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The main hall of the Athangudi Palace, Chettinad. The enterprising Nattukottai Chettiars or Nagarathars travelled wide over the British Empire, towards the end of the 19th and early 20th Century. Chettiars were traders and bankers par excellence. It is believed that the system of double entry accounting, now practiced the world over was their contribution. Before the Bank of Ceylon was established the entire banking industry in Sri Lanka was managed by them. In a bid to make a strong statement of their social status and financial worth, the Narathars invested their earnings back in Chettinad, often in the form of opulent homes, befitting a Raja, a title which was actually conferred on some of them by the British. Their houses consisted of a series of halls and nalukettu and started with an elevated and covered verandah or thinai where men met visitors and business associates. The ornate door with fine carvings at the end of the thinai led to a huge decorated hall, often with decorated roof two floors high. This was the place where important guests received. A long hall, often running the length of the building was used as banquet halls during family celebrations like marriages. A door in line with the entry opens into a quadrangle, mainly used as the living quarters of the sons and their family. A third door in line with the two leads to a courtyard, which was basically used by the women. Often, a fourth quadrangle, which housed the kitchen, grinding wheel and the rice milling tools (Oral and Ulakkai) was also added just at the end. All doors are precisely lined so that from the main gate one can look straight through the doors into the backyard, which was often more than 200 yards away. |
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| Author | Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India |
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