Chennai - The first city of Tamil Nadu and the present Gateway to South India is about 368 years old and 34th largest metropolitan area in the world. Founded at Fort St. George in 1640 AD by Francis Day, an employee of the East India Company, Chennai, today is one of the great metropolitan cities of the World, and the fourth largest city in India. Chennai is india's third largest commercial and industrial centre. It has a distinction of being considered the automobile capital of India.

Chennai - The first city of Tamil Nadu and the present Gateway to South India is about 350 years old. Founded at Fort St. George in 1640 AD by Francis Day, an employee of the East India Company, Chennai, today is one of the great metropolitan cities of the World, and the fourth largest city in India.Chennai was the first British people's major settlement in India. In the city, one cannot fail to notice the dominant British influences in the form of old Cathedrals, buildings in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture and wide tree lined avenues. But Chennai retains a charm characteristic of the typical South Indian heritage. As a city it continues to maintain the best of South Indian traditions. This may not be surprising because the region was an important center of Pallava culture. Long before when the British came here, the traces or inscriptions were found in numerous old temples.