Jagannath Temple

of air-conditioned space that houses movie theatres, bowling alleys, video games parlours and multi-cuisine food courts. This is Mayajaal, a multidimensional entertainment centre, on par with any entertainment zone found abroad. You can easily spend the entire day here.

Spread over 27 acres, this theme park offers joy rides, food stalls and other games. It features one of the first roller coaster rides of Chennai, and many of the rides offered could make your hair stand on edge. On the softer side, you have the dashing car drives, and the swimming pool with its water slides.

A venture of Deborah Thiagarajan and her associates from the Madras Craft Foundation. DakshinaChitra is an amazing place to visit, as various kinds of traditional houses have been transported to Chennai from interior parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and rebuilt here piece by piece. The exhibits portray the architecture, art, folk performing arts and craft of South Indian traditions. The amenities include a research unit, a crafts bazaar, a playground, an area to hold religious functions, a stone workshop, and souvenir kiosks.

A water sports facility offering rowing, windsurfing, water skiing and speedboat riding. The boat house has a multi-cuisine restaurant named "Surf", a unit of Coral.

It is separated from the mainland by the canal from Chennai to Mamallapuram. A small public beach can also be accessed through a narrow drivable road. This beach is still mostly used by fishermen but gets crowded on weekends. As with other parts of India, locals and visitors do not show too much skin on the beach. Most people are fully clothed, with no adult females wearing bathing suits. Children were wearing bathing suits and frolicking in the surf, and a few adult males were wearing swim trunks.