Dash N Splash was a

water theme park A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other b ...

located in

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. It was opened in 1995 and was the first exclusive water park in Chennai and South India. The idea of opening the water park was to get rid of the heat, sweat and dust of the city. The motto of the water park was "Refresh Yourself". Indian actor

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and a philanthropist. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He received numerou ...

inaugurated this theme park. The park was shaded with coconut trees for refreshment and relaxation. Dash N Splash had a number of water reservoirs and slides for adults, kids & senior citizens. It was permanently closed down in 2012.

About

Dash N Splash covered much of the Mevallur Kuppam village. It offered numerous water activities, water slides being the favorite amongst visitors. A few other attractions Dash N Splash offered were the wave slide, free-fall slide and spiral slide. This water park also had swimming pools, an artificial rainfall shower and a water fall for all ages.

Location

It was located near

Poonamallee Poonamallee is suburb of Chennai, India under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called ''Pushpagirimangalam'', later renamed in Tamil as ''Poovirundhavalli'' (), and now colloquially called as ''Poondhamalli''. It is a town in ...

- Bangalore National Highway (NH4) from Chennai, on on the banks of the Telugu Ganga project canal in Melvarkuppam Village close to

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