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Onward, on a note of hope

My concluding piece for the XS Real blog … We began this series a year ago with the birth of the city. The first piece was on how Chennai or Madras began. Madras Week was being celebrated then a… more →

Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music

Onward, on a note of hope — 2 comments

sriramv wrote 8 months ago: My concluding piece for the XS Real blog … We began this series a year ago with the birth of t … more →

Some heritage along OMR

sriramv wrote 8 months ago: The Tirukazhugukundram Temple, from the South Indian Railway Guide, 1926 When the Madras Christian C … more →

Tags: OMR, Padur, Siruseri, Tambaram, Tirukazhugukundram, Tirupporur, Torapakkam, Velachery

The old and new on OMR

sriramv wrote 9 months ago: Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) or Rajiv Gandhi Expressway as it is now known, is not all that old. Sev … more →

Tags: Roja Muthiah Research Library, taramani, Adyar, Siruseri, OMR, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, CPT campus

The Madras Mail — 1 comment

sriramv wrote 9 months ago: Sir Charles Lawson Madras has had a long journalistic tradition, the first publication dating back t … more →

How Chennai got a port - 2

sriramv wrote 10 months ago: Sir Francis Spring The Harbour had been completed with an eastern entrance in 1895. Almost immediate … more →

Tags: Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chennai Port Trust, Sir Francis Spring, Madras Harbour

How oil came to Madras

sriramv wrote 10 months ago: One of the most fascinating sidelights of the Port story is the arrival of oil in Madras. The first … more →

Tags: Binny, Best & Co., Selling petrol and kerosene in Madras, burmah shell, first petrol pump in Madras, Emden, Shaw Wallace, Haji Sir Ismail Sait

How Chennai got a Port - 1 — 4 comments

sriramv wrote 11 months ago: The Chennai Harbour extends along the entire eastern side of First Line Beach (Rajaji Salai). If you … more →

Tags: chennai harbour, Chennai Port Trust, FIRST LINE BEACH, Gordon Woodroffe

First Line Beach - part 1 — 4 comments

sriramv wrote 11 months ago: First Line Beach, or Rajaji Salai, is the road that starts off from Fort St George and carries on to … more →

Tags: FIRST LINE BEACH, GPO, Madras Harbour, Parrys Corner, Rajaji Salai, Royapuram Railway Station, State Bank of India

Some early building contractors of Madras

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: This article appeared in XS Real’s blog – http://xsreal.com/blog/?p=185 T Namberumal Che … more →

Tags: Henry Irwin, T Namberumal Chetty, WN Pogson, T Samynada Pillay, P Loganatha Mudaliar, S Ambrose, Madras buildings of old

When Mylapore comes alive ... — 3 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: This was written for XS Real’s blog – http://xsreal.com/blog/?p=152 The Kapaliswarar Tem … more →

Tags: Kapaliswarar Temple Utsavam, Mylapore, kapaliswarar, kapaliswarar temple festival

Thatikonda Namberumal Chetty - Master Builder — 6 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: Who were the building contractors and artisans who converted into reality the plans of architects su … more →

Tags: chetpet, Henry Irwin, Indo- Saracenic, Old Madras Buildings, robert chisholm, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Thatikonda Namberumal Chetty

Henry Irwin, the builder of palaces — 6 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: The High Court of Madras, designed by Henry Irwin After Chisholm, architecture was never the same fo … more →

Tags: high court of madras, Henry Irwin, T Namberumal Chetty, Connemara Library, national gallery, TR Tawker and Sons, City Palace Mysore, Bank of Madras

Robert Chisholm - the Indo Saracenic Man — 4 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: If Paul Benfield gave the world its first example of the Indo-saracenic style of architecture with C … more →

Tags: amir mahal, Baroda, Indo- Saracenic, Madras Club, presidency college, Robert F Chisholm, Senate House, victoria public hall

Ye olde markets of Madras — 2 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: Markets have always existed in human settlements and in the eastern world, the very word bazaar conj … more →

Tags: Tanneer turai market, royapuram market, Kalmandapam, chintadripet fish market

From township to trade, the history of T Nagar — 7 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: Incredible though it may sound today, there was no Chennai or Madras to the west of Mount Road till … more →

Tags: T nagar, gemini studios, Panagal Park, Nalli Kuppusami ChettyPondy Bazaar

Chepauk Palace - its history — 2 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: I have always maintained that I have to just write about a building for it to be demolished or burnt … more →

Tags: Chepauk Palace, Madras, Paul Benfield, Mohammad Ali Wallajah, Chisholm

A brief profile of Royapettah — 11 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: From Royal Enclave to Residential Area Why Royapettah? Several explanations have been given for this … more →

Tags: Chennai (Madras) History, Narada Gana Sabha, Royapettah, amir mahal, Sultan Market, Dr KN Kesari, woodlands, Wesley Church, YMIA

The other side of Mount Road

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: This is the second of the two part article on Mount Road, written for XS Real. The first part is loc … more →

Tags: Mount Road, Abbotsbury, Hyatt, YMCA, Cosmopolitan Golf Links, Saidapet, Nandanam, Panagal Maligai, Cathedral Road

A slice of Mount Road — 3 comments

sriramv wrote 1 year ago: A part history of Mount Road -http://xsreal.com/blog/?p=43 … more →

Tags: Madras, Mount Road, Anna Salai


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