Indian Columbus

In Chennai, the lesser-known Club for the Seafarer's community and their family members is located on Rajaji Road, opposite the Reserve Bank of India. Towards the end of the Second World War (in 1945 CE), the Seafarer's Club was constituted with the initial grant by the Joint War Charity Committee. The Club, functioning in a rented building in The First Line Beach, shifted to the current building in 1962 CE. The Chennai Port Trust carried out the construction of this building. The Club provides rooms for accommodation along with many recreation facilities for the Seafarer's community. The hall is let out for the events, even for the outsiders. Some of the noteworthy features of this site include the statues of Seaman and Seamen's family (a mother with two kids). These statues were unveiled by Mr. G.K.Vasan in 2011 CE when he was serving as the Minister of Shipping. The Seaman's statue is named "The Unknown Sailor". To honor Sri V.O.Chidambaranar, who ...

VR Chennai - it's a new shopping mall in Chennai. It's a massive mall sprawling over around 9,88,000 sq. feet and is located in Anna Nagar locality. There are around 250+ international and national brands, which include some of the famous and familiar ones like Adidas, Allen Solly, Arrow, Bata, Calonge, Color Plus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Life Style, Max, Pantaloons, Peter England, Raymond, Reliance Trends and Westside. The parking area is vast and well-organized. The dining area is spacious on the topmost floor, with many options. In addition, there are many options for dining on the other floors, such as Amaravatihi, Domino's, KFC, Sangeetha's, and Krishna Sweets. For kids, there are entertainment options such as video games. A 10-screen multi-plex from PVR is coming up in this mall with a cultural theme. Happy travelling.

Selaiyur is called the Tirukadaiyur of Chennai. The 250+ years old Abirami-Amritakadeswarar Temple is located here. The temple has a huge tank that covers an area of around 0.25 acres. It is called Amrita Pushkarani. The tank must be as old as the temple. The images of personified rivers such as Ganga, Yamuna, Krishna, Narmada, Kaveri, Tamraparni, and others are found on the four sides of the boundary walls of the tank. It is depicted that the holy water from all these rivers flows into this tank. Unfortunately, although all these rivers flow into this tank, the tank is dry nowadays, thanks to poor maintenance. Note:  As per a report, there were about 650+ waterbodies in the Chennai region till the 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 have been poorly shrunk. In Chennai, there are tank roads without tanks nearby and lake-view roads without lakes. There is a high possi...