About me
Am a contradiction of sorts. i love going out and having a good time with friends, and i can also stay home chill out over a book or a movie..
Am very passionate about writing, so give me a topic and watch me float away into wonderland... Love reading books- sometimes i read 3books simultaneously, crazy about music- need it all around me, all the time and ofcourse, i totally am ga ga goo goo over my 7yr old naughty brat- Floppy!! errr, Prince Floppy!! :)
Its morning
The sun is all ready to rise
Lets go to beach
were the words resonating in my head...
Up and off we went.... hoping to catch the sun against the ocean...
The little ball of fire
came alive in the blue morning sky
within minutes,
the sky was Flaming away.....
This was the sunrise at the Marina beach... taken on a morning when 3 friends decided to hop in the car and drive out early in the morning... :-)
Kamarajar, the Chief Minister, the man who spread the value of Education[inspite of being uneducated]. He introduced millions of people to books, and also brought in the mid day meal system to motivate children to go to school. He was also awarded the Bharat Ratna [India's highest civilian honour] posthumously in 1976...
Even today, we remember him, for all that he did for the people! The Kamaraj Domestic Terminal in madras Airport is named after him, and so are several other buildings and roads...
This statue stands tall in the Marina Beach, amongst several others, each of whom have left their mark behind!!
The MGR Memorial is a yet another memorial we find in the Marina Beach, Chennai. Today, it has become quiite the favorite among tourists..... M G Ramachandran [MGR] was a former actor & a politician from Tamil Nadu, MGR .
The monument is quite lovely to look at, the design and style is unique when compared to others on the beach and this is probably what sets it apart...
The Majestic light house in the Marina beach is as much a landmark as
the beach itself... I have always wanted to go up the lighthouse, but
not done that yet....
The red and white tower is visible for as far as the eye can see and so
is the light it shines out.... Quite a sight late at night...
Trivia[courtesy Wikipedia] :
It was built by the East Coast Constructions and Industries in 1976
replacing the old lighthouse in the northern direction. The lighthouse
was opened in January 1977.
The present lighthouse is the fourth lighthouse of Chennai. The first
lighthouse started functioning in 1796 when the terrace of the Officers
Mess (the present day's Fort Museum at Fort St. George) was chosen as
the site for the first warning beacon which used a large lantern. It
functioned till 1841. The second light house was erected during
1838-1844 on the north side of Fort St George and it was functioning
until 1894. The third lighthouse was functioning from the tallest dome
of the Madras High Court. It started functioning on June 1, 1894, with
argand lamps and reflectors manufactured by Chance Bros, Birmingham
which had originally been installed in the 160-ft-tall lighthouse tower.
This was later decommissioned after the present one was constructed on
the Marina beach near
Santhome which was unveiled in January 1977.
The Marina beach in Chennai is the longest beach in the country, stretching across 14kms... There is a Mahatma Gandhi's statue almost at the center, and it is a beautiful one at that....
This photo was taken during an early morning [7am] walk along the beach with uncles and cousins....
There are so many statues lining the beach, hope to capture them and share them all during the coming month :)
