Chennai is a coastal city and is located on the shores of Bay of Bengal. And hence, there are few famous beaches in the city, which also acts as weekend getaway for Chennaites. There are two main beaches in the city, apart from few more beaches. The main, and the famous one is Marina Beach. The other one being Elliot's Beach at Besant Nagar.
Now some gyan about Marina Beach. It covers a distance of 13 km (8.1 mi), making it the longest natural urban beach in India and the world's eleventh longest beach. The average width of the beach is 300 m (980 ft). Also there has been a promenade being made in recent times, which stretches for 6 km (3.7 mi).
Here are few snaps from Marina -
One of the galleries in the promenade, during evening time:
The Rock Fountain - One of the many installations on the Marina Promenade.
MGR Memorial - It is located at the beginning of the Marina Promenade.
The Promenade road.
The Triumph of Labour statue on Marina Promenade.
Landscapes and beautification along Marina Promenade.
Now some gyan regarding Elliot's Beach. It is named after Edward Elliot, Governor of Madras. It is popularly known as Besant Nagar Beach as it is located at Besant Nagar.
Now some pics of Elliot's Beach -
On the Elliot's Beach as the evening sets in the backdrop.
The beach road in front of Elliot's Beach, with beautiful hues of the sunset.
The road in front of the beach during evening time.
The rough and the choppy waves of the sea. The reason behind this rough sea was that a cyclonic storm named, was approaching the very next day. Luckily though TN was braced, but there was widespread destruction in rest of the eastern coastline. The roar of the waves, made me hum an old song "Sagar kinare, dil yeh pukare". No wonder that these waves can make your mood merrier.
"Gum mein tere sahil pe baithe ashkein bahaya,
Khusi mein tere sahil pe baithe muskurahaton ki jhari failaya."
By the time i left Marina Beach, it was dinner time. So had my dinner and then returned to my hotel room to call it a day.
Now there was change in itenary which took place from the next day!
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Banjara_the nomadic
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