page_title: Anna Flyover
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Flyover / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: Equestrian statue in Anna Salai, Chennai. This statue was installed some time in 70's in remembrance of abolition of Horse Racing in Chennai. There were reports that statue of the man is made with the features of Vandhiya Thevan of Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan. Two identical statues are installed on both sides of Anna Flyover. This is one facing Uthmar Gandhi Salai (i.e.Nungambakkam High Road)
context_page_description: Anna Flyover, also known as Gemini Flyover, is a dual-armed grade separator in the central business district of Chennai, India. Built in 1973 and dubbed one of the top-rated flyovers in the country, it is Asia's First Grade Separator, the first flyover in Chennai and the third Flyover in India, after the ones at Kemps Corner and Marine Drive in Mumbai. It was the longest flyover in the country when it was built. Its main purpose is to allow traffic movement on Mount Road—now renamed Anna Salai—near Nungambakkam High Road to continue unhindered by the cross traffic. The presence of the Gemini Studios, which was demolished later, resulted in the flyover coming to be known as Gemini Flyover and the area being referred to as the Gemini Circle.
  On two sides of the circle roundabout below the centre of the flyover are two identical statues of a man controlling a horse placed there to commemorate the banning of horse racing.
context_section_description: This Equestrian horse statue was sculpted by the Late.Sri M.N.Jayaram Nagappa son of the great sculptor Rao Bahadur M S Nagappa and brother of Sri M N Mani Nagappa who is also a world-renowned sculptor.
  Before climbing Anna Flyover (when heading in the direction towards the airport) to the left are the Oxford University Press and the U.S. Consulate, and to the right one can find the remains of the old Safire Theatre complex.
  Gemini studio has been demolished and a shopping complex called Parson Manor and a 5-star deluxe hotel called The Park have been built in its place. Opposite to these across the flyover lies the Semmozhi Poonga, the 20-acre, ₹ 80-million botanical garden constructed by the horticultural department.
caption: Equestrian statue on the Nungambakkam side of Anna flyover
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