Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Nov 17, 2009, 9:48 am
Chennai, the city considered as the gateway to South India, has arguably the second longest beach in the world. It also has few other beaches. However, it is an unfortunate fact that it is very diffic...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Nov 7, 2009, 11:09 pm
Tsunami hit Asia on 26th December 2004 and claimed around 220,000 lives, which was an unfortunate event in the history of Asia. Perhaps the only good thing due to that Tsunami was the discovery of 200...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Nov 7, 2009, 8:05 am
Rock cut Shiva Temple is located at a corner in the Tiger's Cave complex, near Chennai, India. Tiger's Cave is located at a village named Saluvankuppam on East Coast Road (ECR) between the cit...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Nov 7, 2009, 7:28 am
Tiger’s Cave is a place where you can find rock cut temples and sculptures but not tigers or caves. :-) Tiger’s Cave is located in a village named Saluvankuppam, which is around 5 km from...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Nov 7, 2009, 6:20 am
Nithya Kalyana Perumal Temple is located in a small village named Thiruvidanthai on East Coast Road (ECR) which connects the cities Chennai and Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu, India. The distance of Nithy...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 27, 2009, 12:06 pm
After returning from the USA, I was showing the pictures of sea lion show at Mystic Aquarium in CT to my family. My daughter started pestering me to take her to sea lion show. As I couldn’t afford t...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 27, 2009, 11:37 am
Chennai city in Tamil Nadu state of India has some interesting places which cannot be found in the other cities of India. The Crocodile Bank is one such place. The Crocodile Bank is located on the Eas...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 27, 2009, 10:57 am
Kovalam village, which is located on the East Coast Road (ECR) between Chennai and Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu, India, is famous for its beach. A lot of people who travel to Chennai would have visited ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 26, 2009, 12:23 pm
Kovalam is a famous beach in Kerala state in India which is popular among international tourists. There is a beach near Chennai city in Tamil Nadu state which is also called as Kovalam. However, this ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 21, 2009, 11:57 am
Muttukadu is a small village located at a distance of around 36 km from Chennai on the most popular East Coast Road (ECR). It is an ideal backwater location and excellent picnic spot for a lazy weeken...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 18, 2009, 12:28 pm
Singaperumal Koil is a small town located at a distance of around 48 km from Chennai city in South India. It is located in the national highway between Chennai and Trichy. The temple is dedicated to L...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 11, 2009, 8:40 pm
Chettipunyam might be a small village with just 5-6 streets. However, this small village has become a centre of attraction nowadays thanks to Yoga Hayagreevar temple located over here. Lord Hayagreev...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 9, 2009, 12:53 pm
Kattangulathur is a small village on GST Road (the highway connecting Chennai and Trichy) located near Neyveli (outskirts of Chennai). The village has a small but ancient unknown temple named Kalathee...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 6, 2009, 12:42 pm
Lord Hanuman aka Anjaneya, the great devotee of Lord Rama, has always been portrayed as a staunch bachelor. However, Lord Hanuman is found along with his consort Suvarchala Devi in the Kalyana Anjaney...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Oct 4, 2009, 9:15 pm
... Guduvanchery is located at a distance of around 35 km from Chennai (in GST road - on Chennai-Chengleput route). The main attraction of ... the net. The temple still remains unknown not only to m...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 30, 2009, 11:24 am
MGR Square, similar to Anna Square, is a site in Chennai which is visited by hundreds of people everyday. The proximity of MGR Square to Marina beach and Anna Square is an advantage for this site. MG...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 29, 2009, 9:27 am
Anna Square is a site in Chennai which is visited by hundreds of people everyday. The proximity of Anna Square to Marina beach is an advantage for this site. Anna Square is the memorial which houses ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 25, 2009, 1:37 pm
T.Nagar is the poor man's shopping paradise in Chennai. Any shopping in Chennai will not be complete without visiting T.Nagar's South Usman Road and Ranganathan Street. You can buy anything fr...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 25, 2009, 1:21 pm
Shiva Vishnu temple is located in South Usman Road between the T.Nagar bus stand and Mambalam Railway Station in Chennai. This is one of the popular temples of Chennai even though it is not an ancient...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 24, 2009, 1:24 pm
There are five towns in India where Shankar Mutts (originally established by Adi Shankaracharya around 2500 years back) are located. Out of these five Shankar mutts, Sringeri and Kanchipuram Shankara ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 23, 2009, 9:19 pm
The Indian cities such as Bangalore and Delhi have a lot of parks and gardens. However, Chennai doesn't have so many parks. Hence, the very few parks that are available in Chennai have become very...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 23, 2009, 1:08 pm
If you are living in Chennai, if you wish to visit Tirupati (the second richest shrine in the world; the most richest is Vatican Church), and if you couldn't go there, you can at least visit Balaj...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 22, 2009, 11:23 am
The Ayyappa temple, located in the 2nd Avenue, Anna Nagar, Chennai is the most popular Ayyappa temple in Chennai. The temple is visited by a large number of devotees. The main deity of the temple is ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 21, 2009, 12:16 pm
Murugan temple in Vadapalani area in Chennai is one of the most popular temples of Chennai. Lord Muruga (Skanda, Karthik, or Karthikeya) is the son of Lord Shiva. There are six most important temples ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 19, 2009, 10:18 pm
In my last post, I wrote about Kurungaleeswarar temple in Koyambedu area in Chennai. Adjacent to that Shiva temple, there is a temple for Vishnu, which is Vaikundavasa Perumal Temple. Both Kurungalees...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 18, 2009, 11:59 am
Koyambedu - the congested area of Chennai is famous for its bus terminus. You can get buses to almost all the cities/towns in South India which can be travelled by bus, from this bus stand. Another re...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 15, 2009, 9:53 am
Ramakrishna Mutt located at RK Mutt Road in Mylapore area Chennai is definitely one of the best places where you can meditate in a pin-drop silent environment in and around Chennai. Ramakrishna mutt u...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 11, 2009, 10:29 pm
I don't think there is anyone in this world who wouldn't have heard about Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi, the greatest Indian leader, was the pioneer of non-violence movement (ahimsa), which led to In...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 9, 2009, 12:51 pm
The snake park is situated adjacent to Guindy National park in Chennai, about which we have seen in the previous post. The snake park was established in 1972. It houses various varieties of snakes inc...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 6, 2009, 12:33 am
Guindy National Park at Guindy in Chennai is one of the few national parks situated within the city limit in India. The park is located very near to Raj Bhavan, the residence of Governor of Tamil Nadu...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Sep 2, 2009, 12:19 pm
Parthasarathy temple, located at Triplicane in Chennai, is one of the two most famous temples of Chennai. (The other one is Kapaleeswarar temple at Mylapore). This temple is one of the 108 sacred temp...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 30, 2009, 9:40 pm
Subramanya Bharathi, who lived between the end of 19th century AD and the beginning of 20th century AD, was one of the greatest poets of India. He wrote a lot of poems in Tamil which inspired thousand...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 27, 2009, 11:39 am
Elliots beach in Besant Nagar area in Chennai is cleaner and better than the Marina beach, the second longest in the world. This is one of the favorite destinations for Chennaites, as it is located in...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 25, 2009, 10:56 am
Karumariamman temple aka Mariamman temple, which is located in a small village named Thiruverkadu at a distance of 18km from Chennai, is one of most visited temples in and around Chennai. Goddess wor...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 22, 2009, 10:54 pm
In my two previous posts, I wrote about the temples of Kamakshi Amman and Velleeswarar of Mangadu. There is another temple in Mangadu, the suburb of Chennai, which is as old as the other two temples (...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 21, 2009, 8:16 pm
In my previous post, I wrote about the famous Kamakshi Amman temple of Mangadu, near Chennai. In this post, I am going to introduce you an ancient temple located just behind the Kamakshi Amman temple....
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 21, 2009, 12:27 pm
In this post, I am going to introduce you to one of the most popular temples near Chennai - Mangadu Kamakshi Amman temple. This is one of the Shakthi Peetams/Sthalas (important sites of Shakthi, the G...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 20, 2009, 11:20 am
In this post, I am going to introduce you about a place in Chennai, which is not known even to most of the Chennaites. Thirukkallil aka Thirukkandalam is a calm and unpolluted village located at a dis...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 19, 2009, 12:33 pm
Thamaraipakkam Shiva Linga temple is perhaps the best place to meditate in Chennai. Thamaraipakkam is a small village located at a distance of around 45 km from Chennai. You can reach this place via ...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 17, 2009, 11:04 am
Ice House aka Vivekananda House aka Vivekanandar Illam in Tamil, is a landmark in Chennai. In 1833 an ice merchant named Fredric Tudor from Boston, USA, brought ice to India. That was the first time i...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 15, 2009, 11:36 pm
Narayanavanam is a small town near Puttur in Andhra Pradesh state. As you can visit this place conveniently from Chennai city, I am writing about this place too in my series of posts on Chennai. Naray...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 14, 2009, 11:50 pm
Lord Vishnu took many avatars (incarnations) in this world. Out of those various incarnations, ten avatars are important and they are called as Dasavatars (ten incarnations). The first avatar is Matsy...
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Suhasini K Bhat posted an article on Indian Columbus - A travel guide - Aug 14, 2009, 11:50 am
You would have seen Lord Vishnu in the reclining position in a lot of temples (Lord Ranganath). However, Lord Shiva is available in the form of Shiv Linga in most of the temples. The only temple, wher...
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