Chennai Local Package

CHENNAI LOCAL PACKAGE

Madras orChennai is a mesmerizing vacation destination that has long attracted tourists from different corners of the world who throng into the city to experience theperfect blend of art, culture, history and architecture.
Magnificent temples, intriguing churches and historical monuments stand as the specimens to the ancient art and architecture. Explore Chennai comfortably with our one day Chennai Local Sightseeing tour by car.
Ruled by prominent dynasties that include Pallavas, Cholas, Pandyas, Cheras andVijayanagara empires, this ancient piece of land has attracted the attention of Portuguese and the French in the 16th and 18th century.
In 1969 British East India Company came to Chennai for trading purpose and gradually it flourished as the key administrative centre for the Britishers. It was named as Chennai from Madras in 1996.
Today Chennai is known as the cultural, industrial and educational centre of the state. Thiscapital city of Tamil Nadu is a captivating holiday destination that fascinates its visitors with its majestic beaches, religious sites and cultural centres. A look in to the St. George Fort provides an opportunity to learn about its significance in shaping it as the administrative centre for the Britishers.
This fabulous city proffers a myriad of interesting sights to be explored. One Day Chennai Local Sightseeing Tour by private car offers a hassle free way of traversing through the gems of the city all in one full day.

CHENNAI FAMOUS SIGHTSEEING PLACES:

Ø Chennai GovernmentMuseum Egmore:

                 The Government Museum or MadrasMuseum is a museum of human history and culture located in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata. It is particularly rich in archaeological and numismatic collections. It has the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside Europe. Among them, the colossal Museum Theatre is one of the most impressive.The National Art Gallery is also present in the museum premises. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, it houses rare works of artists like Raja Ravi Varma.

Ø SriVadapalaniMurugan Andavar Temple:

VadapalaniAndavar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to LordMuruga. It is located in Vadapalani, Chennai.It was renovated in the 1920s and a Rajagopuram was built during that time. The temple has grown in popularity, which is believedto be in part due to the patronage of cinema stars.

Ø Kapaleeswarar temple:

Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to lord Shiva located in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The form of Shiva's consort Parvati worshipped at this temple is called Karpagambal is from Tamil ("Goddessof the Wish-Yielding Tree"). The temple is the most ancient one that has been built around the 7th century CE in Dravidian architecture.

Ø GuindyChildren’s park and snake park:

Guindy National Park is a 2.70 km² (1.04 sq mi) protected area of Tamil Nadu, located in Chennai, India, is the 8th-smallest National Park of India and one of the very few national parks situated inside a city. The park is an extension of the grounds surrounding Raj Bhavan, formerly known as the 'Guindy Lodge', the official residence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, India. It extends deep inside the governor's estate, enclosing beautiful forests, scrub lands, lakes and streams.

Ø BirlaPlanetarium(kolarangam):

B. M. Birla Planetarium is a large planetarium in Chennai providing a virtual tour of the night sky and holding cosmic shows on a specially perforated hemispherical aluminium inner dome. It is located at Kotturpuram in the Periyar Science and Technology Centre campus which houses eight galleries, namely, Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children and Materials Science, with over 500 exhibits. Built in 1988 inthe memory of the great industrialist and visionary of India B. M. Birla, it is the most modern planetarium in India. Other Birla planetariums in India include the M. P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad, and the planetariums in Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore.

Ø Marina Beach:

Marina Beach is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi), making it the longest natural urban beach in the country. The Marina is primarily sandy, unlike the short, rocky formations that make up the Juhu Beach in Mumbai. The average width of the beach is 300 m(980 ft) and the width at the widest stretch is 437 m(1,434 ft). Bathing and swimming at the Marina Beach are legallyprohibited because of the dangers, as the undercurrent is very turbulent. It is one of the most crowded beaches in the country and attracts about 30,000 visitors a day during weekdays] and 50,000 visitors a day during the weekends and onholidays. During summer months, about 15,000 to 20,000 people visit the beachdaily.

Ø Anna Memorial:

Anna Memorial, locally known as Anna Samadhi, is a memorial structure built on the Marina beach in Chennai, India. It was built in memory of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai (1967-69), who was cremated here in 1969. The memorial lies on the northern end of the Marina abutting the MGR Memorial. The veteran leader of the DravidaMunetraKazhagam (DMK) party and the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi is also buried at the same site on 8 August 2018.

Ø MGR memorial:

MGR Memorial is a memorial structure built on the Marina beach in Chennai, India. It was built in memory of Former Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa. Spread over 8.25 acres, the memorial is located adjacent to the Anna Memorial and has the highest footfall on the seafront. The body of Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and MGR'sProtege J. Jayalalithaa is buried at this site on December 5, 2016.

Ø Jayalalitha memorial:

 Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and film actor who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu forover fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. From 1989 she was the general secretary of the All India Anna DravidaMunnetraKazhagam (AIADMK), a Dravidian partywhose cadre revered her as their Amma (mother)and Puratchi Thalaivi(revolutionary leader) . Her critics in the media and the opposition accused her of fostering a personality cult and of demanding absolute loyalty from AIADMK legislators and ministers, who often publicly prostrated themselves before her