why chennai can boast of its heritage

Recent research has revealed traces of life's origin to india .we have got it on our backs from indus valley civilisation one of the oldest civilizations upto modern age thinking and ideologies.. what not a blend of english,dutch ,portugese,persian ,spanish,french,persian culture architecture cuisine mixing with native indian flavour.you ll be stunned to know abt an chennai{madras} taken as an example..it goes like tis
The name Chennai is a shortened form of Chennapattinam, the name of the town that grew around Fort St. George, which was built by the British in 1640 CE. The town area is said to have been earlier a part of the empire of the Rajas of Chandragiri.
There are two versions about the origin of the name Chennai: According to one version, Chennapattinam was named after Damerla Chennappa Nayaka, a Vijayanagar chieftain, Padma Nayak Velama Raja of Kalahasthi and Vandavasi from whom the British acquired the town in 1639 CE. The first official use of the name Chennai is said to be in a sale deed, dated August 1639, to one Francis Day who was an agent for the British [9]. According to a second version, Chennapattinam was named after the Chenna Kesava Perumal Temple. The word chenni in Tamil means face, and the temple was regarded as the face of the city[10].
The city's former name Madras is derived from Madraspattinam, a fishing village north of Fort St. George. There is a little disagreement among researchers about the exact origin of the name Madraspattinam. Some believe that the Portuguese, who arrived in the area in the 16th century, may have named the village Madre de Deus. Others believe that the village's name came from the once prominent Madeiros family (variously known as Madera or Madra in succeeding years) of Portugese origin, which had consecrated the Madre de Deus Church in the Chennai locality, Santhome, in 1575. (The church was demolished in 1997.)
Some time after the British gained possession of the area in the 17th century, the two towns, Madraspattinam and Chennapattinam, got merged, the British referring to the united town as Madraspattinam, while the locals preferring to call it Chennapattinam.

coming to language blend
Madras Tamil or Madras bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை), is a type of mixed language spoken in the city of Chennai, India (previously known as Madras). It is a loose polyglot blend of Tamil and English, with loanwords from Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Urdu. The term therefore is Tamil for Madras .....lots more abt architecture in my nex blog...