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| A fishing boat arrives at harbor |
Few Sundays back I had been to Kasimedu in north Chennai, but I
couldn't make into the fishing harbor (one of the major fishing grounds for
catching fishes in Chennai) which I have done twice long back. The Ennore High
Road was pretty much busy even being Sunday, the containers kept moving in and
out of the Chennai Port (which seems active 24/7), forced us to take U-turn at
the entry level of the harbor since we don’t want to take risk of getting
struck with those heavy duty trucks.
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| A ship anchored at mid-sea, seen beyond the pretty neat harbor pier |
When I was back in 2004 (a month ahead to Tsunami attack, which sent
great destruction towards the fishing harbor) the road had been so empty and we
managed to drive till the end of Ennore High Rd that leads up to Thazankuppam,
a fishing hamlet. The road travels almost close to sea, experience wonderful
splashes of water as waves crash the rocks and concrete blocks that make
seawall. It was great excitement then, when we were allowed driving into the
concrete fishing pier that surrounds the harbor, and got the opportunity to see
boats enter and exit as we come to halt at the mouth of the harbor.
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| Boat building and mending yard |
A boat number
The Kasimedu fishing harbor located north of Chennai Port (under the
administrative of same) is also facilitate of building fishing boats, and the
harbor has a capacity to handle about 575 fishing craft, is used by over 1300
boats. Renowned as a retail fish market, Kasimedu has 90 stalls located within
the fishing harbor complex adjacent to the auction shed. On the day of our
visit, and due to some work going within the harbor pier couldn't make us drive
into and the police had also made some block preventing vehicles. But somehow managed to get some pictures shot
from the Ennore High Rd, which u see here.
This photo was shot from the Royapuram flyover, overlooking the
Chennai Port (container terminal) and what you see there was one of the huge
cranes that transfer containers. Actually it was on the move while shot this
picture and it makes siren sound as it progress.
Great shots all! The serenity of the waters is so pronounced in the first two pictures!However i don't see any fish folks in the next,though there is a lot of other paraphernalia.
ReplyDeletevery colorful images Jeevan
ReplyDeletewow! these are great images, jeevan! love the rock wall and the boats!
ReplyDeleteit must be such a cool experience
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Hi Jeevan,
ReplyDeleteNice photos, especially of those older boats with fading paint and wear. They are the 'rich' vessels.
I notice the T.N. on a boat's markings, possibly a registration number, implying Tamil Naadu?
Great images and a wonderful walk down memory lane for me. Thanks for sharing!
Take care.
Peace ;)
Wonderful coverage. I think I have passed through this place.
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell the salty air!
ReplyDeleteExcellent pics, as usual. Are you going to put up the pics from Kovalam beach next?
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PS: It was great meeting you today :)
That is one very busy port.... Sorry you couldn't get as close as you had gotten before --but you did get some great photos. Looks like a very busy place. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
Beautiful.Lesser known places of Chennai tourist circuit. North Madras is not very popular isn't it?
ReplyDeleteSome amazing shots Jeevan. Wow. Have a great day sir!
ReplyDeleteWHat lovely boats!
ReplyDeleteI saw this posting earlier but didn't get a chance to comment. The photos are so wonderful to see and I really like the colors that one can see in each of the photos.
ReplyDeleteNice captures Jeevan.
ReplyDeleteWell taken pics.
Thank you for sharing these photos and I have told you once that I love to see everything in Chennai.
ReplyDeleteThey may be boring scenes of your daily life but we foreigners love them!! நன்றி!