BESANT NAGAR BROKEN BRIDGE

A backward ward view of  besant nagar beach very famously known as BROKEN BRIDGE , it is located in besant nagar, adyar.

we could able to view a man fishing in the canal.  this is river named adyar river. this is the meeting point of the river and the sea.  actually the picture was shot by me…  i planned to poterate that man who is fishing as a direction compass . when you have a sudden look at this picture you might think in a way as i said.

When we speak about this spot located in besant nagar,Chennai.  This is a very famous well known shooting spot. most of the recent filims would have taken atleast a single shot in this spot this is a public spot.

so any one can visit the site. no restrictions.  this bridge has got its name as broken bridge because the bridge which ih

been constructed in this site is been broken. this bridge has been used for transportation before some 20 years back.

no government has taken steps to reconstruct it. and because of that only it had became as a famous shooting and tourist spot.

This bridge is located some few meters from besant nagar bridge, And this is a famous and nice hangout spot. the bridge is used to connect santhom and besant nagar. Since the bridge is broken we have to take a long travel of 4km to reach the santhom from besant nagar.

Besant nagar beach is it self a very famous hangout,tourist and shooting spot.  this besant nagar beach is located in few kilometer distance from EAST COAST ROAD very well known as ECR. The landmark of this place is VELANKANNI CHURCH . very famous tourist spot. Those who come to Chennai as tourist  should not miss this spot.

And the next landmark of this besant nagar is ASTALAKSHMI TEMPLE. This is an historical temple this temple comprises of all avathars of goddess  LAKSHMI. this temple is a very famous tourist spot in Chennai. when speaking about this temple we ill become more religious. so any one who has a chance to come to besant nagar please do not miss your chance to vist these spots nd hangout locations in besant nagar,Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India.

PART I

mic legacy ft. khizman , taxi
statik selektah ft. styles p & talib kweli , the thrill is gone
method man & redman , dis iz 4 all my smokers
u.g.k. , da game been good to me
scarface , high powered
rakim , it’s nothing
busta rhymes , blackout
superstar quamallah , love has madeus
will roush , parents just don’t understand
blaq poet , don’t give a fuccc
ghostface killah & mf doom , ctw theme rmx.
rapper big pooh , move
self scientific , it’s on
blahzay , look
torae & marco polo , but wait
j-$crilla ft. chaundon, nickelus f & five , culture of honour
chali 2na ft. talib kweli , lock shit down
red cafe ft. consequence , hottest in the hood rmx.
jay rock ft. the game , follow me home
gang starr , check the technique

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PART II

gang starr ft. big shug & bumpy knuckles , the militia
e.p.m.d. ft. m.o.p. , symphony
das efx , undaground rappa
das efx , straight out the sewer
da bush babees ft. q-tip , 3 mc’s
blahzay blahzay , pain i feel
wu-tang clan , it’s yourz
the lone ranger , it’s yours
tha alkaholiks , make room
public enemy , public enemy no. 1
ice cube ft. das efx , check yo self
big , party & bullshit
a tribe called quest , if the papes come rmx.
slick rick , a children’s story
positive k , i got a man
masta ace , i got ta
leaders of the new school , quarter to cuttthroat
eric b. & rakim , i ain’t no joke
buckshot (funk flex mix) , i ain’t no joke & follow me
blackmoon , buck ‘em down beatminerz rmx.
common , like they used to say

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So Mother’s Day came and went, as did our weekly Sunday-night local-music ritual known as Rock Talk on Z 106.7. Busy lavishing wonderfulness on Mom last night? It’s cool; you can listen to the entire episode after the break. In the mix you’re going to hear The Bootheel talking about its Outland Ballroom show with The Cropdusters, The Hundred Hand String Band discussing its trip to the MoKan Music Festival this weekend and Lebanon rockers Broken Bridge telling us about dedications to the troops, battles of the bands and the potential for getting locked out of the house. We also impersonate numerous things badly along the way. Listen and enjoy.

Rock Talk 5/10/09 Part 1

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murs & 9th wonder , and i love it
heltah skeltah , everything is heltah skeltah
the game ft. common , angel
ll cool j , marley marl freestyle
saigon ft. red 5 aka just blaze , believe it
big shug , muhf*cka
cold 187um (above the law) , preach
slim thug presents: the boss hogg outlawz ft. ray j , keep it playa
bishop lamont , grow up
nyoil , each morning
skillz ft. common & talib kweli , so far so good
cl smooth ft. skyzoo , perfect timing
broken bridge ft. peep sho , time
butta verses ft. lucien , if i die
reks , the one
9th wonder & buckshot ft. carlitta durand , go all out (no doubt!!!)

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dj revolution ft. krs one , the dj
buff 1 ft. blackmilk , never fall
epmd , run it
termanology ft. bun b , this is how we rock
1st infantry ft. havoc & twin , the midnight creep
emcee anime ft. animal cracka, 6th sense & emilio rojas , guerilla music
raheem jamal , high energy
q-tip , gettin’ up
reks , say goodnight
the game , 911 is a joke (cop killa)
emc , leak it out
buff 1 , beat the speakers up
joell ortiz , memories
9th wonder & buckshot ft. talib kweli & tyler woods , hold it down

 I went to this place on August 15, 2008 for the photo shoot of Sun Rise, but there was no sight of sun today…any way a enjoyable place…away from crowd…pin drop silence… come let me take u all to this place…………………………………

 For Chennaitie’s on weekend the most hang out place is Elliots Beach alias Besant Nagar Beach. Being calm. Not much crowded (now its almost equal to Marina), cleanness, Being less polluted. Other than this Besant Nagar gets credit by having the most prestigious century old place Theosophical Society of India and Kalakshetra. How many know about another century old structure in ruins just a stone throw away at the end of Besant Nagar Beach? Yes there is a place called Olcot Kuppam a Fishermen colony at the end of Beach.

 Just pass on the slum road for 1 kilometer adjacent to Theosophical Society compound wall, listing to birds songs, sight many birds, people came for jogging, Fishermen haunting with nets in the polluted river and sea… at the dead end you will stand in front of Elphinstone Bridge…popularly called as ‘broken bridge’ across Adyar river, and this the place river meets sea.

Elphinstone Bridge

 - Situated across the Adyar River, the bridge was built to provide work during the catastrophic famine in South India in 1876-1878. As a result of a severe cyclone the observatory anemometer broke down and one of the pillars of the Elphinstone Bridge was blown off.

A survey of pollution in the Adyar River has suggested that it is 98% effluent. Despite the pollution the southern banks of the river, in the grounds of Theosophical society, have remnants of mangrove. This is the mouth of the river and the estuary is home to a wide range of mammal’s and reptiles. But while they still remain, even in diminished numbers, the wild life brigade hopes that an official commitment by authority, to declare what is left as a sanctuary, will be kept.

The conservationists also hope that bird watching can be given a fillip by re-developing the old Elphinstone Bridge of 1840. That bridge, now blocked at both ends by a jungle of hoarding supports and its main stretch overgrown with wild vegetation nourished by the public latrine it is used as, is what the optimists hope can be developed into a beautiful promenade with small parks at both ends, seating arrangements and facilities for bird watching. Dreaming is still free, isn’t it?

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Elphinstone Bridge

An extract from Hindu Article published in 2002.

ONCE IT was the southern boundary of Madras and it’s that marker till 1946, The Adyar River rises in the Chembarabakkam Tank and runs 20 kilometers before entering city limits. It then runs about five kilometers in the city before its estuary opens out to the sea. Once, this estuary stretched from close to what is now Foreshore Estate to the southern bank abutting the Theosophical Society’s gardens. In what was essentially a salty lagoon, there were several islands, at least four in a map of 1798, the largest of them called Quibble Island. When and how these islands merged with the north bank I’ve not discovered, but it certainly happened before the late 19th Century. It was some time shortly after that, that the Quibble Island Cemetery came into existence, today, in a nice display of ecumenism, shared by both Roman Catholics and Protestants of all denominations. The change from island to peninsula also created the backwaters that lie north of Quibble Island – as the area is still known. It is these backwaters that are called Adyar Creek, distinct from the Adyar River and its broad estuary with narrow mouth perpetually silted due to the sand bank created by the currents ever since the Harbor’s groynes were built.

The Adyar Estuary, with its remaining islands and mangrove stands on the southern bank, is an area that offers river, marsh, woods, backwaters, islets, sea and open ground which have at times hosted over 150 species of birds as well as small wildlife, including jackals, foxes, wild cats, snakes and other reptiles. Few places in a city anywhere offered better bird watching for the enthusiast. Over seventy migratory species from the far north of Asia used to turn up annually from August onwards and during the summer, it has been a nesting ground for at least 50 Indian breeding species.

No wonder, there was once a huge sign with a map on it, at the northern end of the bridges that crossed the river, proclaiming the Forest Department’s intention to have the area declared a sanctuary. For one reason or another, the sign suddenly disappeared one day, around six or seven years ago, and another sign at the Adyar Creek end was content to proclaim the area a Reserve Forest. Much public interest litigation has gone on for the last five years, over the status of the area and the development taking place in it, but it would seem the conservationists have lost the battle and it is only a matter of time before the fauna in the estuary will vanish forever and the flora stifled.

 How to reach…>This Broken Bridge across the Adyar River is once the lifeline of people travelling from Foreshore Estate to Besant Nagar.

From Foreshore estate u cannot enter this area. Travel till the Besant Nagar, at the end of the beach u can see the Fisher men colony called KUPPAM or OLCOT KUPPAM. Pass on the narrow muddy road further a Kilometer along the Theosophical Society compound wall, u will hit the dead end of the Adyar River. There bridge stands here as a mute spectator for the nature fury.

 Note: Don’t visit this place during the late evening. Place is not safe and it is deserted.  ©Ramesha JS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken bridge at besant nagar, one of my favourite spots in chennai…a lot has been said about this place in many blogs…i’m just uploading some photos of it