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Covelong

Covelong

Located 40 km from Chennai Covelong is a magical place to cool off. It is a quiet and peaceful village, away from the hustle and bustle of Chennai. The best weekend getaway from busy city life, Covelong is famous for its fishing.

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KanchiPuram

KanchiPuram

Almost at a distance of 76 km from Chennai is the famous temple town of Kanchipuram. It was the capital of the Pallavas famous during the sixth-eighth centuries. It is also famous for the highest quality silk available here.

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Vellore

Vellore

Vellore is a small mountain village surrounded by the mountains of Western Ghats. Vellore is at a distance of 135 km from Chennai. Vellore is famous for its strength and the Christian Medical College.

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Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram

South India is a land of temples, a distance of 55 km from Chennai, Mahabalipuram is famous. The Pallava dynasty of southern India is one of the major axes of kings to rule in India. They made Mahabalipuram their second capital.

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Recommended Tours

Vivekananda House & Museum

Vivekananda House & Museum

The state government had leased this building Sri Ramakrishna Mission. It is an imposing structure of the Marina beach road along South Beach. In 1897, Swami Vivekananda visited this city and stayed in this historic building in 1897 on the way to Calcutta, after his acclaimed speech at Chicago for the Parliament of Religions.

Gudiyam Caves

Gudiyam Caves

Gudiyam caves are located about 17 miles. Poondi reservoir behind Chennai. In addition, some adventurous hikers and villagers stout, almost no one goes here. The reason is that the difficult terrain in which the 4 km. Walk. These natural caves are evidence of prehistoric primitive tools that our ancestors had used.

Kapaleswar Temple

Kapaleswar Temple

The old temple located in Mylapore Kapaleshwar, is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The fragmented inscriptions here date back to 1250. But the present temple was rebuilt by the Vijayanagar kings in 16th century. The magnificent carved 37 million "gopurams" gods, goddesses and saints depict important legends 'Puranic'.

San Thom Cathedral

San Thom Cathedral

Built in 1504 and rebuilt in 1608 and 1893, the cathedral said to house the remains of the apostle St. Thomas. The basilica has an enormous stained glass window and a beautiful one-meter statue of the Virgin Mary was brought from Portugal in 1543.

Anna Zoological Park

Anna Zoological Park

This zoo is located on the outskirts of Chennai and is created from Vandalur forest reserve west of Chennai. In 1855, the first zoo in India was established in Chennai, near the central station. In 1979 the zoo was moved to the location where expansion of 510 hectares. Today is the slope of a hill. This zoo is considered one of the largest in Southeast Asia.

Valluvar Kottam

Valluvar Kottam

This corresponds to memory for the poet-sage Thiruvalluvar, a replica of the famous temple chariot "Thiruvaroor", was built in 1976. The size statue of the sage sits in the tank of 33 with 1330 pairs of Thirukkural inscribed on the panels.