 Chennai roads and overpasses |
 Road under the new Chennai Metro |
 Anna Centenary Library, Chennai |
 Gandhi statue, Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Gandhi statue, Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Chennai Lighthouse |
 Chennai Lighthouse |
 View south from the Chennai Lighthouse |
 View below the Chennai Lighthouse |
 Foreshore Estates Beach with fishing boats, nets and roadside fish market |
 Kamarraja Promenade, Chennai |
 Marina Beach, Chennai |
 View west from the Chennai Lighthouse |
 View NNW from Chennai Lighthouse |
 Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Marina Beach, Chennai |
 Marina Beach evening entertainment and food stalls |
 Billboard for Chennai's new tallest tower |
 Foreshore Estates, Chennai |
 View from the Chennai Lighthouse to the southwest |
 CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist), Foreshore Estates, Chennai |
 Foreshore Estates, Chennai |
 Foreshore Estates, Chennai |
 Fishing boats and nets on the beach, Chennai |
 Roadside fish market midday, Chennai |
 Roadside fish market, Chennai |
 Baby shark at the roadside fish market, Chennai |
 Laundry out to dry on the beach in Chennai |
 Poster in front of the Basilica of St Thomas, Chennai |
 Welcome to the International Shrine of St Thomas Basilica, Chennai |
 Basilica of St Thomas, Chennai |
 The Basilica of St Thomas is built over the Tomb of the Apostle St. Thomas |
 The present church was built in 1893 |
 The Portuguese built the first church here in the 16th C. |
 St. Thomas arrived in India from Judea in 52AD |
 The interior of the Cathedral Basilica of St Thomas, Chennai |
 St Thomas is famous as "Doubting Thomas" |
 St Thomas was martyred in 72AD after 20 years of preaching in southern India |
 St Francis Xavier spent 4 months in Chennai in 1545 |
 Our Lady of Mylapore, Chennai |
 Legend of the statue of Our Lady of Mylapore |
 Basilica of St Thomas, Chennai |
 Tomb of the Archbishop Rayappa Arulappa (1912-1996), the first Indian Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore |
 St Peter and the stained glass window of the high altar, St Thomas Basilica |
 Biblical scene of Doubting Thomas after the resurrection of Jesus, "My Lord and My God" |
 Window in front of the altar to the Tomb of St Thomas |
 Entrance to the Crypt Chapel with the Tomb of St Thomas |
 Only 3 churches are built over tombs of apostles |
 St Francis Xavier in India |
 Scene of St Thomas pulling a log from the sea using the Girdle of the Virgin Mary |
 Relic of the spearhead that martyred St Thomas in 72AD |
 Relic of the spearhead that martyred St Thomas in 72AD |
 Museum of the Basilica of St Thomas |
 St Thomas Convent Church (Rosary Church), Chennai-Santome |
 Royal Enfield Motorcycles have been built in Chennai since 1955 |
 Royal Enfield has had a motorcycle model in continuous production since 1901 |
 Bazaar Road, Chennai-Mylapuram |
 The Hindu, southern India's English-language newspaper |
 Chennai-Mylapore |
 Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple, Chennai |
 Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple, Chennai |
 Flower garland at one of the shops by the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Traditional medicine shop near Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Sri Ramajayam, Chennai-Mylapore |
 The present temple Kapaleeswarar Temple dates from 1491–1570 |
 Colorful tower (gopuram) of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Detail of the eastern face of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Detail of the eastern face of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Kapaleeswarar Temple open 0600-1230 and 1600-2100 |
 Water tank west of the Kapaleeswarar Temple, Chennai-Mylapore |
 West side of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 West side of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Kapaleeswarar Temple, built in the Dravidian style |
 Sculptural detail, Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 West tower gate of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 Sculptural detail, Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 West tower gate of the Kapaleeswarar Temple |
 North Mada Street, Chennai-Mylapore |
 Fruit stand, Chennai-Mylapore |
 Chennai suburban rail - Thirumailai Station |
 Hotel Picnic Plaza near Thirumailai Station, the first sign of beer |
 Royapettah High Road, Chennai |
 Kutchery Road, Chennai |
 Roadside shrine, Chennai |
 Kamadhenu Kalyana Mahal, Luz Church Road, Chennai |
 Map of tourist sites of southern Chennai |
 Shrine of our Lady of Light (Luz Church), Portuguese - 1516 |
 Shrine of our Lady of Light, Chennai's first Catholic church |
 18th C Tombstone fragment, Luz Church |
 Tomb of Theodora de Fries, 1812, Luz Church |
 Shrine of our Lady of Light (Luz Church), Chennai |
 Shrine of our Lady of Light (Luz Church), Chennai |
 Ceiling detail over the altar of the Luz Church |
 Old Tombstone used to pave the front of the Luz Church |
 500 years of history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Light, Chennai |
 Shrine of our Lady of Light (Luz Church), Chennai, 1516 |
 Kennedy 2 Street, Chennai |
 The Mylapore Fire Arts Club, Chennai |
 Upscale Chennai...shady Bishop Wallers Avenue |
 Atlas-style statue on top of MRF Tyres, Cathedral Road, Chennai |
 Small shrine, Cathedral Road, Chennai |
 Decorated glass facade, Cathedral Road, Chennai |
 Wall murals, Cathedral Road, Chennai |
 St George's Cathedral, 1815, former Anglican cathedral |
 St George's Cathedral, Chennai |
 Jacob Anderson - St George's Cathedral, Chennai |
 The Church of South India (CSI) combined the Church of England, Methodist Church and Church of Scotland post-Independence |
 H. Weekes, 1836 - St Georege's Cathedral, Chennai |
 The Right Reverened Daniel Corrie, first Anglican Bishop of Madras |
 Dedication to Rev. Daniel Corrie, St George's Cathedral - Chennai |
 Chentrey Sculptor (London) 1880, St George's Cathedral |
 Major General Sir Robert Henry Dick, killed at Sobraon in the Anglo-Sikh War of 1846 |
 St George's Cathedral Celebrates 200 years, Chennai |
 Caution for nearby in the US Consulate and a legion of very jumpy policemen who really do not like people with cameras |
 Off the Record, a great place to cool off, if you have a companion with you |
 Mosque of 1000 Lights, Chennai |
 Anna Salai, a main road heading into Chennai-Central |
 Lovely 1916 Indo-Sarocenic styled building originally constructed as a motorcar showroom, now Titanium Motors (Mercedes) |
 Anna Salai heading towards central Chennai |
 Anna Salai at Wallajah Road, Chennai |
 Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital |
 Chennai Metro construction in front of an old Colonial-Era building, Anna Salai, Chennai |
 The Mail building (1868-1968), Chennai, The newspaper shut in 1981 |
 India License Plate - Union Territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry) |
 Church ruin next to the Periyar Bridge, Chennai |
 Chennai Traffic Police warning against drinking and driving |
 The lovely red-brick Chennai Central Railway Station, 1873 |
 Chennai Central Railway Station |
 The city of Madras was renamed Chennai in 1996 |
 Ripon Building, 1913, housing the Greater Chennai Corporation |
 Shrine in front of Chennai Central Railway Station |
 Chennai Central Railway Station |
 Railway Planning Division, Chennai |
 Railway Planning Division, Chennai |
 Steam locomotive in front of the Railway Planning Division together with an old white Ambassador |
 Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital |
 Office of the General Manager Southern Railway, Chennai |
 The Southern Railway, Chennai |
 Not many bicycle rickshaws left in Chennai |
 Movie poster, Chennai |
 Motorrickshaw, Chennai |
 Madras Law College |
 Madras Law College |
 Madras Law College |
 Madras High Court |
 Madras High Court entrance |
 Rundown street of George Town across from the Madras High Court |
 Armenian Street, Chennai |
 Armenian Church, Chennai-George Town |
 The Armenian Church of Chennai was built in 1712 and reconstructed in 1772 |
 Arcade off the entrance to the Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Belfry of the Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Tombstone of Rev. Haruthiun Shmavonian (1750-1824), Chennai |
 Architectural detail of the Armenian Church, Chennai |
 1763 Tombstone, Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Armenian Church patio, Chennai |
 Armenian Church altar, Chennai |
 Visit of the Supreme Patriarch of Armenia to Madras in 1963 |
 Tomb of Rev Haruthium Shmavonian (1750-1824), Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Armenian Church, Chennai |
 Armenian Church, Chennai |
 World War I bombardment of Madras by the German Cruiser Emden, 22 Sept 1914 |
 Chennai Port Trust Administrative Office |
 Chennai Super Kings (Indian Premier League cricket) |
 Chennai Fort Railway Station |
 Welcome to Chennai Airport |
 View of the new Chennai Metro Line from the ITC Grand Cholla Hotel |
 ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai-Guindy |
 ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
 ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
 Dining at the ITC Grand Cholla Hotel |
 ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
 Staircase, ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
 Guestroom, ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
 Room controller, ITC Grand Cholla Hotel, Chennai |
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