Marina Beach is having a continuous 14km long stretch of
sea-shore. It is the second longest beach in the world.
Marina Beach has been a landmark of Chennai -city, since
many years.
Broad and long Roads and Platforms with parks are neatly
maintained by the Chennai City Corporation. The Marina
Beach is a beautiful place for tourists and people of
Chennai to pass time peacefully and enjoy. People walk,
jog, run and do aerobic exercises in the beach, in the
early mornings in the sun light with Ozone- filled pure
air.
The statues of many Political and Historic Celebrities
are decorating the entire length of the Marina Beach.
The statues provide a beautiful sight for the passers by
and tourists. The Mahatma Gandhi statue, the Labourers
Statue are frequently shown in many Tamil and other
South Indian Cinemas (Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam).
Marina Beach has become a good location for duets in
cinemas. Also the present Mega serials of various
channels of Television use the Marina Beach in their
episodes.
The Light House, Aquarium, Swimming pool, Anna Samadhi
and MGR Samadhi situated along the beach side are
visited by the tourists. The Memorials of Arignar Anna
and MGR have made the Marina Beach a historic place too.
It will be a nice experience to watch the activities of
fishermen in the early morning in the sea-shore of
Marina Beach. Fishermen will throw a multiple thorns
attached to long nets, with worms in the sea, for
catching fish and other fish food. After some time they
will pull out the long nets. A number of fishes will be
trapped in the thorns in a row. The fishermen will go
very early in the morning in Kattumarams and motor-boats
to the deep sea for harvesting fishes, crabs and prawns.
Many people will buy the sea-food before they are iced
from the fishermen in the Marina Beach, at cheap rates.
The Marina Beach has opened regular part-time employment
to many people. Many boys and men are selling
Chenna-Sundals, fried/boiled ground nuts and Murukkus
made of rice and other eatables like hot mirchi bajjies,
samosas, mango cuts, baked and fried corns and
ice-creams.
People visiting Marina Beach are of various categories
such as:-