Discover Chennai Poem by Umasree Raghunath

To me as a child, Chennai was a destination in holiday
To revitalise, rejuvenate and recreate a new epic everyday
This city of temples and a destination for dravidian culture
Love to see the beautiful ladies in the nine yard saree
The pandits who made the sanskrit reborn here
With the charisma of the mantras and vedic culture
The ancient music academy still a destination for art
A centre for music and dance fest throughout the year
The kala niketan that created a new artist every day
The theosophical society that united the chennai in gay
The oldest children park in guidy with animals for fun
The snakes that dance to tunes of the charmers play
The crown of Education in India, the Anna University
The elegance of the campus with the intelligence abode
Place of the president of India Sir Kalam who created history
A inspiring, enlightening and ever happening story
The premier IIT with the most cherished campus
With the culturals and education that draw intelligence
Sanskrit college in Mylapore rebirth to an dying language
University of Madras and Presidency college
QueenMarys and Wellington the oldest women destinations
With the beauty of Vaishnav, Meenakshi, Etiraj and Stella
The city is full of talent, beauty, poise and growth
LIC, the name, the brand and synonym to insurance
Stands royally in the longest road called Annasalai
The butterfly beauty of Raheja, the complexity of Tarapore
The elegancy of Royala and Ribbon building shining in white
The Central station that bring in not just people but various cultures
To this great city since the day that it stood in the heart
The central prison that saw the best of inmates and worst of crimes
Stand as a passage to send out the people from bad to refinement
The flooding hotel industry with the charm of chola, savera
And recent additions of GRT, The Park, and the oldest Taj
A destination for business, travel, class, fun and ofcourse crime
Can your taste buds escape the spice of the poonuswamy or
Virudhunagar, or Amaravathi or the recent murugan idly shop
Nothing in comparison to the home made food of chennai city
With the spicy idly sambar, puttu pallu, appam and vadacurry
The most cherishing East Coast Road that drives the youth
With the beach villas, resorts and privacy, the theme parks
Of Kishkinta, MGM and oldest ship at VGP Golden beach
Can anything be so mighty and elegant that the Parthasarthy in Triplicane
Or the St Thomas Mount in Saidapet, the TTD in T Nagar
Shopping destination is the Ranganathan Street,
Want anything, just go here where the vendors make millions everyday
Sometime somethings unique at a unexpected price
Just want into the mint street, burma bazzar or the chennai's Paris
Koyambedu the destination for flower, fruits and vegetables
The marina beach finds you not just fish but the best of shells
The line of status that depict the history along the coast
The mahabalipuram with the ancient tradition in place
The upthe hill abode of tirunermalai with Lord Venkateswara
And Godess Kamakshi at Mangadu, the temple of Astalakshmi
The Muruga taking abode in Vadapalani and Kundratur