Travel & Living

Places Around Chennai

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Chennai

Click Here kanchipuram

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Click Here Ooty

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Click Here Coonoor

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Click Here Crocodile Bank

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Click Here Mamallapuram

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Click Here Vailankanni

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Click Here Pondicherry

Places Around Hyderabad

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Hyderabad

Click Here Buddha Statue

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Click Here NTR Gardens

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Click Here Mecca Masjid

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Click Here Charminar

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Click Here Prasads IMAX

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Click Here Lumbini Park

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L o v e

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"Lucky is the man who is the first love of a woman,but luckier is the woman who is the last love of a man."

NTR Gardens

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NTR Gardens

Key Highlights : Is a small public, urban park

location :Adjacent to Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad, India.

Route : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description : In 1999, a land of 5 acres from a 55-acre plot was utilized for erecting a memorial for N. T. Rama Rao, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. It was planned to further expand this area, which has since been referred to as NTR Gardens, by constructing a museum about N. T. Rama Rao

Buddha Statue

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Buddha Statue

Key Highlights : The Buddha Statue is the world’s largest single-stone statue of Buddha

location : Middle of Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad, India.

Route : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description : The Statue of the Buddha, with a height of 17.5 m, is counted amongst the world’s largest monoliths. It weighs around 350 tonnes and was sculpted out of white granite rock. Close to 200 sculptors were involved for 2 years in the creation of this statue.

Lumbini Park

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Lumbini Park

Key Highlights : Is a small public, urban park of 7.5 acres

location : Adjacent to Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad, India.

Route : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description : In 2000, the Buddha Purnima Project Authority (BPPA) was established to maintain specially designated development areas in Hyderabad. Among tourist attractions such as Necklace Road and NTR Gardens, Lumbini Park is being maintained by BPPA. To enhance the inflow of visitors, it constructed additional facilities for laser auditorium, boating facilities among other visually appealing features such as gardens and musical fountains.

Prasads IMAX

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Prasads IMAX

Key Highlights : It is the biggest IMAX 3D screen in the world

location : Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India

Route : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description : Prasads IMAX was built by demolishing the historical "Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station" which was supposed to be South India's first thermal power plant. It is South India's first IMAX theater. It has the largest screen in India and is located in the city of Hyderabad

Mecca Masjid

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Mecca Masjid

Key Highlights   : Historical place

location   : Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India

Route   : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description   : Makkah Masjid one of the oldest mosques in Hyderabad, India and one of the largest mosques in India.. Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty commissioned bricks to be made from the soil brought from Mecca, the holiest site of Islam and inducted them into the construction of the central arch of the mosque, thus rendering the mosque its name

Charminar

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Charminar

Key Highlights : Historical place,this place is also famous for bangles

location : Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India

Route : It can be accessed by both car and city bus once you reached Hyderabad

Description : Charminar built in 1591 AD, with four ornate minarets supported by four grand arches, it had become global icon of Hyderabad and listed among the most recognized structures of India.The Charminar, is located on the east bank of Musi river,in the North East lies the Laad Bazaar and in the west end lies the granite made richly ornamented Mecca Masjid.

Tips for hill station travelers

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If you planing for hill station here are some tips

If your are traveling by car be sure you are in the direction of the vehicle if you are on the opposite side chances are 90% you will get dizziness and vomit

Keep AVOMINE* a vomit control medicine in case of emergency (AVOMINE is an active, well tolerated, anti-emetic for use in the prevention and treatment of travel sickness.)

Don't take too much oily food before the hill journey

Keep the water full in the car

If you travel by train you will enjoy the ride be sure to get the tickets in advance

Coonoor

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Coonoor

Key Highlights : Hill Station, It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea

location: State:Tamil Nadu
      District: Nilgiri

Route: If you are planning for ooty then coonoor will be a add on to your trip
   as the place is in the same route

Description:Coonoor is located at an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level, and is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills. It is an ideal base for a number of trekking expeditions leading into the Nilgiris

Ooty

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Ooty

Key Highlights : Hill Station

Location: State: Tamil Nadu
District: The Nilgiris
Languages: Tamil

Route: There are many ways to reach ooty, the best way is to get the

nilgiri express from chennai it will go Mettupalayam from there

you can get the toy car which will go directly to ooty .if u did't got tickets then

go to Coimbatore and from there take a bus or car to reach the ooty

Description:Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. Ooty stands at an

approximate height of 7,500 feet (2, 286 m) above sea level.Ooty is deep

within the Nilgiri hills, also known as The Blue Mountains

Vailankanni

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Vailankanni

Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health

Key Highlights : The place is very famous for Church

picasa web album :Vailankanni gallery

Route : There are two ways you can reach to vailankanni from chennai there are some tour
   operators having direct link to vailankanni if tickets are not available then go to
   nagapattinam from there you can get lot of buses

Description:Velankanni can be traced to the mid-16th century and is attributed to three miracles:
   the apparition of Mary and the Christ Child to a slumbering shepherd boy,
   the curing of a lame buttermilk vendor,
   and the rescue of Portuguese sailors from a violent sea storm

life

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Life is like a flute,it may have many holes & emptiness,but if u work on it carefully it can play magical melodies

The Game

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"Once the game is over ,the king and the pawn go back in the same box."

Crocodile Bank

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Crocodile Bank

Key Highlights :Crocodiles, Alligators,snakes

Madras Crocodile Bank Trust now houses more than six species of crocodiles.arrangements; 7.Located 42-km from Chennai (Madras) .About 5,000 species are kept in their natural surroundings in open pools

Picasa Album Link:Crocodile Bank

Route:

By Road : TTDC is running a service called hop on hop off tour it will take u to crocodile bank and you can book the tickets online from this site http://www.ttdconline.com

Description

luckily on the day we gone to croc park we got the chance to see live croc feeding ......but the croc is too lazy to eat

Here are some crocodile videos

Mamallapuram

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Mamallapuram

Key Highlights :

Marundheeswarar Temple (Thiruvanmiyur)
VGP Golden Beach
Mayajaal
MGM Dizzee World
Dakshina Chithra
Muttukadu Boat House
Nithyakalyanaperumal Temple (Thiruvidandhai)
Crocodile Bank
Sea Lion Show
Tiger Cave
Shore Temple
Arjuna Penance and Five Rathas

Mamallapuram (மாமல்லபுரம்), also known as Mahabalipuram, is a tourist town 60 km south of Chennai famous for its stone carvings.

Picasa Album Link :Mamallapuram

Route:

By Road : TTDC is running a service called hop on hop off tour it will take u to mamallapuram and you can book the tickets online from this site http://www.ttdconline.com

Description:

Shore Temple. The oldest structure in the area, build c. 700 AD, this temple has been here for more than 1400 years. A Shiva lingam is enshrined in the central building and the site can get very crowded on weekends.

These are some of the beach side views and many sea side restaurants are there and they offer lodging facilities also one can get the panoramic view of the sea while having the good food

Stone sculptures made by local artists. You can see them on their work.You can save a lot of money if you buy sculptures in small side roads and not in the main road.

Kanchipuram

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kanchipuram city of thousand temples

Key Highlights : The place is very famous for temples and pattu chira (silk saree)

picasa web album : kanchipuram gallery

Route :

By Road :Kanchipuram is 75 kms away from Chennai and is well connected by a good network of roads. There are frequent bus services from Kanchi to Chennai, Bangalore and other places.
By Air :The nearest airport is Chennai International Airport, just a 2 hours drive away.
By Rail :Can be reached from Chennai central railway station and Arakkonam railway station.

Description:

Kanchipuram is one of the oldest cities in South India, It was during the reign of Pallavadynasty, from the 4th to the 9th centuries that Kanchipuram attained its limelight. The city served as the Pallava capital, and many of the known temples were built during their reign. The founder of Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma was born here, as was the famous Sanskrit writer Dandin.

Love

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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius

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" A man is but the product of his thoughts . what he thinks,he becomes."Mahatma Gandhi

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'i will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because definatelty he will find an easy way to finish it"
Bill Gates.

Beach Rocks

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Beautiful Composition

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O u r S e l v e s

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"When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death "- ourselves

L e a r n

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"No person is fully educated-until he learns to read himself"

Puducherry

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Pondicherry

Key Highlights : Beaches

Location       :State: Puducherry
   Languages: Tamil, French, English

Route :There are lots of tour operators from chennai

Description    :Formerly known as Pondicherry (and still nicknamed Pondy), is a
   Union Territory of India. It is  a former French colony

Pondy Temple

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A beautiul shot at the temple in pondyyyyy........Loving Blessing

Pondy Flowers

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Pondicherry Trip

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Beach is very nice in pondy..........the entire beach side is filled with rocks so its nice to sit and slide on it ..... the entire area is ruled by french so u find many french people and construction by them ...totally is a nice experience to be there

Help

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If the world refuse to help you.Just remember the words of einstein" i am thankful to all those who said no,its because of them i did it myself"

Bots Vs Humans

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"Bots not only exists in virtual-world,but also here in daily world u live.Bots have sme limitaion,restrictions and are programmed same as like we are programmed by tv's,news papers,society,culture,outside environment....." Quoted by Mahesh

consciousness

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"Pure consciousness is the only reality,physical universe is virtual reality it is just created by our brain."

Spencer Plaza

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This is one the biggest shopping mall in chennai it is fully crowded with people all over the year but the draw back is the poor maintaince of the mall its very unorganized and once u enter u dont know where u are going every where shops...

Sand_model

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Same Sand modelling

Religion

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"We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another"--Swift

A Beautiful Day in Chennai

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Morning Sun Rise Chennai

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LOVE

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Every man is searching his second mother in the name of LOVE.But every woman gets her 1st child in the name of her LOVER.

China quote

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In China, there’s an ancient saying “a woman looks prettier when she looks back back over her shoulder with a smile

Beautiful

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"Do not expect anything from anyone,expectations hurt.. When you dont
expect.. every moment is a surprise and every surprise brings Happiness..."
:)

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." -- marie curie