page_title: Architecture of Tamil Nadu
section_title: Fort St. George
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of Tamil Nadu / Colonial / Notable buildings in Chennai / Fort St. George
caption_attribution_description: Senate Hall located in the Chepauk Campus of Madras University.
context_page_description: Nearly 33,000 ancient temples, many at least 800 to 2000 years old, are found scattered all over Tamil Nadu. As per Tamil Nadu Hindu Endowments Board, there are 38615 Temples. Most of the largest Hindu Temples reside here. Studded with complex architecture, variety of sculptures, and rich inscriptions, the temples remain the very essence of the culture and heritage of Tamil land, with historical records dating back to at least 3,000 years.
  The state also abounds with a large number of temple tanks. The state has 2,359 temple tanks located in 1,586 temples. and also confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient temples to the Indo-Saracenic style of the colonial era, churches, mosques to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers.
context_section_description: Built in 1639, Fort St George, used to house the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Secretariat. Tipu Sultan's cannons decorate the ramparts of the Fort's museum. The Fort has the country's tallest flagstaff at a height of 150 feet. The fort is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu.
caption: Senate House, Chennai
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