Lining the east of the city is the famous
Marina beach, at Kamarajar Road, 3 Km away from Madras. This is supposed
to be the second longest beach in the World and runs to a length of 12
Km. On the beach there is the Anna Park, named after the founder of D.M.K
(Dravida Munnetta Kazhakam) Anna durai and the tomb of M.G. Ramachandran
who was a film star and the charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.