Historical Monuments / Forts / Palaces / Places to Visit in Chennai

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Each of the graves within the cemetery has the names of the people along with the year or the period where they serve the nation one way or the other. The place has gardens that are maintained regularly through ensuring cleanliness of the place. On the entrance to the cemetery the people are being welcomed with a 'Stone of Remembrance' where the names of graves present in the place are portrayed.

Fort St.George is one of the oldest Forts of India and particularly South India. It is well fortified strong fort of those eras that was largely considered difficult to penetrate by the enemies to a great extent. The walls of the fort were 6 feet in height. The St. Mary's Church is one of the oldest Anglican churches located in the Fort premises. It was built in a successful manner between 1678 and 1680. On the other hand, the tombstones that are laying in its graveyard are the oldest British or English tombstones in India.

The two storied building mainly highlight the fusion of the local and modern day infrastructure. It displays photographs and portraits of three times chief minister Shree Kamaraj which are quite rare and depicts the enclosed personal life of the leader. The lower floor of the building is the space for the bedroom of which was used by high profile personalities during the period of 1980s. The room inside the interior of the monument has furniture and others objects with plain and simple design.