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Chennai, India

The City of Chennai

Chennai is the largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the Bay of Bengal on the south-east coast of India. The name of the city was originally Madras Patnum.

Tourist Attractions

These are some of the main points of interest in the city:

Language

Tamil /ˈtæmɪl/ (தமிழ், tamiḻ) is a Dravidian language spoken mainly by Tamil people of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry.

Famous People

Following are quotes from people who are from Chennai:

"The core of what Google is about is bringing information to people."
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google

"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society

"My father came to Chennai at the age of 16 from a village in Coimbatore. He was an artist and was clear he wanted to do something, so he came to Chennai and joined an art course for eight years before he came into films."
Suriya (Saravanan Sivakumar), Actor