{"id":3463,"date":"2015-01-26T14:51:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:50:59","slug":"chennais-republic-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3463","title":{"rendered":"Chennai&#8217;s Republic Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a pretty special day in India &#8211; even President Obama agreed, as he spent the better part of the day with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having been invited as Chief Guest for the annual Republic Day Parade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>President Obama is honored to be back in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash\">#India<\/a> to celebrate Republic Day and to begin a new chapter in the US-India partnership. Jai Hind!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @NSCPress (@NSCPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSCPress\/status\/559224651839045633\">January 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The event was a &#8220;first&#8221; for several reasons. Here&#8217;s the initial announcement from last November: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend over\u2026invited President Obama to be the 1st US President to grace the occasion as Chief Guest. \u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/535794981332459521\">November 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Obama was the first President to ask Congress to reschedule the State of the Union address to make this possible.<\/p>\n<p>If, like us, you weren&#8217;t invited to this historic occasion, you can catch up on what you missed in New Delhi on Twitter, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RepublicDay&amp;src=tyah\" target=\"_blank\">#RepublicDay hashtag.<\/a>\u00a0 However, like most major cities in India, we had our very own Republic Day parade here in Chennai, and \u00a0we went out and snapped a few photos there to share with you. \u00a0We spent most of our time in the staging area, checking out people preparing for the parade, rather than fighting the crowds along the road.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Staging Area by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16370471921\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16370471921_6a97779545_z.jpg?resize=640%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staging Area\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Attention by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16184816550\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16184816550_cd0a06373f_z.jpg?resize=406%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Attention\" width=\"406\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bare Feet by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16184561378\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16184561378_5e840a4e20_z.jpg?resize=640%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bare Feet\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Waiting by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16371304662\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16371304662_cab8361c1b_z.jpg?resize=401%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Waiting\" width=\"401\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the parade started, it was full speed ahead!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Marching by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16370471711\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16370471711_9d8d9c3f13_z.jpg?resize=640%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marching\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cadet Corps by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16370471431\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16370471431_2d237724e8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cadet Corps\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A good time for the entire family!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Patriot by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16184813130\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16184813130_f7cff64530_c.jpg?resize=498%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Patriot\" width=\"498\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Smile by Tom Brouns, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/16371311902\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr-migration\/16371311902_27453db6d1_z.jpg?resize=640%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Smile\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know what Republic Day is? \u00a0You can read more <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_Day_%28India%29\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> \u00a0And you can see some press photos of today&#8217;s event in Chennai (much better than mine!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/photos\/nation\/article503433.ece\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a pretty special day in India &#8211; even President Obama agreed, as he spent the better part of the day with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having been invited as Chief Guest for the annual Republic Day Parade. 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