Arignar Anna Zoological Park was the first Zoo established in the country in 1855. It is one of the largest Zoos in Southeast Asia, spreading across 602 hectares of land.

The Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is popularly believed to have been founded by Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandava brother. The temple's history is said to be recorded in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, one of the old Hindu religious scriptures.

The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. Thirumangai Alvar has glorified the powers of Komalavalli Thayar..

It is a children's park, more like a Zoo, where there are a few animals like deer, Blackbuck, jackal etc. and reptiles like lizards, crocodiles, alligators with a few birds. Not a place where one can spend more than an hour.

Tholkappia Poonga or Adyar Eco Park (also known as Adyar Poonga) is an ecological park set up by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Adyar estuary

The beach is the first longest beach in India and the second longest in the world. The length of the beach is 13 km. It is a renowned beach because the memorial of the two chief ministers M. G. Ramachandran and C. N. Annadura