Chennai Trade Fair - Chennai Events

We had been to Chennai Trade fair yesterday, though we missed two other important events, Chennai Book Fair and Chennai Sangamam. but the day chosen for visiting Trade Fair is not correct as it is Sunday and a holiday immediately following up the Pongal holidays. So those who missed to go on friday on Kaanum Pongal day to go out and enjoy becoz of office or work, they would have made it on sunday.

So when we entered the place itself, we saw fully crowded and people occupying and standing on long queses for coffee shop, a temporary hotel set-up sponsored by Tamilnadu Hotels, pony riding, toy train sponsored by Aachi Masala Group and not to mention the restrooms too. Wherever you turn, you see the crowd and heads of people going ahead.

However, we had managed to go for the chosen areas which our daughter would be interested and enjoyed.

1) Aquarium, showcasing different fishes but not very much varieties

2) Bird's House featuring mostly pigeons, Doves, Love Birds kinds

3) Indian Railways booth with two mock trains run in the mock station and rail track setup.

As we had a visit to mock Amarnath Yatra setup back in another exhibition hosted in Nellai, we rather dint want to set our eyes on it again. But there was another big set up of showing the wonders of the world. Though I liked to go up in stairs, as we eyed it at the end of our trade tour, others were too tired to run up the stairs and cancelled it. For my daughter, she eyed the giant wheels and other rides but we could not even go near them as the crowd limit was very high, so we had to go to Marina beach on the way, to have the small toy-car ride for her.

In Trade Fair, as usual, many shops and stalls were putup for shopping and we shopped a slipper and spring bangle variety for my daughter. Her aunt got her one chain with earring set to go with her blue birthday dress.

On return, we went to beach for Geethu's toy ride, a plate of chilli and cauli flower bajji and stopped at Anjappar for dinner. Geethu as usual, enjoyed the outings and nicely tasted the chicken lollypop for dinner. There ends our weekend outing!

Chennai Trade Fair - a fair used to be conducted during January featuring different stalls and rides for people to enjoy the festival holidays.

Chennai Sangamam - a open Tamil festival focussing on Tamil Arts and Tastes and showcasing them at important city centres.

Chennai Book Fair - been conducted for many years in the January for around 20 days, showcasing books from all the Chennai and outside publications; even I had seen in the past, book stalls from neighbourhood countries.

Kaanum Pongal - the day people used to go out with friends and family for entertainment outing.