Chettinad – Wanderful Weekendz

Wandering in IndiaUntravelled

Published on January 1, 2017February 12, 2017 by wanderfulweekendz2 Comments

Hello 2017!

Starting the new year with a smile on my face.

Got published on IndiaUntravelled with the Chettinad story. Read on to travel with me to this little explored ancestral home of the Chettiars deep inside Tamil Nadu: Chettinad Chaska

P.S. : The India Untravelled blog is about India travel, responsible travel, ecotourism in India, solo travel, and travelling off the beaten path in India.

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Happy Exploring!!!

Chettinadu Chaska

Published on November 3, 2016June 16, 2019 by wanderfulweekendz3 Comments

An overnight train journey from Chennai brought us to Chettinad.

The name Chettinad is synonymous with spicy aromatic food prepared from freshly ground masalas. However, it was not food that had brought us there but stories about the grand mansions of Chettiars.