Chettiyars

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MY TRAVEL DIARY : Chettinad, Karaikudi ; Group of 74 villages

On the way to Thanjavur visited Karaikudi, known all over the country as Chettinad. It is a part of Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu and represents a group of 74 villages where richi rich community of traders, Chettiyars, once lived. There are more than 5000 mansions made of limestone in these villages. There are two kinds of mansions in the…