POTENTIAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM IN CHENNAI- A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HERITAGE BUILDINGS

India is having one of the oldest civilization on the planet, known for its own diversity of great culture, heritage, folklores, arts, traditions, rituals, monuments. Chennai is being one of the important metro city, developments with city plans and its sustainable initiatives with the environment conservation. The primary focus of the paper is to identify the of the current state of affairs on the heritage buildings in chennai and the ways to redefine and preserve the architecture.