How cozy?

How cozy?
Originally uploaded by ~HARI~

.... the monkeys are a very comon scene in many parts of Chettinad area ....

From the Bride to the Groom's family

Originally uploaded by ~HARI~

.... a section of "seeru"

Pillayarpatti

Pillayarpatti
Originally uploaded by Kuppuraj

a view from the Oorani ....

Indian Bank in Pallathur

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Originally uploaded by nain.

... Nostalgic for me .... just near my Native home.

Knock Knock ... a lovely door

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Originally uploaded by la osita

1000 Jannal Veedu

1000 Jannal Veedu
Originally uploaded by i L a V A n J i

... tipped to have 1000 windows in this house ...... a must visit in your Chettinad iternary.

Athangudi tiles

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Originally uploaded by highdepth

.... the famous tiles from a tiny village in Chettinad, called Athangudi.

Wedding Ceremony

Wedding Ceremony
Originally uploaded by Anand and Kavitha

..... Kazhutheeru.

Gods painted

Gods painted
Originally uploaded by Prem Nagappan

by Prem Nagappan

Kalutheer

Kalutheer
Originally uploaded by kalairajah

கழுத்தீறு .....

Tamil Inscription at Ilayatrangudi Temple

Tamil Inscription at Ilayatrangudi Temple
Originally uploaded by kalairajah

Utharam ... roof painting

Utharam ... roof painting
Originally uploaded by RamN

Arai

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Originally uploaded by narayananm

Bringing Ganga to Earth

Bringing Ganga to Earth
Originally uploaded by kalairajah

@ Ilayathangudi temple .....

Inside Chettinadu House

Inside Chettinadu House
Originally uploaded by maddy'j

Lord Nataraja

Lord Nataraja
Originally uploaded by kalairajah

Sealed

Sealed
Originally uploaded by Geist An Sich

A fine example of the door architecture in Chettinad

Barred

Barred
Originally uploaded by Geist An Sich

Well treated by Suraksha

Chettinad Palace

Chettinad Palace
Originally uploaded by sridhar_flickr

Classic Chettinadu street

chettinadu street
Originally uploaded by Gireesh G V

superb depiction of the classic chettinadu street ......

An house in Kottaiyur

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Originally uploaded by narayananm

..... the hall veedu, just before the "valavu"

Key to a Chettinad house

Chettinad house India
Originally uploaded by Eric Lafforgue

Amazing silhoutte by Eric, of a key to Chettinad home.

Check out a wedding snap from CHETTINAD

Ramanathan weds Soundaravalli
Originally uploaded by Rakesh Ashok

Uploaded by Rakesh Ashok in Flickr.

F/A series - 7

This is an unique example of the chandlier's / Lightings at Chettinadu Mansions. The lights, glasses used to come from Belgium, predominantly Europe in those days.

Chettinadu in The Hindu

Today's The Hindu carries an article about Chettinad hospitality ...... check it out .....

Flickr pool

The Flickr pool about Chettinad has grown phenomenally to 50+ pictures from photographers across the globe.

Check Eric, Coffee on the house, FabIndia for some lovely shots of Chettinad .....

F/A series - 6

The doors are having a tale of its own in Chettinad, the ones what i'm posting here are not exactly the inner / intricately carved varieties, but the simpler, exterior, backyard doors.

Posted both the BnW & Colour versions of the same.

F/A series - 5

The window glasses are also very unique in this part of the country ....

a few examples here ....

F/A series - 4

The Knob .....

A very interesting piece of the architectural splendour from Chettinad, the Knob. These ornamental knobs are seen at the main door, room doors (arai).















shown here are knobs on different doorset's .....










P.s. : what's an antique? what the Grandfather buys judiciously, Dad sells at throwaway price, the Grandson buys it back at a fancy price .... :-)

F/A series - 3

நிலை or Nilai :-

This is the entrance design in the main door. The "Nilai" shows the grandeur of a someone's home. These are also done in the main rooms entrance too. Especially in the 1st "kattu" or கட்டு or the main "Valavu" , the rooms are the main அறை, for which they decorate with such an artistic Nilai.
Normally they depict a scene from Hindu mythology. Will follow this with more such closeup's on the Nilai.

Furniture / Architecture series - 2

In short, henceforth, F/A series ....

Check this out .... மனை or Manai ...














As informed earlier, these manai's are used predominantly in the marraiges, on which the Bride & the Groom get married to each other. These designs are almost simlar in every household in this area. The base made out of wood and the seat made of tiles, which are placed delicately over these base wooden planks.

2 more days to go

i'm kicked to think that i'd be carrying the new toy to Chettinad and might be able to click a few snaps for this blog as well the Flickr group ...... hopefully we find time among the 2 marraiges to be attended in 2 days ... :-)

Furniture / Architecture series - 1

Like the easy chair shown earlier .... there are some unique chairs, furnitures, utensils pertaining to this topogragphy ..... will be covering them too soon in this space .....

I hope to capture quite a bit of live examples when i'm travelling to Chettinad on Jan 27th & 28th,07.

For now ......