The document provides information about top tourist attractions in Chennai, India. It lists the top 5 places to explore as Marina Beach, Kalikambal Temple, Golden Beach, Dolphin City, and Fort Museum. It also discusses popular local foods like parottas and pepper chicken chettinad. Recommended places to shop include Silk Bazaar and handicrafts markets. The document recommends booking affordable rooms at OYO hotels for visiting Chennai.

2. Chennai-At a glance
1. Best Time To Visit: November to January
2. Official Language: Tamil
3. Languages Spoken: Tamil, English, Hindi,
Dutch, Kannada
4. Climate/Season: Humid
5. Main Attractions: Beaches, Temples

3. What to See?
Top 5 Places to Explore in Chennai

4. #1 Marina Beach
The beach lies along the Bay
of Bengal and is amazingly
clean. On any regular day, it
attracts about 30,000 people.
One can find food stalls,
horse riding and joyrides very
common here. One can also
find Olive Ridley sea turtles,
an endangered species,
nesting here between
October and February.
An Interesting Fact: At a
length of 13 kms, Marina
beach is the longest beach in
India and 11th longest in the
world.

5. #2 Kalikambal Temple
This temple is located on Thambu
Chetty Street in George Town area
of Chennai. It is a Hindu temple
hosting the idols of Goddess
Kamakshi and Lord Kamateswarar.
Originally, this temple lay near to the
sea shore but in 1678, it was
reconstructed at its current site. This
temple has been visited by many a
great personalities.
An Interesting Fact:The great
Maratha king Shivaji Maratha had
visited this temple in 1667.

6. #3 Golden Beach
The beach, 30 kms from
Chennai is a perfect weekend
getaway and attracts a lot of
tourists. Also called, VGP
Golden Beach, it has a beach
resort that offers rooms to its
guests along with good food
options.
There’s also an amusement
park here which offers various
rides, go-karting, a Jurassic
Park themed place and more.
An Interesting Tip: They
also have the option of private
beaches for parties and
games.

7. #4 Dolphin City
Located on East coast road,
this park was named after its
first guests, four Dolphins that
were brought here long ago
for entertaining the patrons.
Today the park’s main
attraction
Is a couple of American Sea
Lions.
The park offers boating,
under-water views, animal
simulator and dragon rides
among
other attractions.
An Interesting Tip: The park
has shops selling swimming
costumes, cameras and other
stuff to the tourists.

8. #5 Fort Museum
Built during the British era,
this museum complex is
home to 3661 artefacts. A
total of ten galleries sprawl
across three floors of the
building.
Old armaments like daggers,
swords and cannon balls can
be seen here in the
armaments section .
An Interesting Fact: One
can also find on display
fragments of shells fired
during World War attacks.

9. What Else?
Wanna explore more…

10. Huddleston Garden
It is also known as the
Theosophical Society Garden
and is located on the bank of
Adyar river in the south. It is a
lush green garden sprawling
across an area of 260 acres.
It is home to a wide variety of
migratory birds, snakes, wild
cats, hares and more.
An Interesting Tip: Don’t
forget to see the famous 450-
year old Banyan tree located
inside the park.

11. Natyanjali Dance Festival
Chidambaram temple, located
near Chennai, hosts this
annual festival marking the
celebrations of Maha Shivratri
and continues for 5 days. It is
dedicated to Lord Shiva and
celebrates his veneration. It is
organized in the months of
February or March.
An Interesting Tip: The
easiest way to get here is to
book a flight to Trichy and
then take a cab to
Chidambaram temple.

12. Connemara Public Library
It is a national repository that
has a copy of every
periodical, newspaper or book
that has published in India. It
was opened in 1860 by
Captain Jesse Mitchel.
The library has an audio-
visual room, large halls for
reading and also a Braille
library.
An Interesting Fact: It has
over 6,00,000 books in its
collection.

13. What to Eat?

14. Parottas
One of the most famous
street food here is Parotta.
There are different parottas;
the most famous one being
Kothu parotta which is served
with onion raita and is made
by adding meat and egg with
a dash of salna sauce.

15. Pepper Chicken Chettinad
Pepper Chicken Chettinad Or
Chettinad Milagu Kozhi
Varuval as it is popularly
called in Tamil is a spicy
chicken dish. Black pepper is
the main ingredient in this
dish.
An Interesting Tip:
Depending on their taste,
people make both gravy and
dry versions of this dish.

16. Murrukum and Mysore Pak
Two famous foods of Chennai
are Murrukum, salted snack
and Pak, a sweet available at
all the sweet shops here. It is
like a milk cake but is
available in a lot of varieties.
One must definitely buy these
two from Chennai’s biggest
sweets shop- Adyar Ananda
Bhavan.

17. What to Shop?

18. Silk Bazaar
Chennai is famous for its pure
silk sarees. These south
Indian style silk sarees have a
huge demand and people
come from all over the world
to buy them. The best place
to buy them is The Chennai
Silks located at 23, Usman
Road, T Nagar in Chennai.
An Interesting Tip: There
are also many government
emporiums where you can
get pure silk sarees.

19. Handicrafts
One should take a look of
Pattamara mats and the leaf
and Palmyra-fiber handicrafts
of Tirunellvel, traditional
jeweleries of Kumbakonam,
exotic metal carvings of
Tanjavur and stone works of
Mamallapuram.
Victoria Technical Institute at
Anna Salai is one place
where you will find authentic
handicrafts from all over the
country. Pattamara mats are
famous here along with
palmyra-fibre handicrafts from
Tirunellvel.

20. Where To Stay?

21. As the city that introduced the delicacies of Dosas and Filter Kaapi, Chennai has
always been the pride of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the destination for tourists and
businessmen. It has always extended its arms of hospitality to all its guests and with
the economy hotels of OYO, Chennai will become a truly wonderful experience to our
guests.
Book OYO Rooms – Budget Hotels in Chennai Online at:
http://www.oyorooms.com/chennai

23. Free High Speed
Wi-Fi
Complimentary
Breakfast
24*7 Front Desk
Hygienic Washroom
Spotless Linen
AC Rooms
LCD TVs

24. Who We Are?

25. OYO’s branded network of hotels offers an unmatched proposition to its consumers at affordable prices that start
at Rs 999. As a brand, we promise every customer with a comfortable stay that includes an AC room,
complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi with 24*7 customer service support.
As a leader, OYO Rooms has created a new paradigm in the hospitality sector through an asset-light managed
marketplace model. This innovation coupled with sound execution has earned us several national and
international accolades including TIE Lumis Business Excellence Awards, India International Travel Mart Award
and Lufthansa ET Now Runaway to Success Award.