The Entertainment Corridor is a stretch along

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in the

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. It runs from Thiruvanmiyur until Mudaliarkuppam and is dotted with a number of theme parks, boat houses, beaches, 5-star hotels and pubs. The corridor is termed "Entertainment Corridor".

Entertainment facilities

There are many boat houses including Muttukadu boat house and Mudaliarkuppam boat house. The corridor also has Multiplexes like Mayajaal Multiplex, Prarthana Drive-in theater. Theme Parks like VGP Universal Kingdom, MGM Dizzee World, etc. are also situated along this stretch. Mamallapuram, a 7th-century port city is a tourist attraction in the corridor and is an UNESCO

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Pancha Rathas Pancha Rathas (also known as Five Rathas or Pandava Rathas or Ainthinai kovil) is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Pancha Ra ...

Thirukadalmallai Sthalasayana Perumal Temple (also called Thirukadalmallai) is at Mahabalipuram. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the ''Naalayira Divya Prabandham'', the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar sai ...

(a Lord

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Temple), Descent of the Ganges (a giant open-air bas relief),

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(a relief sculpture) are some of the attractions in the city. An underwater city named Seven Pagodas existed which had 7 shore temples out of which only one stands at the shore of

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at present. Dakshina Chitra, a center for the living traditions of art, folk performing arts, craft and architecture of India with an emphasis on the traditions of South India is also along this corridor. It is a project of the Madras Craft Foundation (MCF), a non-profit organisation. DakshinaChitra opened to the public in December 1996. The center occupies ten undulating acres overlooking the Bay of Bengal.

Cholamandalam Artists' Village Cholamandal Artists' Village is an artists' commune in Chennai, India. Established in 1966, it is the largest artists' commune in India. The community is located in the southern coastal neighborhood of Injambakkam. Its artists are credited for t ...

(an artist community), Kart Attack (a Go-Karting racing track),

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(a reptile zoo and herpetology research station) are present along this corridor.

Muttukadu boat house Muttukadu boat house (Tamil: முட்டுக்காடு படகுக் குழாம்) is a water sport facility on the East Coast Road at Muttukadu, Chennai City, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India, offering rowing, wind ...

- Located at 23 km from Adayar, this backwater area is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, and offers rowing, wind surfing, water skiing, and speedboat riding.

Covelong Kovalam (Covelong) is a fishing village in Chennai, India, 40 kilometres south of Chennai, on the East Coast Road en route to Mahabalipuram. Covelong (Cabelon in French = Kovalam) was a port town developed in the 1720s by the Ostend Company on a ...

- Located at 26 km from Adayar, this bay is the site of a colonial Dutch Fort, and a fishing village with wind surfing opportunities. Tiger cave - ancient place with large rocks located before five kilometres from Mamallapuram

Cholamandal Artists' Village Cholamandal Artists' Village is an artists' commune in Chennai, India. Established in 1966, it is the largest artists' commune in India. The community is located in the southern coastal neighborhood of Injambakkam. Its artists are credited for t ...

- Founded in 1966, by

K.C.S. Paniker Kovalezhi Cheeramputhoor Sankara Paniker (31 May 1911 – 16 January 1977) was an Indian metaphysical and abstract painter from Malabar District. He interpreted the country's age-old metaphysical and spiritual knowledge in the 1960s, when Indian ...

, now an important art destination in the state.

Facilities under construction

"Miniature Tamil Nadu" is a new village being developed in of land by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development corporation (TTDC Ltd) in this corridor. It is a concept to integrate Tamil culture, nativity, heritage and resort facilities under one roof. "Underworld City" is a mega underwater aquarium being developed by TTDC adjacent to th
VGP Universal Kingdom
in the Golden Beach. The aquarium, set to be first of its kind in the country, would be spread across , featuring five-metre-deep tunnels through which people can tour the aquarium that is likely to feature some 5,000 marine species from across the world. About 30 tanks will be established to hold the fish. Amphitheatre, food courts and a marine bio-technology research centre would be part of the aquarium.

Beaches

A number of beaches is present along the entire stretch of the corridor making it another entertainment part of the corridor. Notable beaches are Thiruvanmiyur Beach,

, Golden beach, Pebble Beach, Neelankarai Beach, Palavakkam Beach and Mamallapuram Beach.

Adventure sports

A number of adventure water sports are promoted in the corridor. Para sailing, sailing, water skiing, water scooting, etc. are some of the adventure sports being promoted in Muttukadu and Mudaliarkuppam.

References

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