Visiting Places in Chennai For Sightseeing and Tourism

Bharat Taxi
Bharat Taxi
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4 min readJun 20, 2020

Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu and attracts many tourists and visitors as its huge workforce. Many peoples claim that Chennai is one of the best cities in India. Chennai is famous for its industrial hub and for the Indian Institute of Technology and Information Technology, it is also famous for its passion for Music. The people of Chennai feel very proud of their culture and also very protective of their Tamil language. The people of Chennai love their Tamil language and rather preferred to communicating in Tamil than another language even the festival and important holidays which are celebrated in Chennai are very different from other festivals which are celebrated in all India.

There are some places which are visitable in Chennai -

Marina Beach -

Marina Beach
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Marina Beach is located in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu, it is a natural urban beach along with the Bay of Bengal. Marina Beach spreads a distance of 13 kilometers that is a reason why the Marina Beach is the longest natural urban beach in India. Marina Beach is the second largest beach in the world and also it is the most crowded beach in the country. There are almost 30,000 visitors visit Marina Beach in a day.

The landscape of Marina Beach gives you an amazing viewing experience by its white sandy shore that looks like it is extending to infinity and never ends. You can walk near the beach water with your dear ones in the evening and spent quality time with your loved ones with a hot crispy plate of murukku (Tamil snack made of rice and urad dal flour). You can reach Marina Beach by the local cab for Chennai.

Government Museum — Chennai

Government Museum — Chennai
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The Government Museum of Chennai was established in 1851, after the Indian Museum in Kolkata it was the second-largest museum in India. It is also known as Masrash Museum or Egmore Museum, it is situated in the city of Egmore in Chennai. The Government Museum of Chennai is spread in an area of 16.25 acres, there are Six independent buildings in the museum which has 46 galleries.

The Government Museum of Chennai is one of the most sightseeing spots in Chennai, in this museum, there is a rich collection of the works of Raja Ravi Varma. The National Art gallery of the museum displays various types of traditional paintings, Indian miniature artworks, paintings of Thanjavur, and other antique. Make a plan for a tour in Chennai with outstation cabs for Chennai and be your travel trouble-free.

MRG Film City

MRG Film City
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MRG Film city is built in the lovely memory of Tamil actor MG Ramachandran who is not only the popular actor of Tamil rather he is also the longtime CM of Tamil Nadu in the year 1994. The MRG Film City is managed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, it is a considerably new structure. It is covering the massive area of 70 acres at Taramani in Chennai, it is not only the place for several South Indian film directors rather it is a popular hotspot for tourists.

It is the best place to catch a popular Tamil actor and it also has a film school, temple, church, police station, prison, landscaped gardens in Italian, Japanese and Mughal styles and also It has many more locations for shooting. You can visit here by road with cab services from Chennai.

Marundeeswar Temple

Marundeeswar Temple
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The Marundeeswar temple is situated in Tiruvanmiyur at the near of Chennai. It is the temple of Lord Shiva in the form of Marundeeswar, the God of Medicines. This is a must-visitable temple for those who visit Chennai or near Chennai cities, this temple is a fine example of Dravidian architecture. The prasad of the temple is a mixture of water, milk, and sacred ash which is believed to cure any ailments disease. Marundeeswar Temple is also famous for its one and a half feet Shivalinga which was self-manifested. In the Marundeeswar temple, there is a statue of Lord Vinayaka and Lord Muruga.

Marundeeswar temple is also famous for hosting many festivals such as Shivratri, Skanda Sashti, and Ganesh Chaturthi. About this temple, there is many believe like many peoples say that the writer of Ramayana, Sage Valmik was visited Marundeeswae temple to worship of Lord Shiva.

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