Chennai-trivia

Chennai

1] From which village in north arcot does the river cooum begin?

Sattarai

2] Which tennis star has won the Chennai open tennis tournament twice in a row?

Carlos moya

3] Wherein at chennai do you have a buddist shrine, hindu temple and a church within the  same compound

The theosophical society.

4] What do kapil dev,sachin tendulkar, leander paes, Mahesh bhupathi and Nasser Hussein have in common?

They are the only 5 people to be given the honorary life member ship of madras cricket club.

5] Nearest island from Chennai. located 25 km north of Fort St George and 5 km from Ennore Port. Spread across 18 sq km, this island has 12 hamlets, ringed by the Bay of Bengal on the east, Ennore Creek on the south, Pulicat Lake and the Buckingham Canal on the north-west. The protected Olive Ridley sea-turtles breed on its  beach

Kattupalli Island

6] Name the isva temple in north madras which has 27 lingams for the 27 stars-adipuriswarar temple worshiped in the shape of an ant hill in

Adipuriswarar Temple is located at Tiruvottiyur

7] Buddha Vihar. This holy place enshrines a big statue of Lord Buddha. Where  it is situated.

It  is located at Keeneth Lane in Egmore,

8] A village exclusively for vegetarians. About 50 families live in this village now. When a person is allotted a plot in this village, he/she has to declare himself/herself a life-long vegetarian and teetotaller life. The main feature of the village is a goshala (cow shed) with 46 cows that ensure a supply of fresh and pure milk

Where it is and what it is? And  its name

It is on the Madhavaram-Red Hills High Road and it is called

Chandda Prabhoo

9] Mr. Frederic Tudor built a  structure to keep ice cool for  long duration by insulating it from heat.

This is building is a land mark in Chennai

Ice house now called vivekanandar illam

10] Chennai’s Mount Road or Anna Salai’s original name

 GST Road (Grand South Trunk Road)