About Chennai

Chennai is the fifth-largest city and fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the country and 31st-largest urban area in the world. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation, and other logistic and socio-economic problems.

Chennai is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index ahead of Hyderabad and Kolkata.[citation needed] Chennai has also been named in the 'hottest' cities to live in for 2015 by BBC among global cities with a mixture of both modern and traditional values

There are large history behind the city, and it is hub of cultural values and expanding tradition.The region around Chennai has served as an important administrative, military, and economic centre for many centuries.

Chennai, sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to South India, is located on the south–eastern coast of India in the north–eastern part of Tamil Nadu on a flat coastal plain known as the Eastern Coastal Plains.The Latitude of Chennai is 13.0604220. The Longitude of Chennai is 80.249583. Governemnt Website.

National Art Gallery (Chennai) Chennai is home to many museums, galleries, and other institutions, many of which are free of admission charges and are major tourist attractions as well as playing a research role.

Chennai plays host to a large variety of food and spices.The cuisine is well known and celebrated throughout the world! For more information log onto the link below! Chennai cuisine.

Chennai city is governed by the Corporation of Chennai, consisting of 155 councillors who represent 155 wards and are directly elected by the city's residents. From among themselves, the councillors elect a mayor and a deputy mayor who preside over about 10 standing committees.[3] The first native Indian to both govern the Madras Presidency and later serve as the first Mayor post-independence of erstwhile Madras was the Hon'ble L. Sriramulu Naidu. Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, houses the state executive and legislative headquarters primarily in the Secretariat Buildings on the Fort St George campus but also in many other buildings scattered around the city. The Madras High Court, whose jurisdiction extends across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, is the highest judicial authority in the state and is also in the city. Chennai has three parliamentary constituencies—Chennai North, Chennai Central and Chennai South—and elects 18 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the state legislature.

Chennai has a wide number of relegious places.It is a diverse place and houses a large number of temples,churches and mosques! To know more about them, you can follow the following link! Holy places.

If you are a tourist you need'nt worry about stay because you can find many hotels at your disposal! Given below are the list of hotels in chennai! Hotels available.

Chennai is one of the safest cities in india.It plays host to a large number of hospitals and stresses on healthcare and healthawareness. Given below are a list of hospitals in chennai Hospitals

Chennai is the home of many great personalities who have excelled in every field possible. Some of the most famous people include Rajinikanth, A.P.J Abdul Kalam,Jayalalitha etc. For more details click on the link given below! Famous personalities