India's Southern India
Chennai
What began as a simple cluster of fishing hamlets along the Coromandel Coast, now stands as India’s fourth largest metropolis, and a bustling gateway to the rich and varied culture of the Southern India Peninsula. Chennai, or Madras, is a modern capital in the light of a graceful garden city. Owing much of its development to the colonial rule of the British, Chennai displays a dynamic mix of the old and the new, the stately architecture of days gone past and the modern high-rises of today, the cultural heritage of its Tamil natives and the religious constructions of its imperial rulers.
The root of this now thriving metropolis lies in what began as only a humble banana grove. In 1640, the proud Fort St. George stood in its place, the central location from which an empire would grow. Explore the plethora of highlights orbiting this landmark, particularly that of St. Mary’s Church, the oldest Anglican church in Asia.
