User:(WT-en) Neeruneeraj

I was really looking forward to my Chennai tour for my vacations this year. Chennai the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. It being the fourth largest metropolitan city in India has a renowned history of being the urban centre and naval base of British colonizers. Formerly known as Madras the city has developed a broad industrial base in the automobile, [[Media:technology]], hardware manufacturing and healthcare industries as well.

The city has emerged from a fishing village that lay to the north of Fort St. George and was officially renamed as Chennai in 1996. The city has served as an important administrative, military and economic centre and has a history of being dynasty of various renowned rulers of Southern India and hence, the city owns numerous historical sites which are still cherished as the emblem of the foregone era.

My Chennai travel guide provided me an opportunity to explore various spectacular sites of Chennai. My first day of travel Chennai began with a visit to Kapaleeswarar- the biggest temple in the city is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is an outstanding piece of Dravidian art and architecture. The Fort St. George is one of the main tourist places in the city; the history of the place goes back in the British era as it was the first bastion of British colonizers in India. As escorted by our tour guide we also visited National Art Gallery which houses sections of amazing collection of geology, archaeologym anthropology, numismatics, botany, zoology, sculpture and armory.