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Chennai Flights

Formerly known as Madras, this is the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the fourth largest city in India. Metropolitan Chennai has a population of about 8 million people. Like Bangalore and Hyderabad this is a booming city, Chennai’s boom is due to its involvement in the automobile, hardware manufacturing, technology and healthcare industries.

Chennai was the first British settlement in India; on the site of a fishing village back in 1639. The city remains a major gateway to the south until today. Chennai today is a manufacturing hub known as the “Detroit of the South”; this is where 90% of the top IT Indian companies operate.

Although a highly industrialized city, Chennai offers many attractions for its visitors, among them: Marina Beach, Parthasarathy Temple, the Basilica of San Thome, Luz Church built by the Portuguese, also built by the Portuguese Church of Our Lady of Expectations, there is also the Government Museum and National Gallery among other places to visit.