Chennai

Chennai, formerly called Madras is 140km from Pondicherry. With over 4 millions inhabitants, it is far different from the quiet Pondicherry.

This section's is not to be exhaustive but give you interesting addresses people give us.
If you are in Chennai, you can find a little paper guide called Explo City, the equivalent of our City Direct. It is free and contains all shops, hotels etc...

SPENCER PLAZA
The oldest mall in India, you can find clothes, shoes, jewellery...
G-47ground Floor
Anna Salai Mount Road

CITI CENTER
Shopping centre that hosts department store Lifestyle, Landmarks and lots of other shops, restaurants, cinemas...
10&11, Dr Radha Krishna Salai, Mylapore

NALLI SILKS
The unmissable sari shop. fabric and silks also available. 2 shops in T Nagar.
No.9 Nageswaran Road, T. Nagar,
(044)-243 44 115 / 426 04 567
and
100 Usman Road, T. Nagar,
(044) 24314900
nalli.com/

MOTHER CARE
English brand where one can find everything for new borns and children : bottles, cots, car seats, strollers, clothes, toys, books... They also sell pregnancy clothes.
Kuppu Arcade, T Nagar (right behind old Nalli shop)
(044) 426 41 850
mothercare.com/

ABSOLUTE RESTAURANT
A trendy restaurant serving Californian Fusion cuisine. Very interesting...
absoluterestaurants.in/indexabsolute.html

CASA MIA
Decoration objects and house linen
27 Cenotaph 2nd lane
(044) 243 50 602

FCML HOME
Decoration, fancy clocks, glasses...
Aarthi Arcade,
114, Radha Krishna Salai, Mylapore,
Opp. AVM Kalyana Mandapam
(044) 450 64 304
fcmlindia.com/


SATSANGA HOTEL
Very nice and cheap hotel (from INR 2100 for a single room with a/c)
283, Anna Salai, Teynampet
(044) 43144635 / 43144636
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