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These commuters seem to pay little heed to traffic and road safety, as they hang out of a running bus. They could easily fall off, be hit by another vehicle or come under the tyres of this bus itself! The Ripon Building is the seat of the Chennai Corporation (Madras Corporation) in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu. It is a fine example of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, a combination of Gothic, Ionic and Corinthian. The Ripon Building is an all-white structure and is located near the Chennai Central railway station. Commissioned in 1913, Ripon Building was built by Loganatha Mudaliar and took four years to build at a cost of 750,000, including a sum of 550,000 paid to Mudaliar. The Ripon building was named after Lord Ripon, Governor-General of British India and the Father of local s