Treasured hamlet

It’s something that I always feel crazy about,..its neither an edible nor a spirit :P the lesser known treasure of India.The elysian feel of its architecture do some eurekha sort of miracle in me every time..

 I'm going to go with something contemporary. The following is the Palace which stands tall and fully functional even today at Kanadukathan, a remote village in Tamil Nadu, India. 

Chettinad, a community formed by the people of South Tamilnadu called Chettiyars or Nagarathars were people who were financially shrewd. These people in the early 1900s went to various foreign and neighboring nations and made loads of money. Rather than bringing home the money, they brought Burmese teakwood, Italian marble, Spanish floor tiles, and Belgium mirrors.

                       

     
This is the entrance arch that is present in almost every Chettinad House. The entrance piece was usually made with Burmese Teak and intricate chiseling. Easily worth a million bucks today. 

These are the Verandahs. Most auspicious functions like marriages take place here.Believe it or not I’m staring at this picture for past 10 minutes :P

The Wooden Pillars are also ever present in most  Chettinad houses!!These pillars like the walls are made with a special mix known as the"Chettinad Plaster" which contains egg white to give it a shiny appearance even after all these years!

A recent trend in tourism has diffused the glory of this place to great lengths.But still much more treasures here are the at verge of fall owing to urbanization..Hope it will be there to cherish it’s beauty till doomsday!!