Chettinad houses are built on a rectangular, traversal plot that stretches across two streets, with the front door opening into the first street and the back into the second. Looking in from the main threshold, your eyes travels in a straight line across a series of inner courtyards, each a diminishing rectangle of light, leading out to the back door.
Dramatic in scale and ornate in design the mansions are a treasure trove offering visitors an insight to the multifarious elements of Chettiar lifestyle: Intricate wood carvings on doorways and furniture; Athankudi floor tiles, silk-smooth Chettinad egg plaster work, household bric a brac in glass and brass, porcelian and enamel, and massive successive doorways and pillars stretching to infinity......
Dramatic in scale and ornate in design the mansions are a treasure trove offering visitors an insight to the multifarious elements of Chettiar lifestyle: Intricate wood carvings on doorways and furniture; Athankudi floor tiles, silk-smooth Chettinad egg plaster work, household bric a brac in glass and brass, porcelian and enamel, and massive successive doorways and pillars stretching to infinity......
Beautiful Architecture :)
ReplyDeleteGood explanation for people who dont know too much architecture (like me)