BEACHES AND MUSEUMS IN TAMILNADU

Marina Beach: One of the longest in the world, the beach has a wide expanse of shimmering golden sands. The area fronting the beach is beautiful scenery. Deserves special mention is a group of bronzes by famous Indian sculptor, Debi Prasad Rai Chaudhari, eulogizing the "Dignity of Labor". These each other, the beach-front offers some excellent examples of Indo-Saracenic architecture, such as Madras University, Chepauk Palace and Presidency College.

Muttukkadu: An impasse and estuary, Muttukkadu is ideal for rides on motorized boats or for wind surfing. Hire a pedalo or a series of boat for cruising leisurely. Muttukkadu is ideal for angling and fishing.

Rameswaram: The serene beach and shallow water here are ideal for swimming and sunbathing.

Kanyakumari: India's Land's End. Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin is unique in being surrounded by three seas, the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea, and the confluence is called 'Thriveni Sangamam'. You can get a breathtaking view of sunrise and sunset at their best. The multicolored sand is still a unique feature here on the beach. Kanyakumari is a famous pilgrim center, also.

Mandapam: This is the mainland that connects the island of Rameswaram. It is the entrance to many small islands. It is bestowed with a quite beach for sun and surf.

Kurusadai Islands: This is an ecological paradise situated off Mandapam. It is notable for coral reefs and rare species of marine life such as Dolphins. Authorization from Fisheries Department in Chennai is needed to visit the islands.

Covelong: 40 km away from the hustle and bustle of Chennai, Covelong is a health quality village, with fresh catches.

Museums in Tamilnadu :

Government State Museum: This museum in Chennai is best known for two important collections: sculptures from Amarvati and its famed Bronze Gallery. The Amaravati collection has panels, pillars, carved railings and Buddha statues in the milky white marble from a Buddhist stupa excavated at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. There are bronze sculptures from the later Pallava, Chola, Hoysala and Chalukya periods

Fort St. George Museum: The museum displays collection of portraits and paintings of former governors of Chennai and English royalty. Among the other objects in the background, weapons, coins, porcelain and Society vessels of the church.

Thanjavur Art Gallery: The former palace of Thanjavur Nayak once viceroys of Vijaynagara rules and later hereditary rulers, is a wonderful and

extravagant piece of architecture built in the 1600th The massive enclosed compound comprises a complex that includes Art Gallery, the Saraswati Library and Sangeetha Sabha, or Music Hall. A gigantic tower, the arsenal, decorated with bands of arcs represents the outer facade. One enters a hall, which is the sculpture gallery, where examples of South Indian stone sculptures from Pallava to the Nayak period are exhibited.

The Government Museum: The various departments of the museum deal with archeology, anthropology, zoology, numismatology, botany and geology. The museum has a fine collection of bronze, which is not allowed to be photographed