Rahul Talks About Chennai
Hi, , My best friend Mr.Rahul is a CA student, He is doing his article ship, he looks things in different angles, let see what he says about his home city chennai
"Chennai is a nice place for livelihood.thats why day by day the population is increasing.
Chennai is the safe place to live with. that's why even Cricketer DHONI has got house in Chennai. He love Chennai more than Jharkand.
you will all kind of stuffs in chennai. Time runs like anything in chennai.
A person if stays for 6months continously in chennai then surely he wont hate chennai.
In india only chennai has got the best Public Transport System. Even a stranger can get in to the right bus as it every bus got route number. People can chill out at Marina& bessant nagar beach. Mahabalipuram near chennai is very excellent place to spend a day worth!!!
Terrorism free City!!!
Still many things have to be improved in chennai.
Industries should be separate from residential areas to avoid pollution. this can be done by setting up a big industrial estate and shifting the new factories there if not atleast the upcoming factories. not only factories even software companies also... this would ease the traffic in the city.
Another problem in chennai is that North Chennai(the business hub) is neglected by all politicans. Road problem should be addressed by the government. Road side dwellings should be removed.
Cleanliness is still lacking in chennai.....
Greener environment is needed in chennai. so more trees should be planted.
another sad part is that people who own land in village are interested in doing agriculture in village and are coming to chennai and doing jobs like drainage cleaning etc...... for cheap rates.
On the overall among all the METROPOLITEAN cities Chennai is the Best!!!
If the above negative issues are addressed chennai will be really the heaven to live in!!! "
Thanks Rahul for writing this post for me :).
Cinema Cinema ...
Watching movie is the one of the great entertaiment for the chennai people ... As chennai is de capital of Southern Indian Cinema form the early days more theatres were in chennai than any other city in southern india, but most of them are not there. When i asked ma dad about the old theatres in chennai he gave a good list and his beautiful childhood memories going to theatres, He said we can watch movie in the 1st class if we have 75p with us, He also said some of the old theatres in chennai like murugan, braitan, crown, wellington, allankar, krishna, tamilnadu, thangam, broadway which are not in existance today or under a poor maintanace. Those theatres are mostly equiped with old film projectors and mono sound systems.
Sorry for the flashbacks . Now back to the present sinario, The craze of chennai people watching movies in theatre is always high. Many new theatre came to chennai in the recent past, These theatres were great really great, they are equiped with highend technologies like digital projection, digital surround sound systems, good inetiors with acoustic materials etc.. i would like to mention QUBE digital projection technology and DTS and DOLLBY surround systems. now comming to theatres . u can find the famous multiplexes like SATHYAM Cinemas, Abirami Theatres, INOX@City Centre, Mayajal, EGA, SANGAM Cinemas, IDreams Cinema( The new one opened in north chennai, Small Theatre but really great) and more ( sorry if i had left any of ur fav theatres in de list ). There theatres provide great service to the viewers, The ticketing for most of these theatres can be done online.. then the food and snacks in the theatres are really good ( But they r bit costly for me ).. Chennai rockz in Theatres too :)
Valluvar-Valluvam-Valluvar Kottam
Thiruvalluvar
The Statue Of Elaphants - Valluvar Kottam
Valluvar Kottam Chariot
"Agara Mudhala Ezuthellam Adhi bhagavan Muthatrae Ulagu", this is the 1st thirukural which my teacher thought me, then due to my great love in tamil (language nt girl) i started learning thirukural. I always used to wonder how is it possible for a man to state many philosophies of life just in 2 lines, he just measured the whole world just by his 2 line. his total collections of poem is diveded into 133 parts called "athigaras" and each adigaram contains 10 poems of 2 line, exactly 7 words per poem. It is the next book to bible which has been translated to highest no of languages in world. It is the pride of tamil. The tamil community never forgets to pay tribute to such a great poet like Thiruvalluvar (Valluvar), They built a memorial in chennai called Valluvar Kottam in memory of the great tamil saint valluvar. It is a great place to be in. The memorial is built like a big cahariot and thiruvalluvar statue is placed in middle of the big chariot. The cahariot contains 133 statues carved in yhe carior, each statue replresents an athigaram, Its 133! feet high. I went there fror the first time in my school days after tht i went there with my frient to take photos for the photosynth. Its also a nice and calm place to hang out with friends, It mostly look like a park and we also have place to sit there. the another thing that attracted me a lot there is the 2 elepahnt statues standing before the Chariot. "Ulagam Uiya Orey Vazhi, Athu Kallangamillatha Kural Vazhi", Valzhga Valluvar, Vazhga Valluvam.
Chikku Bukku - Chennai Suburban Train
Beach-Thambaram Train
MRTS Train
Chennai Suburban Train Route Map
Chennai Beach - Tambaram and Chengalpet :
Stations: Chennai Beach - Fort - Park Town - Chennai Egmore - Chetput - Nungambakkam - Kodambakkam - Mambalam - Saidapet - Guindy - St. Thomas Mount - Pazhavanthangal - Meenambakkam - Trisulam - Pallavaram - Chromepet - Tambaram Sanatorium - Tambaram - ... - Chengalpattu
Central - Avadi - Tiruvallur - Arakkonam - Thiruttani :
Stations: Chennai Central - Basin Bridge - Vyasarpadi - Perambur - Perambur Carriage Works - Perambur Loco Works - Villivakkam - Korattur - Pattaravakkam - Ambattur - Thirumullaivoyal - Annanur - Avadi - Hindu College - Pattabiram -Tiruninravur - Veppampattu - Sevvapet Road - Putlur - Tiruvallur - Egattur - Kadambattur-... - Arakkonam - Thiruttani. Central - Ennore - Gummidipoondi
Stations: Chennai Central - Basin Bridge - Korukkupet - Tondiarpet - Tondiarpet Yard - Tiruvottiyur - Wimco Nagar - Kathivakkam - Ennore - ... - Gummidipoondi - ... - Sullurpeta
MRTS : Chennai Beach - Thiruvanmiyur :
Stations: Beach - Fort - Park Town - Chintadripet - Chepauk - Thiruvallikeni - Lighthouse - Thirumylai - Mandaveli - Greenways Road - Kotturpuram - Kasturba Nagar - Indira Nagar - Tiruvanmiyur - Tidel Park - Taramani - Velacheri
All the train running in these routes are all broad gauge, Its really a good experience 2 travell in chennai trains, i like to travell in beach thambaram trains, though there are train for every 10 mins the trains are crowded fully in the peak hours. To avoid the crowd in the peak hours the railways had introduced automated ticket wending machines which uses a prepaid smartcard 2 lend the tickets but i dono why most of them dont use it, The rail way stations are better than before, they are maintained well nowadays, Train travelling in chennai is a great experience, Mainly Travelling in MRTS trains, they are also called as flying trains ( Parkkum Raiyil ) . chennai rocks :)
MTC Busses - Life Line Of Chennai
MTC Bus Deport
Chennai MTC Busses Rocks ;)
Pls Visit : http://www.mtcbus.org/
to know more about MTC bus routes, services, timings, fares etc
Chennai Shoping Experince - T.Nagar
Ranganathan Street - T.Nagar
I had never seen such a rush and crowded place in chennai, Let me first describe the place,
T nagar Ranganathan street, Pondy Bazar and other street around it are filled with shops, Most of them are textile shops, We can find big shops like saravana stores, pothys, chennai silks, jayachandran, sri kumaran etc.. these shops are famous all over tamilnadu, with these there are other small shops and platform shops. The ranganathan street is very narrow, that too in festival season it ill be crowded like anything, once u enter the steet people ill automatically push u to the other end of the streets, the discount sales in these shops at the festival times and in adi month are very fammous, the shops in the T.Nagar were the real boon for the middle class people of the chennai. Then one small caution note for men, pls avoid going there with ur mom, sister, wife, girlfriend, etc.. cos they make u stand out and they select a single peace of cloths for hours. Ya i got the same experience when i went there with my mom an sis, they both went into ladies section of a famous shop and asked me 2 wait out, then they both came out after nearly 50 mins, i asked ma mom wht u got, she replied " The collection in this shop is not satisfactory to me , so lets see in another shop ", so mens be caution , just go with ur firnds, enjoy shopping there.
Chennai Food - Yummy
Chennai is a mixture of both modern and tradition, in the same way Chennai foods is a mixture of both tradition and modern foods, Chennai have a very diverse foods we can find here local south Indian menus to Chinese thai and other international food items, I am a food lover I ate foods from roadside shops (kaienthi bhavan) to star hotels in Chennai and mostly they taste very good, so let me start with south Indian menu of Chennai. Whenever u go to an ordinary hotel in Chennai and ask the waiter “What U have to eat”, he starts like this “Idly, dosa, masla dosa, oothappam , rava dosa, puri, pongal , barotta, sambar satham, thayir satham, briji, meals, coffee, tea” and ends in his own style, very famous Chennai cuisine are idly sambar, dosa varities, poori, pongal, rice they are the common food of chenna people. Being in Chennai how can I forget hot Chennai filter coffee, there are many many coffee lovers in Chennai like me “ Every Thing Can Happen Over A Cup Of Coffee”, When We come to chat food department we can see the hands of north Indian chat items raised high, most of the Chennai youths like north Indian chats, we can see many new chat food shops being started in de corners of the street, my fav chat item is pani poori , phavbaji, samosa channa, papdi chat etc. I know my friends will kill me if I am not writing about Fast Food hotels, some time we used to hang out in a fast food in our area, Most of the fast foods serve hot Chinese items like fried rice, noodles, soups, etc... Then here comes the famous Chennai beach menus, when I hear de word beach food the first thing which to my mind is Sundal, then chilli (Molaga) baji, roasted corn etc… Some of the famous hotels in Chennai are saravan bhavan, hot chips for veg foods and anjappar chettinadu restaurant for non-veg. some of the famous 5 star hotels are in Chennai like Le royal Meridian, Taj Connemara, Adayar gate etc.. totallu Chennai food rocks