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India’s Longest Urban Beach
By Linda Tancs
Bad news for swimmers: India’s longest urban beach in Chennai–Marina Beach–is not a swimming beach due to strong undercurrents. Good news for walkers: the wide, 12 km long beach begs for long walks, particularly in the morning when crowds are thinnest. A major tourist attraction, the beach is particularly noteworthy for its roadside statues celebrating local and national luminaries like Gandhi, Kannagi (a goddess) and Thiruvalluvar, a poet. With three railway stations adorning the route–Chepauk, Thiruvallikeni and Light House–you have plenty of options to get there.
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