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Doveton Clock Tower
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Kapaleeshwar Festival
Arupathu Moovar Vilzha Festival is celebrated with great devotion in the months of March-April at the Chennai Kapaleeshwar Temple. The temple witnesses a huge crowd during this part of the year. It continues for 10 days and takes place in honor of the 63 Nayanmars. Bronze idols are taken out for procession. Various musical performances of the locals can be seen during this festival. 'Kokkalikattai' and 'Koothu' dances are performed. Traditional puppet show called 'thoippavai' is also organize.
Marina 2 nd longest beach in the world. It’s a very quiet beach, not much popularly known out of Chennai. Why I like Marina is that its length & breadth of the beach. Yes of-course it’s not as popular as Elliots Beach, because of the class that visit the Elliots Beach. But in marina you do see all kinds of crowd. It has 2 histories a good & a bad. I won’t say bad rather a sad memory – tsunami. I do remember the days where I used to sit in the beach during the night on Sundays after my supper. It gives me immense pleasure sitting in this beach with the music in your ears & the heavy breeze blowing on you. And more over if there is any major event such the Air Show displayed by the Airforce or the water show by the Navy it does happen in Marina, the credit doesn’t go any other beach irrespective the class. This particular picture beneath is the picture of the merry go round which is main attraction for the kids
Valluvar Koatam
The monument was constructed in 1976 in the memory of Thiruvalluvar, who wrote his famous Thirukkural about 2,000 years before. The construction of Valluvar Kottam is like a temple chariot, and it is a replica of the temple chariot in Thiruvarur. A life-size statue of the Thiruvalluvar has been installed in the 39 metre high chariot.