Chennai is home to a host of Tamil culture, literature, sculpture, music and cinema. Bharatnatyam and Carnatic Music draw visitors and aficionados form the world over. In addition to all that, Chennai is home to some of the best choirs in India. They perform seasonal stage across the city in Tamil and English. The preferred language of communication among the local is Tamil. However, English is widely spoken. The city of Chennai has a fair amount of Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi speaking people.

Mallapuram is an extension of the city is known for its sandy beaches, stone carvings, food and resorts. The city of Chennai is evident for thriving Tamil film Industry that is better known as Kollywood. It is the second largest film industry in India. The most prominent figures of Tamil films are M.G. Ramachandran, AR Rahman, M. Karunanidhi, J Jayalalithaa, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Shankar, Mani Ratnam, Ilayaraja, and Sivaji Ganesan. Of them, A. R Rahman has been awarded Oscar Award in 2009 for the movie Slumdog Millionaire lately.

Chennai is the land of festivals. Pongal is celebrated over five days in the month of January. It is one of the most important festivals of the southern India and is celebrated with great pomp and show.

Along with vast cultural heritage, Chennai is a major centre for Cricket, Motorsports and Tennis.

Chennai is a feast for the scenic bevy of beauties. Its air is heavy with the scent of Jasmine and dancers stalk feverish melodies in colorful silk saris. Chennai’s culinary composes dishes from a palette of exotic spices that may leave an everlasting taste of saffron or aniseed. It includes both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Majority of restaurants offer light meals, conceding rice-based dishes like Pongal, Dosa, Idlli and Vadai.

Chennai launched its first weekly journal in the name of The Madras Courier in 1785, followed by the weeklies The Madras Gazzette and The Government Gazzette in 1795. today, a great many English dailies are published in Chennai. These are The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Deccan Chronicle and The Times of India. Apart from, The Economic Times, The Hindu Bussiness Line, Business Standard and The Financial Express, Dina Thanthi, Dinakaran, Dina Mani, Dina Malar, Tamil Murasu, Makkal Kural and Malai Malar, including Telugu dailies like Eenandu, Vaartha, Andhra, Jyothi and Sakshi.

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