirumullavayal
Pallava Cave Temple, Pallavaram
Pallikondeswarar Temple - Suruttappalli
Pamban Swamigal Samadhi Temple
Panchamukha Anjaneya Temple, Gowrivakkam
Pancha Mukha Anjaneya Temple, Tiruvallur
Panduranga Temple, Triplicane
Panduranga Temple, Vadapalani
Parasurama Lingeswarar Temple, Aynavaram
Parthasarathy Temple - Triplicane
Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Velichai
Patala Ponni Amman Temple, Kilpauk
Pattinathar Samadhi, Tiruvotriyur
Periyandavar Temple, Unamancheri
Perumal Temple, Ponmar
Pidari Temple, Velachery
Pozhichaleeswarar Temple, Agaram Then
Prasanna Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Aminjikarai
Prasanna Venkatesa Narasimha Perumal Temple, Saidapet
Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Nungambakkam
Pratyangira Temple, Sholinganallur
Raja Gopala Swami Temple, Manimangalam
Raja Rajeswari Temple, Nanganallur
Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore
Ramalingeswarar Temple, Nandampakkam
Ramanatheeswarar Temple, Porur
Ranganathar Temple, Sowcarpet
Ratnagireeshwarar Temple, Besant Nagar
Ratnagireeswarar Temple, Besant Nagar
Ravishwarar Temple, Vyasarpadi
Sai Baba Temple, Mylapore
Santana Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Mugappair
Satyapureeswarar Temple, Ponmar
Sekkizhar Temple, Kundrathur
Selli Amman Temple, Chitrampakkam
Sembakkam Temples
Senkunda Kottam, Saidapet
Shakti Vinayaka Temple, Medavakkam
Sharada Temple, Kodampakkam
Shiva Vishnu Temple, T. Nagar
Shringandeeswarar Temple, Tiruvur
Siddhar Temple, Madampakkam
Sidharkadu Perumal, Tirumanam
Singaperumal Temple
Singeeswarar Temple, Mappedu
Sivapuram Temple
Skandashram, Selaiyur
Somanatheeswarar Temple, Kolathur
Somanatheeswarar Temple, Somamangalam
Sowmya Damodara Temple, Villivakkam
Subramanya Temple, Sholinganallur
Subramanya Temple, Siruvapuri
Sundareswarar Temple, Kovur
Swarnapureeswarar Temple, Ashok Nagar
Thamaraipakkam Shiva Temple
Thazhuva Kuzhaindeeswarar Temple, Padappai
Theerthapaleeswarar Temple, Triplicane
Thirukkandalam a.k.a. Thirukkallil
Thiruporur Murugan Temple
Tirtheeswarar Temple, Tiruvallur
Tirupati Balaji Temple, T Nagar
Tirutaleeswarar Temple, Aranvoyal
Tiru Uraga Perumal Temple, Kundrathur
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple, Padi
Tiruvanchery Temples
Tiruvengada Perumal Temple, Vengadamangalam
Tiruvetteeswarar Temple, Triplicane
Tripurantaka Temple, Cooum
Trisulanathar Temple, Trisulam
Trivancheri Temples
Tyagarajar Temple, Tiruvotriyur
Uttara Guruvayurappan Temple, Nanganallur
Vaadaraneswarar Temple, Tiruvalankadu
Vaaleeswarar Temple - Mylapore
Vadapalani Murugan Temple
Vaideeswarar Temple, Poonamallee
Vaikuntha Perumal Temple - Mangadu
Vaikunthavasa Perumal Temple - Koyambedu
Vaishnavi Temple, Tirumullavayal
Val Muneeswaran, Medavakkam
Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kaladipet
Varadarajar Temple, Poonamallee
Vara Siddhi Vainayak Temple, Nanggnallur
Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple, Sowcarpet
Vedanarayana Swamy Temple - Nagalapuram
Vedapureeswarar Temple, Tiruverkadu
Ved Vyasa Temple, Sembakkam
Veemeswarar Temple, Cherappancheri
Veeraraghava Perumal Temple, Tiruvallur
Veeratteswarar Temple, Padappai
Velleeswarar Temple, Mylapore'
Velleeswarar Temple - Mangadu
Velveeswarar Temple, Valasaravakkam
Venbedu Anjaneya Temple
Vengeeswarar Temple, Vadapalani
Venu Gopala Swami Temple, Gopalapuram
Venugopala Swamy Temple, Muthialpet
Virupaksheeswarar Temple - Mylapore
Vishnu Temple, Vandalur
Voyanallur Temples
Vridhagireeswarar Temple, Unamancheri
Yetteswarar Temple, Aynambakkam
Yoga Hayagreevar Temple, Chettipunyam
Yoga Narasimha Temple, Velachery







Buddhist Shrines


 Buddhist Temple, Egmore


Jain Temples
Chandraprabha Swami Temple, Sowcarpet

Juna Jain Mandir, Sowcarpet

Onampakkam Jain Sculptures

Shantinath Jain Temple, T.Nagar


Festivals/Culture


Arubathumoovar Procession



Nagarathars Car Festival



Tirupati Umbrella



Waterbodies


Alavattaman Temple Tank
Amrita Pushkarani, Selaiyur
Angaraka Teerth, Villivakkam
Aranavoyal Temple Tank
Bairagi Mutt Temple Tank, Sowcarpet
Brahma Teerth, Nedunkundrum
Cooum Temple Tank
Dhatreeswarar Temple Tank, Tirumanam
Ekambareswarar Temple Tank
Ganapati Nagar Pond
IIT Lake
Jamulingeswara Temple Tank, Sembakkam
Kolathur Temple Tank
Ottiyampakkam Quarry Lake
Palayathan Tank, Selaiyur
Pallikkaranai Vaidyanatha Swami Temple Tank
Pallikkaranai Wet Land
Tiruneermalai Temple Tank
Tiruvallur Temple Tank
Unamancheri Temple Tank
Vadapalani Murugan Temple Tank



Special Posts


Heritage Walk - Sowcarpet Temples




Videos


The largest Muni of Chennai

The Origin of Cooum

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