Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music

Tag: Mint Street

  • The Jewish Cemetery – A Lost Landmark of Chennai

    The Jewish Cemetery – A Lost Landmark of Chennai

    Tracing the whereabouts of the Jewish Cemetery in the city.

  • Munching Through Mint Street, a Food Walk with Sriram V

    Munching Through Mint Street, a Food Walk with Sriram V

    Mint Street, one of the historic thoroughfares of our city, is home to several communities. Perhaps it was the presence of the Mint at one end that encouraged several Gujaratis, Marwaris and Jains to settle here. When they did, they brought with them their distinctive cuisine. Today Mint Street is as much a food court…

  • Two Bhajana Mandirams of George Town

    Two Bhajana Mandirams of George Town

    Bhajanai Mandirams of George Town have a long musical history,

  • The Rama Natakam connect to Madras #demonetisation history

    The Rama Natakam connect to Madras #demonetisation history

    The December 4 demonetisation tour, curated along Mint Street, has many interesting nuggets on our city’s tryst with money

  • Heritage walk on #Demonetisation

    Heritage walk on #Demonetisation

    A heritage tour to trace the money history of Madras. On December 4

  • Fire strikes heritage, again

    Around 4000 sq ft of built area was gutted by a fire at the historic Government Press on Mint Street. The damage could have been much worse had it not been for the serendipitous fact that the fire broke out during working hours and so was detected and put out quickly. What is most distressing…

  • The Great Wall of Chennai

    Surprised? Never thought that a protective wall could have existed around the old parts of the city? But we had a protective wall, which extended over much of the northern and western faces of 18th century Madras –present day George Town. Those were the days when the British Raj was on a not-so-sound footing and…

  • Allingal and his pagoda

    Alangatha Pillai Street in Triplicane is narrow and rather peculiarly shaped like a capital “I”. It is accessed from Bharati (Pycrofts) Road via Venkatachalam Street. Today it is a collection of street houses, most of the old ones having been dismantled and replaced with new. Many of these are “mansions” offering accommodation for bachelors, but…

  • Music in Mint Street

    http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2702160.ece

  • Ramalinga Swamigal’s House

    This is a must see for anybody who venerates Ramalinga Swamigal, his out-of-the-box and ahead-of-his-time thiking and his arutpas. The room where he lived is on the first floor and unfortunately remains locked most of the time 🙁 For those who are still willing to take a chance, the house is on Veerswami Street, off…