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14 Chennai

Chennai and I

We can learn a lot of things from Chennai. It is a unique blend of
tradition and modernity. It preserves its heritage and culture,
while it moves ahead with the times embracing technology and

fashion. Its food traditions are popular across the world. You can
find people in hotels eating food from banana leaves.

Chennai, earlier known as Madras , is CHENNAI
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well-known for several things. It is Redhills

popular as a food centre and health Tiruvottiyur
centre. It is known as the Gateway to Nat io nalH i

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Avadi
Ambattur Perambur
As Capital Villivakkam George Town
oona Malli N ion Highway
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Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, P Kapaliswara
T. Nagar Saidapet
so the Governor, Chief Minister and
Gandhi Mandapam
other ministers and high officers of Snake Park
the state live and work here. nt Ro ad Bay
of
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As a Trade and Industrial Centre Pallavaram Meenambakkam
Airport
Chennai is an important trade and Not to scale
industrial centre. The well-known
industries here include cotton textile, computer parts, machines, cars, trucks

and railway compartments. It has a large film industry, known as
Kollywood . It chiefly makes films in South Indian languages. A large oil

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