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Chettinad Traditional Architecture Overview by Hindu Haridass is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) The document discusses the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu, South India and the Chettiar community that inhabits it. 2) The Chettiars developed sophisticated rules for urban planning, laying out their villages in an orthogonal grid pattern with north-south roads and east-west streets. 3) Chettiar houses follow the grid pattern and are arranged within walled compounds. The houses have a traditional Tamil layout but incorporate Western architectural elements like colonnades on the upper floors.
- Author
- Hindu Haridass
- Language
- EN