Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu and considered as fourth biggest metropolitan city in the India. It is positioned on the Coromandel Coast. It is the third biggest industrial and commercial area in India. It is well recognized for its temple architecture and cultural heritage. It is a center for south Indian dance performances and classical music. It is also supposed as largest automobile city in India.

History

Chennai has given out as an essential economic, administrative and military centre meeting back to the first century. It has been ruling by South Indian empires like the Chola, the Vijaynagar, the Pallava and the Pandya empires. At the end of nineteenth century, it was connected to other important states like Kolkota and Mumbai. It was a significant base from 1965 to 1967 for the Tamil Nadu protest against the burden of Hindi. The Indian Ocean tsunami lashed the shoreline of this city, destroying numerous and everlastingly changing the coast in the year 2004.

Economy

Chennai has an expanded economic base secured by the software services, financial services, automobile and hardware manufacturing services. Other main businesses contain apparels, petrochemicals and textiles. The Ennore Port and Chennai Port put in wholly to its significance. The city has a completely automated stock exchange known the Madras Stock Exchange. It has the 4th greatest Gross Metropolitan Product in all over the India. There are lots of Software services and software organizations containing Cognizant Technology Solutions, Virtusa, HCL, IBM, Satyam, Symantec, Verizon, Accenture, HP, Wipro, Infosys and Sun Microsystems.

Culture

The culture of Chennai influences its different people. It is well recognized for its Hindu temples and classic dance programs. In every year, Chennai organized a five weeklong Music Season in December that has been mentioned as the biggest cultural programs in the world. This city is also well recognized for its Classical dance known Bharatanatyam. Kalakshetra is the main cultural centre for Bharatanatyam. It has an exciting theatre scene, with a great number of Tamil theaters to be performed. It commemorates lots of festivals. Pongal is the main festival of Chennai. It is celebrated on 14 April every year. Other festivals like Christmas, Thai Poosam, Eid and Deepavali are also commemorated in the City.

Transport

Chennai is considered as the Gateway to South India, it is well attached to other areas of India. The main national highways spread out towards Bangalore, Tiruvallur, Kolkata, Pondicherry and Trichy. The greatest bus station is known as Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in South Asia. The Chennai International Airporst is the main worldwide gateway in India. It offers both international and domestic flights and attached to the main hubs in the Middle East, North America, South Asia, Europe and the South East Asia.

Media

Chennai has 6 main print media teams that distribute various magazines and newspapers. The Deccan Chronicle, The New Indian Express, The Hindu and The Trinity Mirror are the main English dailies. The main industry and commercial dailies distributed in the city are The Hindu Business Line, The Financial Express, The Economic Times and Business Standard.