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CHENNAI TOURIST PLACES...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Elliot's Beach is in Besant Nagar locally called as Besant Nagar Beach.
The beach has many fast food joints and other
entertainments. There is a stone memorial (The
Schmidt Memorial) of a Dutch sailor Karl Schmidt who
lost his life while saving a drowning swimmer. It is
a recognisable landmark at this place. Elliot's
Beach is popular place for many Indian movie
shoots. There are many shrines like the Ashtalakshmi
Temple and Velankani Church on this beach. The
Velankani Church is smaller than the original shrine
at Nagapattinam. But the church attracts a lot of
pilgrims. The Ashtalakshmi Temple is a new one
dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi. Ashta means eight, and
the eight forms of Lakshmi are worshipped in this
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