MAD RAS (Chennai) ki, aa name ela vacindooo....

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15 hours ago, Tywin_Lannister said:

The land in which the city now sits once belonged to the Vijayanagara Empire and its most famous ruler was Sri Krishna Devaraya. Chennai is the shortened neame of what was originally called Chennapattnam, a name given to the area because it was leased out and later ceded to the British by a local chieftan of the Vijayanagara empire named "Damarla Chennapa Nayakudu (Naidu)" of Sri Kalahasti. The chieftan was a Telugu.
 
Chennapattnam literally means "The city of Chennappa". The English name Madras is most widely believed to have been derived from the name of a famous Portugese Church built for Mother Mary "Madre De Deus" (The Mother of God) and dedicated to St. Thomas (Madre De Deus was anglicised to "Madras" by the British). This church is now called "San Thome" and is located in Mylapore, at the southern end of Marina Beach.

+1. I think Chennappa built the city and kuppam was his capital (or he is from Kuppam or Chandragiri)