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Tamil people have historically been connoisseurs of fine golden jewellery, which has a history predating the Sangam period in the Indian subcontinent. Ancient Tamil literature lists out the different types of jewellery worn by women historically from head to toe. Apart from gold, jewellery was also fashioned out of silver, copper and brass.
The museum which is a part of the erstwhile South Indian Railway’s sesquicentennial celebrations, and has both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Some of the indoor exhibits include old documents and digital archives (rare photographs, maps, gazettes, railway manuals and books used during the British Raj) and epoch artifacts (old lamps used at stations made up of "China glass", clocks, bells ...
Thirumayilai MRTS station, or simply Mylapore railway station, is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was started in 1997 which marked the completion of Phase I of the Chennai MRTS project. [1] The station is located on the bank of Buckingham Canal, accessible from Ramakrishna Mutt road near Luz Corner.
The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 in the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) near Perambur . The 6.25-acre (2.53 ha) museum has technical and heritage exhibits, with a sizable collection of steam engines from the British Raj .
Tiruttani railway station (station code: TRT) is a railway station located in Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [2] Description
2002: Southern Railway, Bengaluru and Mysuru divisions separated to form the South Western Railway. Ernakulam, Thrissur electrified. 2003: Southern railways started operating trains from Anna Nagar west railway station and inaugurated that railway station. 2004: Flying train of MRTS started service from Mylapore to Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai .
Tiruvannamalai railway station (station code: TNM) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] It is a station of the Indian Railways system, station code TNM. [3] It serves the city of Tiruvannamalai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The most notable place is the Annamalaiyar ...
Traditional items like the leaf and palmyra-fiber handicrafts from Tirunelveli, bronze and brass castings and traditional jewellery from Kumbakonam, metal works from Thanjavur, stone carvings from Mahabalipuram, silks from Kanchipuram are for sale in shops and boutiques. T. Nagar, the neighbourhood is the shopping hub of the city.