Chennai City Tour - church and temples

Next up we navigated some of the temples and monuments. First up the Santhome Basillica. Nice looking Church but we were walking in on someone’s wedding which didn’t seem right! Next up is the Kapaleeshwarer temple a Hindu temple which was closed at the time we arrived. It is built in the Dravidian style in the 7th century. The lake and surrounds weren’t the nicest and we will see a lot more of these temples later in the trip so happy to move on.

The other two planned stops in our tour were so nondescript we didn’t bother taking photos, final stop Fort St George. Not a lot to see and the museum was shut but a European couple said the St Mary Church was worth a look so we ventured in. A pretty Church but fascinating to see the grave stones around the Church, mostly dating from the 1600s and 1700s including a few cross and bones symbols making us think that many pirates were buried here!Read more