Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram is exactly located proximity to the shoreline of Bay of Bengal. It is situated inside the district of Tamil Nadu. This place is used as the best and eminent as the sea port in the period of seventh and tenth centuries in the Pallava dynasty. 

This place considered as the second capital of Pallavas. It was initially named behind the rude, cruel, and arrogant emperor Mahabali who was killed in the time of a fierce battle by Lord Vishnu at that location. It was named near the people more out of thankfulness for the heartless king was killed there than out of admiration upon his death for his leadership.

In the period of Pallavas, the initial procedure for the art and architecture were established. Mahabalipuram is the place where the king tried and then exhibited their new artistic and architectural creations. As an effect, the region is overflowing with rock cut caves and numerous temples.  

Of course, this region is frequently referred to as an open museum. Some of the shrines are even carved out of one mammoth rock somewhat than basically structured out of rock. Ever since the prosperity of the Pallavas was not at all flaunted and therefore the temples are well preserved.

The structural design is not the only famous for tourists in this city. The region is also nestled in an especially remarkable setting. Good-looking white sandy shorelines are plenteous and the casuarinas trees seen abundance there. Mahabalipuram is also called for affording a fantastic shopping understanding. 

Keywords: Chennai, Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu district, architectural design

Vandalur zoo

Vandalur Zoo is also called as the Arignar Anna Zoological Park. It is located nearly about thirty kilometers from Chennai city. Chennai has the peculiarity of having the first public zoo in India at 1855. It was initially situated in close proximity to Park town in the Chennai city.

In 1975, the vandular zoo had prolonged and moved out of the Chennai city. The Tamilnadu Forest department converted this zoo to Vandalur reserve forest in the year 1979. The zoo is situated on a region of thousands five hundred acres. The zoo is officially inducted in year 1985. This zoo is one of the biggest in South Asia.

The Vandalur zoo has undergone a lot of enhancement with original animals making their comfortable home here. An extensive range of animal life is habituated in this zoo. Animals can be glimpse in big open island type enclosure along with wet and dry moats and hidden walls with pretend natural background. There are utterly eighty one enclosures. More than one seventy species of mammals, aviaries and reptiles are exhibited in the zoo.

Some of the magnetism in the vandalur zoo is scheduled below.

• Various types of deer sort from barking deer, sambar, blackbuck, nilgai, sangai, and hog deer
• Monkey species ranges from Nilgiri Langur, the endangered lion-tailed Macaque, Babboon, Hanuman Langur and Leaf capped Langur
• Wolf
• Jackal
• Hyena, llama and Otter.
• privileged carnivores like the tiger, lion, panther, jaguar
• Elephants, giraffes, deer’s and camels
• Star tortoises
• Snakes
• Tropical mammals, birds and reptiles

Other interesting aspects of this zoo are 

• Nocturnal animal house
• Safari Park
• A walk-through aviary 
• Pre-historic animal park 
• Reptile section 
• Prey-Predator enclosures 
• Zoo education and interpretation 
• An aquarium.

Keywords: Chennai, vandalur, elephant, tiger