Kovalam Beach
Wide surf beach in a fishing village, with a seaside saint's shrine and shallow backwaters nearby.
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This guide to Kovalam Beach, a fishing village on Chennai's southern coast, follows Thameem Ansari, a man tradition names as a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, from Medina to Sindh and on toward the Bay of Bengal. It touches the shrine the village built around his memory and the first Thursday after a full moon that its faithful keep. Best heard standing at the waterline, facing the sea.
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