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Anna Salai - Panorama

Another experiment on Panorama with Autostitch.

This is a stitch of 11 images shot handheld at Anna Salai on July 1, 2009. In this panorama you will see Higginbothams, Tarapore Towers and upto LIC building

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Santhome Church

Santhome Cathedral Basilica stands tall in the southern part of the Chennai Beach (Marina).Santhome Cathedral is located at the end of Kuthchery Road in Mylapore and was built as a tribute to St Thomas who was buried here. The church has been built in the Gothic style of architecture. Some of the important sights here include the stain glass painting of the divine moment of St Thomas’s Thomas’s meeting with the resurrected Christ. Remains of St Thomas along with a part of the bone have been preserved here. This church has seen several renovations having been made. The building is about 50 mts high.

indiafascinates.com/chennai/cathedral-of-stthomas-santhom...

You can see the large version here www.flickr.com/photos/balu/3683903145/sizes/l/

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Valluvar Kottam, Chennai

The memorial to the poet-saint Tiruvalluvar is shaped like a temple chariot and is, in fact, the replica of the temple chariot in Thiruvarur. A life-size statue of the saint has been installed in the chariot which is 33m. tall.

The 133 chapters of his famous work Thirukkural have been depicted in bas-relief in the front hall corridors of the chariot. The auditorium at Valluvar Kottam is said to be the largest in Asia and can accommodate about 4000 people. It stands as a modern memorial to the great poet who represents the glorious culture of the Tamils.

Thirukkural, are inscribed on the granite pillars that surround the auditorium and it has got no pillars for support. There is a 101-feet high temple chariot structure with a life-size image of the poet in it. This chariot is a replica of the temple car of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu. The base of the chariot shows in bas-relief the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural. Over 3,000 blocks of stone were used to create this memorial to Tamil culture.

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Santhome Church

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