Eco-friendly bamboo resort in Mahabalipuram by Tamil Nadu tourim Development Corporation

July 4th, 2009

An ANI report : An eco-friendly bamboo resort has been set up in Mahabalipuram district, Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) has built the resort in collaboration with some private partners in order to attract foreign tourists for various ayurvedic and medical treatments.

The resort offers Ayurvedic treatment and rejuvenation therapy, including Ayurvedic pancha karma treatment, acupressure, yoga, meditation and steam bath. The resort has a swimming pool and a bamboo restaurant, which offers vegetarian, non-vegetarian and Chinese food. Depending upon the success of the resort, there are plans to introduce the concept at hill stations and other important destinations across the state

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Chennai Airport to Vellore drop in a A/C Toyota Innova @ Rs.3900/- (inclusive charges)

June 17th, 2009

Chennai Airport to Vellore drop in a A/C Toyota Innova @ Rs.3900/- (inclusive charges)
Includes : Toll, car rental, airport or Rail parking, taxes and driver’s allowance

Vellore, 145 km from Chennai is a semi-rural bazaar town.

Vijayanagar fort and its temple are a tourist attraction of Vellore that are in excellent state of preservation and worth visiting.
The famous rivers Palar and Ponnar are snakes through the Vellore town.

The town has a church, which is relatively newly built in an ancient cemetery where the prominent captain of British India rests forever who died in 1799 on the glorious war against Tippu Sulthan that had at last favorably ended to the British.

Here there is also a memorial for the victims of the little known “Vellore Mutiny”.

Vellore is more famous for the Golden Temple and the CMC hospital.

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Chennai Airport to Vellore CMC drop in a TATA Indica at Rs.2500/-

June 17th, 2009

Chennai Airport to Vellore drop in a A/C Tata Indica @ Rs. 2500/- (inclusive charges)
Includes : Toll, car rental, airport or Rail parking, taxes and driver’s allowance

 

Vellore, 145 km from Chennai is a semi-rural bazaar town.

Vijayanagar fort and its temple are a tourist attraction of Vellore that are in excellent state of preservation and worth visiting.
The famous rivers Palar and Ponnar are snakes through the Vellore town.

The town has a church, which is relatively newly built in an ancient cemetery where the prominent captain of British India rests forever who died in 1799 on the glorious war against Tippu Sulthan that had at last favorably ended to the British.

Here there is also a memorial for the victims of the little known “Vellore Mutiny”.

Vellore is more famous for the Golden Temple and the CMC hospital.

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Valluvar Kottam is one of the modern landmarks of Chennai City of Tamil Nadu

June 11th, 2009

Chennai-Valluvar Kottam Stone CarValluvar Kottam, located at the intersection of the Kodambakkam High road and the Village road, is one of the modern landmarks of Chennai, India.

Valluvar Kottam is a memorial to commemorate the greatness and glory of the famous Tamil saint and Poet Thiruvalluvar.

The architect of the memorial is South Indian traditional architect Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati.

The construction of Valluvar Kottam is like a temple chariot, and it is a replica of the temple chariot in Thiruvarur.

Some of the special features of this monument are the granite pillars surrounding it.

Inscriptions of the famous verses of Thiruvalluvar can be seen here.

All the 1330 verses written in the epic work of Thiruvalluvar have been inscribed in the granite pillars here.

The monument has over 3000 stone blocks used in its construction.

There is a temple like structure which stretches to a massive height in the monument.

A life-size statue of the Thiruvalluvar stands atop the 39 metre high chariot.

It has a massive auditorium with a mammoth capacity of 4000 people at one sitting.

The Valluvar Kottam auditorium has been built on a dry lake.
This lake earlier used o be a place for the collection of debris and waste.
However this land was later cleared up and opened to the public in the year 1976.

Valluvar Kottam is a revered structure for the Chennaites as it is closely associated with the history and culture of the city.
This memorial can be visited on all days except Fridays and National Holidays.

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Metropolitan Transport Corporation [Chennai] Limited - MTC : Chennai City’s government owned local bus service

June 10th, 2009

In 1947, the Government of Madras nationalized the passenger transport for the first time by introducing 30 buses in Madras City, side by side with the buses run by the private operators at that time. The operation was under the control of the then Madras State Transport Department. In 1972, the departmental setup was transformed into a company setup in order to inoculate a commercial approach without sacrificing the social responsibilities. Thus, PALLAVAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION LIMITED was formed under the Companies Act 1956, by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 01.01.1972 with a fleet strength of 1029 buses.

The fleet strength gradually increased correspondingly to the requirements of the public and reached 2332 on 01.01.1994. Following that Pallavan Transport Corporation Ltd was bifurcated as Dr.Ambedkhar Transport Corporation Limited and Pallavan Transport Corporation Limited on 19.01.1994. The South of the Chennai Metropolitan city from EVR Periyar road came under the operational jurisdiction of the Pallavan Transport Corporation Limited. The North of Chennai Metropolitan city from EVR Periyar Road (including EVR Periyar road) came under the operational jurisdiction of the Dr.Ambedkar Transport Corporation Limited.

In the public interest, both the divisions were amalgamated into a single corporation under the name METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION (CHENNAI) LTD. with effect from 10-01-2001.  .

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Chennai Airport Transfer : Sharman’s Cab Company

May 28th, 2009