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Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu.It is located on the East Coast facing the Bay of Bengal.It is a great sprawling metropolis , with a population of about 5 million people.It is India's fourth largest city and known for its cultural heritage and its temples like the Kapaleeswara temple,(believed to have been built in the 7th century) and Parthasarathy temple .The Santhome Church built by the Portuguese is another very famed place of worship.The other noteworthy places to be visited Vedanthangal,a bird sanctuary very near Chennai and Mahabalipuram,a shore temple about 60 kms from Chennai.Since a number of car factories like the Ford,HyundaiHindustan Motors are situated here,Chennai is often called the Detroit of India.It is also home to many Indian IT Majors like the Wipro,TCS,Infosys,Satyam and countless many other BPO Offices and many multinationals .The climate is hot throughout the year with the more pleasant months of the year being December to February.No one leaves Chennai without visiting Nalli,Kumaran and countless other textile shops in T.Nagar all famous
for their silk sarees.Another place to be visited if one can jostle with the teeming crowd is Rathna Stores aand Saravana Stores ,also in T.Nagar . One can purchase stainless steel utensils and anything else under the sun at amazing bargain prices.Another place wherein you can get lovely artefacts at very reasonable prices is VTI (Victoria Technical Institute) on Anna Salai .