Marina Beach
Long urban sandy beach with a seafront promenade, snack stalls and crowds at sunset.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Marina Beach in Chennai is about money on the sand: the snack sellers who make a living from diced mango, coconut and fried gram. It follows a Wednesday in January 2021, when a court-ordered plan to tidy the beach met the vendors already working it, and a lottery drew thousands of hopefuls. Best heard on the promenade with the stalls in view.
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