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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