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Chettinadu Mansions - Athangudi Case

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Chettinadu Mansions -   Athangudi Case Happened to visit the village of Athangudi for a village survey project with a group of students from the architecture college where i am working. Just thought i would share my experience about visiting a village in the Chettinadu region which falls within  Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu. This region which i am talking about (Chettinadu) is very famous for its spicy cuisine. Anybody who would have come across this word chettinadu would associate it with the Chettinadu chicken curry which we invariably get in any restaurant in Tamil Nadu. Is cuisine the only reason for this region being famous or are there other things also that make this region famous. Apart from Alagappa Univ. in Kaaraikudi, Indias Finance/Home Minister Chdambaram who is from this region and certain other reasons there is some thing that is very less talked about and in the verge of extinction. It is the Architectural heritage of this region. Mainly ...