Located on the Bay of Bengal, in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai was formerly called Madras. Chennai has one of the longest beaches in the world, second only to Ocean Beach in San Francisco. I took a bunch of pictures, (link below). The pictures in this posting are from both Kapaleeshwar Temple and Saint Thomas' Basilica, which probably makes sense if you look at them closely.
http://picasaweb.google.com/stinkfish/Chennai
PS: Did you know that The Apostle Thomas died and is buried in Chennai? True. Did you know that The Mary (Jesus' Mom) gave Thomas her Girdle to make up for the fact that he was left in India while the other Apostles were miraculously transported to Jerusalem to witness her death? Also true. Don't believe me? Click link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle
PSS: More information about Chennai:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai
2 comments:
Hi there!
It was wonderful knowing from you so much more about Chennai. I have stayed in Chennai for a couple of years with my family about a decade ago. It sure is a great place with so much of history, so deep a culture and such magnificently tolerant people. Cheers!
BTW, did you visit Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram too. If not, you must the nest time.
Yeah, it was beautiful there. We will be there again and be sure to visit the places you mention. It is amazing how different the south seems from the north here. Thanks Kulpreet.
Joe and Kristina
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