The Chettinad Affair
Sarmaya's Art of Travel Heads South
December 19, 2018 / Spotlight
In the second edition of Sarmaya’s Art of Travel, we assembled once more as a band of travellers ready for our next adventure, amid the 75-odd villages that form the region of Chettinad in Tamil Nadu. Join us as we revisit this journey and recapture the memories of a lifetime.
In the home of the flamboyant Chettiars
In Chettinad, we stopped at many temples and shrines and listened to tales both fantastical and illuminating
A Chettinad feast is a culinary adventure in intense, full-bodied flavours
We were granted a rare and intimate audience with the dancer, icon, goddess
The magnificent mansions of Chettinad hold the great riches of the world, and tell the story of extravagance, grandeur and inevitable decline
What can a textile tradition tell us about a now-forgotten way of life? We pick the instantly recognisable Chettinad sari and investigate its glorious past and fragile present