Tagged as 'Chennai'
Covelong aka Kovalam Beach Chennai Photos
Covelong Beach, famously called as Kovalam Beach, Chennai is located on the shores of Bay of Bengal in a Village called Covelong in ECR road. The beach is located at around 35 km away from the city in the south of Chennai. As per wiki, this place was a port of Nawab of Carnatic, Saadat Ali which was took over by French and then British. It's a sandy beach where we can sit along the shores and enjoy the beach. You can go for paid boating and wind surfing with the help of Villagers here.Posted By Satheesh Babu
Bird Watching at Muttukadu Back Waters ECR Road
The back waters at Muttukadu in ECR Chennai attracts variety of migratory birds at season time, between Nov to Feb of every year. Its a visual treat to see these flocks of birds during morning and evening around these backwater near Muttukadu. The below pictures were captured along the Kelambakkam-Kovalam road, at the Muttukadu end. There are variety of birds, including Pelicans, different kinds of Storks commonly spotted here.Posted By Satheesh Babu
DakshinChitra Photos - Display of Traditional Homes of South India
DakshinChitra is a heritage village constructed in 10 acres of land at MuttuKadu, ECR Road, Chennai in Tamil Nadu. This village exhibits various traditional houses of South Indians living in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra and Kerala. This is one of the must see places around Chennai where you can experience the lifestyle of traditional South Indians. All the traditional houses here exhibits the instruments, house hold items which they were using those days. Apart from the traditional houses, there is a handicraft bazaar for shopping, restaurants and day to day handicraft activities like candle making, pot making, etc which we can experience.Posted By Satheesh Babu
Marina Beach Photos - Worlds Second Longest Beach
Marina beach located in the city of Chennai is worlds second largest beach. This beach runs across the ocean called Bay of Bengal in India is historically one of the greatest beaches in India. This beach also houses some of the important landmarks and memorials of greatest Tamil leaders MGR aka M G Ramachandran and Arignar Anna.Posted By Satheesh Babu
Elliots Beach at Besant Nagar Pictures
Elliots Beach or Besant Nagar beach is a beach located in Chennai. This beach houses one of the historical monument called Karl Schmidt memorial. Pictures below,Posted By Satheesh Babu
