The Dravidians founded the beautiful State of Tamil Nadu 5,000 years ago. Today it is home to some of the most magnificent sculptures and architect wonders of the world.
About 350 years ago,Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai was created by the East India Company. The last king of vanishing Vijayanagar Empire, Rajah of Chandragiri offered Francis Day, an East India company trader, a three mile long strip of land. In July 1639 Francis day and his superior built a factory, which was named Fort St. George.
When the British were in complete control of the city, after a decade’s feud with the French, they expanded the city by encompassing the neighbouring villages of Triplicane Egmore, Purasawalkam and Chetpur to form the city of Chennapatnam, as it was known then.
Beside being Britain’s first bastion from which flourished an empire, Chennai, formely known as Madras retains a harmonious blend of the old and the new. Elaborate pujas are a part of every home. Women still wear flower in their hair and young girls practice the age old Bharatanatyam Dance everyday. In this charming city modernization has not dampened the rich heritage handed down from generation to generation.