Archive for November, 2007

Tamilnadu Municipalities Online

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Tamilnadu has put all its Municipalities online. Now you can access all civic information about most of the medium to large towns of the state from one place. Apart from the administrative information like Area / Population / Ward details / Contact numbers etc, they also provide other useful information about the Banks, ATMS, Hospitals, Hotels, travel information [...]

Chennai MRTS

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

The long wait is over and it is here, at last. Almost 25 years since it was sanctioned, 16 years since construction started and 10 years after Phase I, the MRTS link to Velachery is finally live. A standing specimen for the poor project management in public sector and bureaucratic delays, all will be forgiven as [...]

Temple Darshan - Thiruvannamalai

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Thiruvannamalai, a town of about 1.5 lakh people and a district head quarters is one of the numerous temple towns in Tamilnadu. Even in this state filled with many such places, Thiruvannamalai stands out. The gigantic Arunachaleshwara temple complex set against the backdrop of the majestic Arunachala (red mountain) hill attracts devotees and tourists in thousands.  The whitewashed Raja gopuram at 218 feet is [...]

New Flight Connections to Chennai

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

This October has been a good month for international travel from Chennai as a slew of airlines added / expanded their services.
First Malaysian Airlines added twice a week day-time flights
Emirates now flies twice daily to Dubai
Jet connected Chennai to Toronto via Brussels
Air France has increased the frequency from 4 to 5 flights a week and
Tiger [...]