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The lighthouse is located on Kamarajar Salai (Beach Road) opposite the office of the Director General of Tamil Nadu Police and All India Radio's Chennai station. The lighthouse marks the end of the promenade on the northern half of the Marina Beach.
Lighthouse, Chennai. There are many lighthouses along the long coastline of India and in the associated islands.They are administered by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, Government of India whose headoffice is located in Noida.
A popular explanation is that the name comes from the name of Damarla Chennappa Naick, Nayaka of Chandragiri and Vandavasi, father of Damarla Venkatadri Naick, from whom the English acquired the town in 1639. The first official use of the name Chennai is said to be in a sale deed, dated 8 August 1639, to Francis Day of the East India Company. [13]
Light House is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It is located behind the Queen Mary's college , between Avvai Shanmugam Salai in Triplicane and Radha Krishnan Salai at Mylapore . It is the MRTS station for the famous Chennai Lighthouse .
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Chennai attracted 3,581,200 foreign tourists that year with a growth rate of only 1.1 percent over 2012. [8] Chennai continued to remain the third most visited city destination of India by foreigners in 2014 [9] and 2015 [10] with 3,857,900 and 4,243,700 tourists respectively. The city was 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 and ...
The ancient name of the place is Thirukadalmallai. It is a part of Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is a satellite town of Chennai. Mamallapuram was one of two major port cities in the Pallava kingdom. The town was named after Pallava king Narasimhavarman I, who was also known as Mamalla. Along with economic prosperity, it became the site of a ...
However, the first lighthouse of the city is located just outside the port, in Fort St. George campus. It was active from 1796 till 1844. [138] The second and third lighthouses are located in the Madras High Court campus near the port. [138] [139] The present lighthouse is located about 6 km south of the port on the Marina Beach.