MARINA

MARINA

Marina Known as the Pride of Chennai, the Marina beach stretches for about 13 km making it the second longest beach in the country. The urban beach has white sand and is considered to be one of the busiest beaches in India.

The beach was damaged by waves as high as 20 feet during the tsunami in 2004.

The beach is one of the most prominent open spaces in Chennai and is host to many important national and cultural events like the parades on Independence Day and Republic Day. The annual Chennai Marathon, India’s biggest city marathon, starts from Anna Square near Marina beach. The Pongal celebration in January attracts an estimated 150,000 people on the beach for the festivities. The Marina Beach has been featured in numerous Tamil movies over the years.

The beach also has a skating arena, jogger’s track and aquarium. Pony rides, merry-go-rounds and giant wheels are also on the beach.

Beach cricket and kite flying are popular activities on the beach. A giant chessboard is a favourite with children.

The sea is rough and there is a strong undercurrent so swimming is strictly prohibited near the beach but there are two swimming pools along the beach.

Marina beach became more tourists friendly: Thousands of tourists including foreigner visit Marina very often. It displays different entertainments. It provides all necessary facilities and to make visitor comfortable. It runs from near Fort St George in the North to Besant Nagar in the South, a distance of 13 km making the longest natural urban beach in the country and the worlds second longest.

The morning time is meant for walking and exercise. Police on horses stop vehicles at the entrance from 5 am to somewhat 7.30 am. People are coming in large to marina for doing their exercise, jogging, practicing boxing etc.

People will practice early in the morning in marina beach everyday.  We can also see people practicing boxing. They are well prepared with water and other necessary requirements. The person in the right side was once the champion of boxing.

Yoga by the beach: marina beach is a calm and quite place in Chennai. It provides a clean surrounding so that people can do yoga and exercises with immense concentration. It is the favorite place for people from all walks of life.

A grand inaugural function of the Quartoseptcentennial celebration, a curve of sports competition for school was took place in marina. It included a mini marathon race also which started from St Peters School in Royapuram. A documentary magazine of school was also released.

Lack of security: Serious event is going on the background but this small kid is not aware about that. He is playing with his toy.

You run we follow! We have the power to create and destroy! Yes we are the media: The mini marathon conducted successfully was covered by the medias.

A foreigner is walking from one end to the other in marina. He is enjoying each wave in marina beach. We see thousands of people walking through the beach enjoying the beauties of the beach everyday.

This photo captured during the marathon conducted by TCS. An ambulance is passing by the side of the participants for providing a helping hand in case of emergency.

“We are happy, we have nothing to prove, and we are just doing what we love”: children’s who are living in slum have no money to spent on at least toys. They are playing with those materials, which are thrown away by others after their use. But they are feeling comfortable and happy with what they have.

People are giving less respect to the police because of their silly attitude. Many police are found in the park near marina beach who are engaged in various activities other than what they are appointed for...

A vehicle got its tyre puncture. The persons in the vehicle found to difficult to change the tyre, since it contains materials weighting more than two tons.

“Lets celebrate mother tongue”: We must agree late Nelson Mandela, who said “if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head, if u talk to him in his language it goes to his heart”.

Finding difficulty: There is no shortage of skills of labour, rather the problem is poor management for supplying old tools.

 The life in a small huts are like a cramped holes. They have no moments to joy. The children’s in slum have lost childhood. They are not enjoying their childhood. Let these children’s enjoy the light and freedom in their life.

 People in the colony, pass their time by engaging playing cards. Men are normally playing this. But here we can see women also.

 The pathetic life conditions of people who are living in colonies. They find it difficult even to meet their basic needs. We can see people washing their clothes on the floor. It may be a dream come true for them to have a washing machine ever in their life.

There was a camp held by many schools near marina beach and its final competition was held on February 21, 2014. Here a boy is being questioned by the examiner.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in to man’s determination: Vivekananda Swami museum landmark in Chennai, which is inspiration to thousands of people who visit there. For the repairing’s workers risks their life, as they are well determined to perform their task.

It is very common to see many street dogs in marina beach. It is troublesome for many tourists. These dogs are seen near to those people who are having food. They will just wait for the thrown away food items by the tourists.

Marina beach also witness the sad living conditions of many poor people. There are hundreds of people who doesn’t have their own house and reside near the beach. They just live the life as it comes.

It was an inspiring prayer session that took place in a colony near marina beach. There are more than twenty-five people took a part in that session. They continued their prayer for long.

I took this image just to show that many foreigners are coming to marina to enjoy their life.

Irresponsible city police: A bike was parked in a No parking zone. I pointed it out that two lady polices are standing close by that. They refuse to take an action. They are busy chatting and proving that they are irresponsible and this brings down peoples respect towards police.

Welded to their work; it is a livelihood for some carved out of compulsion to each more for others. It is the love for the profession acquired. Over years that keeps them going does the work as per worked by the government. So as to do the work in marina beach too.