Dakshin Chitra - A heritage village

Do you like South Indian architecture? Would you want to visit the traditional South Indian homes? What about watching the weaving process? Maybe, try your hands on pottery? Wanna buy some traditional items? Interested in paintings or antiques? Feel like enjoying one full day of fun with your family? 

If the answers to all the above questions are yes, you should take a time machine to travel 200 years back in South India? Else, to avoid getting things complex, you could make a simple choice of traveling 35 km from Chennai and visiting the heritage village named Dakshin Chitra. 

Dakshin Chitra is a heritage center that houses traditional model villages of four South Indian states - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Here, we can find the exact and accurate reconstruction of conventional streets and houses. There are also places such as potters' houses and weavers' houses to promote art. We can also find shops where we can buy crafts.

When we visit these traditional houses, we feel like we are standing in the original place. My favorite house is the Chettinad house, with huge corridors full of pillars. What a royal life the Chettinad people would have lived? After Chettinad's house, my favorite vote goes to the Ayyanar shrine. A magnificent model temple indeed! 

DakshinaChitra is a true heritage museum that focuses on many aspects such as art, architecture, lifestyles, crafts, and performing arts of South India. 

Those who travel to Chennai should have this site in their itinerary without fail!

Happy travelling.

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