Chennai (in Tamil சென்னை) is the capital of Tamil Nadu state in eastern India. Until recently the town was named or Madarasapatinam Madras on the coast of Coromandel and Bay of Bengal. Large area of Chennai city has nearly 7 million inhabitants.
Chennai city's economy relies heavily on the automotive industry, computers, technology, hardware manufacturing and medical industries. The city is the second largest exporter of software, information technology (IT) and information technology-enabled services
(ITES). The vast majority of auto production takes place around Chennai city.