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Site Name:  Yoga Narasimha temple and Yoga Anjaneya temple    Site Type:  Hindu Temple Location:    Sholingur, near Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   One of the most important Vaishnaivite temples; one of 108 Divya Desam temples Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai (nearest local train station at Arakkonam) Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road; public transport is not dependable Hotel:  No good hotels nearby; better to stay in Chennai  Restaurants:  No good restaurants nearby; it is better to depend on the temple prasad Sholingur  is a small town in Vellore district near Chennai city in South India. Narasimha temple and Hanuman temple , located on top of two separate hills in this town, are two of the most popular Vaishnaivite temples in India.  Highlights: Yoga Narasimha temple is located on top of 'Periya Malai' (bigger hill) which is...

Site Name:  Oondreeswarar Temple Site Type:  Hindu temple Location:    Poondi, near Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   One of 274 Paadal Petra Sthalams (the most important temples of Lord Shiva) Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road from Chennai; Local train facility is available till Tiruvallur Hotel:  Go to Chennai where there are lot of options  Restaurants:  Go to Chennai where there are lot of options Poondi  is a village located adjacent to Tiruvallur near Chennai city in South India. It is famous due to the reservoir located here. It   has an important Shiva temple called as  Oondreeswarar  Temple. It is considered as the  17th among the Devara Paadal Petra Sthalams   (274 most important temples of Lord Shiva) located in Tondai region.  Highlights: Sundarar  has revered the t...

Sathyamurti Sagar reservoir located in Poondi near Chennai city is an important dam/reservoir. It is a huge reservoir with an area of about 121 square miles. It is built across the river Koshathalaiyar. This is one of the reservoirs which supplies water to Chennai. The total capacity of the reservoir is 3,231 million cubic feet.   It was constructed in 1944 at the cost of just Rs. 65 lakhs. The ancient Shiva temple named Oondreeswarar temple was shifted from its original location to give way to this reservoir. Shri. K. Kamaraj was instrumental to rename the Poondi reservoir as Sathyamurti Sagar. The reservoir and the adjoining park make an interesting picnic spot.  Happy travelling. Note:  As per a report, there were about 650+ waterbodies in Chennai region till 1980s. Today, only a fraction of them exist. And, most of those surviving waterbodies hardly have water and even some of them that  have water had been shrunk badly. In Chen...

Site Name:  VGP Golden Beach Site Type:  Beach Location:    Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   One of the oldest and popular amusement parks of Chennai city Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road, rail and air Hotel:  All varieties all over the city Restaurants:  Many options across the city VGP Golden Beach is one of the oldest charms of Chennai city in South India. Now, there are so many amusement parks and theme parks located in many cities in India. However, 15 to 20 years ago, there were hardly any such parks in the entire country. VGP Golden Beach was started in the 1980s and it is one of the oldest theme park not only in Chennai but in the entire country. Although there are few such theme parks in Chennai today, there are still people from and around Chennai city who visit this oldest charm located in the much happening ECR....