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Gandhi
Mandapam
is
a
series
of
memorial
structures
built
on
Sardar
Patel
Road,
in
Adyar,
Chennai.[1][2][3]
The
first
structure
to
be
built
on
the
premises
was
a
memorial
to
Mahatma
Gandhi,
opened
by
then
Chief
Minister
of
Madras,
C.
Rajagopalachari
on
27
January
1956.
Later,
four
other
memorials
for
independence
activtist
Rettamalai
Srinivasan
and
former
chief
ministers
Rajaji,
Kamaraj
and
M.
Bhaktavatsalam
were
added.[3]
Owing
to
its
prominence,
the
premise
is
often
utilized
for
public
functions,
particularly
for
cultural
discourses
and
music
shows.[4][5]
The
site
also
serves
as
a
recreational
park
in
the
city
Gandhi
Mandapam
is
a
series
of
memorial
structures
built
on
Sardar
Patel
Road,
in
Adyar,
Chennai.[1][2][3]
The
first
structure
to
be
built
on
the
premises
was
a
memorial
to
Mahatma
Gandhi,
opened
by
then
Chief
Minister
of
Madras,
C.
Rajagopalachari
on
27
January
1956.
Later,
four
other
memorials
for
independence
activtist
Rettamalai
Srinivasan
and
former
chief
ministers
Rajaji,
Kamaraj
and
M.
Bhaktavatsalam
were
added.[3]
Owing
to
its
prominence,
the
premise
is
often
utilized
for
public
functions,
particularly
for
cultural
discourses
and
music
shows.[4][5]
The
site
also
serves
as
a
recreational
park
in
the
cityChennai
(/ˈtʃɛnaɪ/
(About
this
soundlisten),
Tamil:
[ˈt͡ʃenːai]),
also
known
as
Madras
(/məˈdrɑːs/
(About
this
soundlisten)
or
/-ˈdræs/,[13]
the
official
name
until
1996),
is
the
capital
of
the
Indian
state
of
Tamil
Nadu.
Located
on
the
Coromandel
Coast
off
the
Bay
of
Bengal,
it
is
the
biggest
cultural,
economic
and
educational
centre
of
south
India.[dubious
–
discuss]
According
to
the
2011
Indian
census,
it
is
the
sixth-most
populous
city
and
fourth-most
populous
urban
agglomeration
in
India.
The
city
together
with
the
adjoining
regions
constitutes
the
Chennai
Metropolitan
Area,
which
is
the
36th-largest
urban
area
by
population
in
the
world.[14]
Chennai
is
among
the
most-visited
Indian
cities
by
foreign
tourists.
It
was
ranked
the
43rd-most
visited
city
in
the
world
for
the
year
2015.[15]
The
Quality
of
Living
Survey
rated
Chennai
as
the
safest
city
in
India.[promotional
language][dubious
–
discuss][16]
Chennai
attracts
45
percent
of
health
tourists
visiting
India,
and
30
to
40
percent
of
domestic
health
tourists.[17]
As
such,
it
is
termed
"India's
health
capital".[18][19]
Chennai
had
the
third-largest
expatriate
population
in
India,
at
35,000
in
2009,
82,790
in
2011
and
estimated
at
over
100,000
by
2016.[20][21]
Tourism-guide
publisher
Lonely
Planet
named
Chennai
as
one
of
the
top
ten
cities
in
the
world
to
visit
in
2015.[22]
Chennai
is
ranked
as
a
beta-level
city
in
the
Global
Cities
Index,[23]
and
was
ranked
the
best
city
in
India[promotional
language]
by
India
Today
in
the
2014
annual
Indian
city
survey.[24][25]
In
2015
Chennai
was
named
the
"hottest"
city
(city
worth
visiting
and
worth
living
in
for
long
term)
by
the
BBC,
citing
the
mixture
of
both
modern
and
traditional
values.[26]
National
Geographic
mentioned
Chennai
as
the
only
South
Asian
city
to
feature
in
its
2015
"Top
10
food
cities"
list.[27]
Chennai
was
also
named
the
ninth-best
cosmopolitan
city
in
the
world
by
Lonely
Planet.[promotional
language][28]
In
October
2017,
Chennai
was
added
to
the
UNESCO
Creative
Cities
Network
(UCCN)
list
for
its
rich
musical
tradition.[29]
The
Chennai
Metropolitan
Area
is
one
of
the
largest
municipal
economies
of
India.
Chennai
is
nicknamed
"The
Detroit
of
India",[1]
with
more
than
one-third
of
India's
automobile
industry
being
based
in
the
city.
Home
to
the
Tamil
film
industry,
Chennai
is
also
known
as
a
major
film
production
centre.
Chennai
is
one
of
the
100
Indian
cities
to
be
developed
as
a
smart
city
under
the
Smart
Cities
MissionChennai
is
located
on
the
south–eastern
coast
of
India
in
the
north–eastern
part
of
Tamil
Nadu
on
a
flat
coastal
plain
known
as
the
Eastern
Coastal
Plains.
Its
average
elevation
is
around
6.7
metres
