Simply Chennai for you!

Chennai, known for its magnificent temples and silver screen Gods is more than just a cultural hub! It's also South India's biggest industrial and commercial center. The city is more than just beautiful with its vivacious people, withering heat and clammy weather. So how well do you think you know Chennai? Read on and find out some lesser known facts about your very own Chennai.

It's long long back!

Chennai has one of the oldest banyan tress in the world, which is around 450 years old. Great personalities like Annie Besant and Maria Montessori had addressed a number of people under this tree.

We take reading seriously!

The Anna Centenary Library, located at Kotturpuram Chennai is one of the largest libraries in Asia.

It's raining money here!

Leading International banks including Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi have established offices here.

Not only money, we are animal lovers too!

Vandalur Zoo set up in 1855 is the first public zoo in India and till date the largest one in the country.

Life is better at the beach, isn't it?

If Copacabana beach in Rio De Janeiro is desirable, Chennai flaunts the second longest beach in the world-the Marina Beach.

Welcome to the green city of India

It would be surprising to know that there are only a few places left in India which are pollution free and Chennai is one of them. It has the lowest pollution level among major metropolis like Delhi and Mumbai in spite of having more than 20 lakh vehicles.

Politics and Films, a Chennai affair

When glamour and entertainment, takes a plunge into the world of politics, it's like a best of the two worlds. Chennai is the only state to see a lot of chief Ministers from film Industry (M.G.R, Jayalalitha, V.N.Janaki, Annadurai, & Karunanidhi).

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