The best way to explore a city, particularly one that is celebrating its 383rd birthday, is probably on foot. There is much to explore in its myriad alleyways — temples, churches, mosques, customs, habits, niches, smells, sounds, people and traffic that reminds you of an old city that happily, and sometimes grudgingly, but constantly melds with the new.
A giant signage `Namma Chennai’ used as a selfie point at the Marina Beach. File
| Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh
The best way to explore a city, particularly one that is celebrating its 383rd birthday, is probably on foot. There is much to explore in its myriad alleyways — temples, churches, mosques, customs, habits, niches, smells, sounds, people and traffic that reminds you of an old city that happily, and sometimes grudgingly, but constantly melds with the new.
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