Hills in Chennai - 2 - Parangi Malai

This is the second part in the "Hills in Chennai" series.

This hill known earlier as Parangi Malai is now more commonly known as St.Thomas Mount after the saint and the church built on top of this hill.

If you would like to have a feeling of travelling(atleast for a short while) in winding roads and blind turns in chennai, you can try this hill. We can travel in vehicles till the top of this hill.

Entrance :



Church :



Story:



This hill offers a nice view of the Madras City and importantly the Airport.
You can get a nice view of planes taking off and landing from the top of this hill.

Velachery Swimming Pool Complex:



TIDEL Park:



Nandambakkam Trade Centre :



Chennai Airport:



Sunset :



The next hill in this series would be Thiruneer Malai.

Hills in Chennai - 1 - Chinna Malai

Hills in Chennai !!!! ?

If you think that I am out of my mind to talk about an hill in the City of Chennai, Sorry, I can show you many hills in Chennai.

This is the first part in the series - Hills in Chennai

Chinna Malai or Little Mount :

This hill is right in the heart of Chennai. Dont think I am joking. This hill is right on the Mount Road or Anna Salai , the arterial road of chennai. The bus stop next to saidapet on Mount Road is known as Chinna Malai or Little Mount and this is where you find this hill. You wont be able to see the hill from the road , but the entrance is there right on the road.



If you ask me where is the hill in the above photo, I would have to say that the church is constructed right on top of the hill. Oh, Do you call that a hill ? Thats why it is called as Little Mount or Chinna Malai. :-)

Before you are back from the shock that a hill is right on Mount Road, give me another chance to give you a bigger shock. Yes I can show you a Cave in chennai.
Whenever anybody says Caves and Chennai , it will be Mahabalipuram , but there is a cave right in the heart of chennai. It is there for you to see in this Chinnamalai.

The church on top of Chinna Malai



Inside view of the church



Entrance to the Cave :

This is the entrance to the Cave where St.Thomas was hiding.



Inside the cave :

This is the inside view of the cave.



Places to be seen in Chinna Malai:



Story of Chinna Malai:







The next hill in the series would be Parangi Malai or St.Thomas Mount.

Cheers
Megarajan

Places in Chennai

Hi all ,

I am thinking of exploring Chennai more and putting it here so that everyone will get to know Chennai better. I have some ideas to boot like Temples in Chennai , Beaches in Chennai, Hills in Chennai , Memorials in Chennai etc ...

If you have got some ideas or places lemme know.

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