2006 was a good year for Chennai. Chennaispot wishes Chennai(iites),  a Wonderful New Year 2007 and looks back at some of the highlights of the year gone by.
On the political front Amma was out as Tamilnadu’s CM and Thatha Mu.Ka came back. Though Chennai seems to have favored Amma more, DMK is not vengeful but [...]

This weekend we travel to one of the most famous temples of Tamilnadu, the Brihadeeshwara Temple in Thanjavur. Popularly called The Big Temple, it is considered to be the height of not just Chola but Dravidian temple architecture.

The big temple lives upto its name. The tallest gopuram of its time (now third), second largest Nandi [...]

This is a blast from the past as I am gradually moving my old travelogs from Rediff to here. This  Bangalore - Nandi Hills trip was made on 10 July 05.
 

Mode: Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTSi
Persons: 2 (Me and wife)
Route: Mekhri Circle - Yelahanka - Devanahalli - Nandi Hills
Nandi hills is a small hill resort near [...]

The ongoing saga of the hanging of Mohammad Afzal, convicted in Parliament attack case is  India’s shame, says Arundhati Roy in this well argued piece in UK’s Guardian newspaper. A very interesting and enlightening article for both the pro and anti factions.
I am not getting into the merits of her argument. Only today I was [...]

Chennai Inter-city transport information
Chennai City transport - Chennai Suburban Railway Network
For a detailed Chennai suburban timetable, click on this Southern Railway link

Called Local train, Suburban train, EMU or simply train, it is a surface rail line connecting different parts of Chennai and its suburbs.Though carrying less than 20% load of public transport, suburban trains have had [...]

I am happy to see that Coimbatore has been added to Google earth in the last month.  Now only Madurai among TN’s big cities is out of Google’s view, hopefully not for long.
Gandhipuram Bus stand looks like this (Click the thumbnails for full size)

Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore