Foreshore Estate is a neighbourhood in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

, India. It is situated along the southern stretch of the

Marina Beach Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of , making it the second longest ...

. The proposed Marina Business centre commercial complex on 25 acre land at Foreshore Estate in Chennai, is planned to develop by the State Government of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the primary sites in the city for the immersion of the

Ganesh Ganesha or Ganesh (, , ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped Deva (Hinduism), deities in the Hindu deities, Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions ...

(Vinayaka) idols during the annual Ganesh festival. The idols are first paraded down South

(Kamaraj Salai) before being brought to Foreshore Estate for immersion in the sea. The festival takes place in September. Some of the buses plying through Foreshore Estate are 6A, 6D, 12B, 21B, 21D, 21E, 21L, 27D, PP51, PP19, PP21 and PP66.

Location in context

Picture Gallery

File:Foreshore-Ganesh.jpg, Immersion of Ganesh at Foreshore Estate File:Adyar Creek at Foreshore Estate.jpg, Adyar Creek at Foreshore Estate File:Aftermath of Cyclone Nilam - A ship pushed to shore - Foreshore Estate.jpg, Aftermath of Cyclone Nilam - A ship pushed to shore - Foreshore Estate File:Foreshore Estate MTC bus stand.jpg, Foreshore Estate MTC bus stand.

References

External links

GeoHack - Pattinapakkam
Coastal neighbourhoods of Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub