Marina Beach (Chennai or Madras)

My frequent place to visit in Chennai is Marina beach. Whenever I am with friend, I some how make some free time and visit the Marina beach. This is a very big beach stretched for about 13 Kms long. This beach is considered as world’s second longest beach according to sources from wikipedia. So what there so special in this beach? There is nothing specific to say special in this beach. The sea and the great view of Bay of Bengal and the ups and downs of waves which make your mind light as air. Marina beach is a best place in Chennai for the locales and a very cost effective place for all kind of people. There are no entry fees and there is no any other extra cost. There will lot of standing shops which include corn shops, bajji(an eatable made out of besan flour dipped in oil) shop, small tea shops, toy shops, balloon shops etc. In general you can see lot of kids and even elders fly knight in this place. Another special thing about the beach is the statues which are placed on the long stretch. There are statues like Mahatma Gandhi, Kannaki, labor statue, thiruvalluar etc. Here you can also see the samadhis (tomb) of MGR, Rajiv Gandhi, Anna and few other leaders. To honor the leaders and their thoughts will remain forever in people mind for generations. There are also many buildings opposite to the beach like university of madras, Queen Mary's college, Police commisioner office, presidency collage, PWD office and so on.
Some snaps of Marina beach: