MARINA BEACH Review.

Marina Beach, or simply Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach stretches 6.0 km (3.7 miles) from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estates in the south, making him the second longest urban beach in the world after Cox's Bazar Beach][4] ][5] It is a famous landmark in Chennai.

The marina is predominantly sandy, with an average width of 300 m (980 ft) [6] and 437 m (1,434 ft) at its widest point. Due to the extremely turbulent undercurrent, bathing and swimming in the marina is dangerous and prohibited by law. It is one of the busiest beaches in the country, with approximately 30,000 visitors each day on weekdays[7] and 50,000 on weekends and holidays[8][9][10] ]. About 15,000 to 20,000 people visit the beach every day in the summer.

Prior to the 16th century, land near the coast was frequently flooded due to rising sea levels. As the sea receded, it left behind some ridges and lagoons. South of Fort St. George, one such sand ridge ran from the mouth of the Combe River to the site of present-day Presidenty College. Behind the ridge is a huge depression, over which the university grounds were later built. The ridge is where the beach is today. [12] When Fort St. George was built in his 1640, the sea was too close to the fort. The building of the harbor near the fort resulted in sand accretion to the south of the fort and the harbor and the sea, which was washing the ramparts of the fort, moved afar at about 2.5 km away from the fort creating a wide beach between the land and the sea.[12]

 

Before the Madras harbor was built, the beach was just a strip of mud, teeming with mudskippers. The beach washed up close to the present day road for a long time until the harbor was built in 1881. Mount stuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, the governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886, who was captivated by the beach on an earlier visit to the city in the late 1870s,[13][14] conceived and built the promenade along the beach in 1884 by extensively modifying and layering with soft sand. He also gave it the name Madras Marina in the same year.[13][14] Since the early 19th century, a number of public buildings were constructed fronting the beach.[12]

 

Ever since the harbor was built, the area south of the port has accreted significantly, forming the present day's beach mainly due to the presence of wave breakers laid for the construction of the harbor, although the coast in the northern region has undergone severe erosion.[15] Eventually, the north-drifting current widened the beach to its present extent. The beach was formed as a result of arresting the littoral drift by the port's breakwater.[16][17] The area of the beach is increasing 40  km every year due to progradation.

The promenade was built in 1884 and several have been added along the route. The nation's first aquarium was established in 1909 as he was one of the first aquariums added. Shortly after independence, a statue of Victory at Labor replicated on the lawn of the Capitol and a statue of Gandhi on the steps of the "March to Dandy" were erected on the beach. In 1968, on the occasion of the First World Tamil Congress, Avvaiyar, Thiruvalluvar, Kambal, Subramaniya Bharatiyar, Bharatidasan, Bishop of Europe Caldwell, G.U. The Pope and Veerama Munisvar. The Anna Memorial was built in 1970 and the MGR Memorial in 1988, shortening the northern end of the route. A statue of Kamaraj was added later [13] . Also in December 2016, the cornerstone was laid for then-Tamil Chief Minister of Nadu J. Jayalalithaa to build his M.G.R. Memorial Campus and their memorial there[18]. 8th August 2018, Tamil His Nadu former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was buried next to his mentor Annadurai at Marina Beach.

 

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