Chettiar Overload—Too Much Grandeur
December 18th 2017 Thousands of them appear in 75 or so villages across a dry region northeast of Madurai.
Chettiar mansions. Most in disrepair, but some sporting fresh paint and sparkle.
Chettiar businessmen made it big in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s with their vast trading pursuits in other countries, but their network fell apart with WWII and later. But while times were good, they showed the world how
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