Marina Beach facts for kids

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Marina Beach as seen from Light house.
View of marina beach from the lighthouse

Marina Beach is a natural beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu along the Bay of Bengal sea. The beach is the first longest beach in India and the second longest in the world. The length of the beach is 13 km.

It is a renowned beach because the memorial of the two chief ministers M.G.Ramachandran and C.N.Annadurai. It is the most crowded beach in the country. More than 10,000 to 25,000 visitors visit the beach on weekdays while more than 50,000 visitors visit the beach during holidays.

There are many statues erected in the beach like the statues of Triumph of Labour, Robert Caldwell, Kambar, Ilango Adigal, Kannagi, Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan etc.

Images for kids

  • 06Marina Madras

    The beach promenade in 1913

  • Chennai monument

    C. N. Annadurai's Memorial

  • MGR Memorial Chennai

    MGR Memorial

  • The artificial rock fountain at Marina Beach

    The Rock Fountain

  • Marina Fishermen Chennai 1 retouched

    Fishing nets on the beach

  • Sunrise at Chennai Marina beach

    Sunrise at Marina beach

  • Marina Beach Rd, Chennai

    A night view of the beach promenade

  • Madras University Chennai

    Madras University as seen from Marina Beach

  • Chennai Public Works Department building

    PWD Complex

  • Marina Swimming Pool

    Marina Swimming Pool

  • MarinaBeach PromenadeTowardsLighthouse

    Promenade leading to the lighthouse

  • MarinaBeach Decorative Installations

    One of the several decorative installations at the beach

  • MarinaBeach PromenadeWithGallaries

    The beach has 14 landscaped galleries

  • Chennai catamaran

    A catamaran on the beach

  • Santhome beach by LMB

    Crowd at the beach in the evening

  • Chennai beach2

    The Marina Beach after the tsunami

  • Chennai beach1

    Rescue operations at the beach after the tsunami

  • Foreshore-Ganesh

    Immersion of Ganesh idols on the Marina at Foreshore Estate

  • Marina beach emblom signal

    Kamarajar Salai night view

  • Marina Beach

    A typical morning at the Marina

  • HeavyMineralsBeachSand

    Magnetite and other heavy minerals (dark) in the beach's quartz sand

  • Kamarajar Salai and Marina Beach

    Kamarajar Salai running along the beach

  • MarinaBeach AnnieBesant

    Annie Besant statue

  • MarinaBeach Avvaiyaar

    Avvaiyaar statue

  • MarinaBeach Barathidasan

    Barathidasan statue

  • MarinaBeach Barathiyaar

    Barathiyar statue

  • MarinaBeach FishermenStatue

    Fishermen at the Buckingham Canal statue

  • MarinaBeach GUPope

    George Uglow Pope statue

  • MarinaBeach Ilangovadigal

    Ilangovadigal statue

  • MarinaBeach Kambar

    Kambar statue

  • MarinaBeach Kannagi

    Kannagi statue

  • MarinaBeach MahatmaGandhi

    Mahatma Gandhi statue

  • MarinaBeach NSCBose

    Subash Chandra Bose statue

  • MarinaBeach RobertCaldwell

    Robert Caldwell statue

  • MarinaBeach Vivekanandar

    Vivekanandar statue

  • Triumph of Labour at Marina Beach

    Triumph of Labour statue

  • MarinaBeach Thiruvalluvar

    Thiruvalluvar statue

  • MarinaBeach ThilagarThidal

    Thilagar Thidal plaque

  • Statue of Kamarajar

    Kamarajar statue

  • Golden Jubilee of Independence memorial pillar, Marina, Chennai

    Golden Jubilee of Independence memorial pillar

  • Sivaji Ganesan Statue

    Sivaji Ganesan Statue

  • Waves of marina beach Chennai

    Waves of Marina beach, Chennai


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