Chennai pattanam

During my school days at tirunelveli,had come on a school-excursion to chennai!HehheeeeIt was a procedure at my school to take 10th std students on a pilgrimage tour(to score more in public exam;-)).I was in my
9th std.Luckily 9th std students too joined that tour.Covered temples like pillayarpatti,thiruthani,tirupathi n temples in n around kanchipuram.Though the notion of the trip was aimed at making the students 'bhakthimaan',we couldn't co-operate fully to achieve that 100% bhakthi...on the 3rd day of our tour,we halted at singaara chennai.

Don worry...Am not going to narrate the tour incidents...Rather I'ld like to mention about a few places in chennai,which wouldn't have been covered by most of the residents of chennai city.When u think of chennai,for people who don have sea-shore in their native,Marina beach will be the first sight to flash in
mind..followed by theatres,TNagar shopping crowd,temples and even the sweaty-sticky weather!

Here we go..I am listing out some of the rarely visited places in chn..Jus rewind ur memory n think whether u have been to these places(U mite have just crossed these places daily by bus)

Birla Planetorium @ kotturpuram:
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First thing u 'ld spot is an aircraft which for sure would not at all take-off by anymeans.The planetorium hall is quite big enough to accomodate a larger crowd.Roof ceiling would be dome-shaped,covered with a white
screen upon which a projector would throw light to show us the various celestial phenomena.The seats are not like the ones
put in cinema halls.We can literally bend it back like in airbus n view the screen.For ppl,who are much interested in
lectures upon astronomy,the show 'ld really be a great experience.

Warning:
--Don enter the hall after roaming out in hot sun!2 of my frnds ended up in snoring and even after the lights were switched ON,they were still in that airbus travelling mode...snoring aloud.
--Don ever take a person along with u who is mad about astronomy and those celestial bodies!

Tharamani FilmCity:
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I dont've much to say about this place..Most of the Tamil movies(esp d ones with the story revolving aound ppl living in a colony/Lovers or beggars at a temple/gallery in sports ground)will surely consist of a scene being shot here.Esp low budget movies.Here u can see temple gopuram without any idol inside and a street fulla houses with jus the outer frame, depicting the philosophy of "maaya maaya maaya elaam maaya"!

Theosophical Society:
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This is a great place indeed!!!Untill u get a sight of the broken bridge(again a common spot in Tamil films,where hero n villain meet) upon the koovam river,a sight from the theo. society,u will not at all feel like standing in a place within chennai limits.India's 2nd largest Banyan Tree is situated here.Since it was a trip organised by our school,we could get permission to enter the premises.That day,I could jus recollect one line from my history book...Annie Besant was the founder of that society.

We could spot rare species among the fauna n flora within that campus.Such a place with serenity and it could be the one and only peaceful site located in the heart of the city!Could also spot some of aged ppl from other countries who had donated their property towards the society welfare and settled in that place...

Am attaching a few pics taken from other websites

Has been a longtime I have been there(10 yrs)...Planning to visit the same this weekend,keeping aside all the official and personal woes!Will post more snaps if possible