A thing of beauty is a joy for ever ~
and one such is ‘Marina beach’ known for its pristine beautiful sandy shores - that runs
from Fort St George to Besant Nagar. This beach has a long history. This was conceived in 1884 and christened by
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff, the then governor of Madras – the beautiful
beach is famed for the ambience and rich eco system though it stands a lot polluted now. On the
road side, many stone statues, some of them installed during the Tamil World
Conference adorn the area.
Early morning the famous Marina beach
offers intriguing things. There are
young, old, fast, slow, and varied people indulging in chit-chatting, eating
and drinking the various health drinks ! that are sold on pavements. You can see people walking, walking fasting,
jogging, sprinting, skipping, doing physical exercises, yoga, laughing out loud
– more – all law unto themselves – thinking and spreading that these are the
passport to good health.
You can hear the sea, the sound of
waves and nearer – the waves jumping and touching the shore and then
submitting themselves to the shore but trying to comeback to conquer again !
would be very interesting sight –
One can see monstrous ships anchored in the middle of sea, some
fishing boats and Sun coming out as a red ball from the Sea – all great sights
to behold. To those given to enjoying
Nature, the morning at Marina provides innumerable
things like morning birds, dogs – stray, and owned – local and foreign breeds
of various sizes; posh cars; bi-cycles; vast expanse of sand and more…..
Chennai swelters a lot and when Summer
is peak - more people come to Marina to enjoy the natural cool sea breeze……… during summer vacation - the Police control and regulate the flow of
oncoming crowds by making beach road one way and by diverting vehicles at
various points.
Long back the great Sujatha wrote a short novel titled ‘Marina’
– the plot was woven around misdeeds of a wastrel son of a rich father – it described
the shady night time of beach haunted by spoilt rich who get into unadulating
crime…… the climax would reveal not who the killer was but there was no murder
at all - yet the spoilt-broth in a
poetic justice would get arrested for some other crime !
In end Aug, it is no longer summer –
there have been rains – this Sunday (24th
Aug 2014) had a casual stroll in the shores of Marina beach and the beach had
so many people - enjoying the
evening. Here are some photos taken by
me.
With regards – S. Sampathkumar.
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