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The Chettinad mansions are a collection of over 10,000 lavish homes of the Nattukottai Chettiar community in the region of Chettinad in South India. [1] These mansions were built with materials from all across the globe to signify the community's wealth as merchants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 2 ]
Chettinad [1] (also known as Chettinadu) is a name that collectively refers to a locality that comprises 56 villages in the Sivaganga district and 20 villages in Pudukottai district, which was historically ruled by the Ramnad kingdom of Pandya Nadu.
Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
Karaikudi and surrounding areas are generally referred as "Chettinad". [12] [13] Chettinad comprises a network of 73 villages and 2 towns forming clusters spread over a territory of 1,550 km 2 in the districts of Sivagangai and Pudukottai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Karaikudi is the largest town in Sivaganga district.
By train: Chettinad station is located on the Trichy – Rameswhwaram line. The following expresses stop at this station. The Chennai – Rameshwaram express (16701) Rameshwaram – Chennai express (16702) Trichy- Rameshwaram, Trichy-Karaikudi, Trichy-Manamadurai and Manamadurai-Mannargudi Passenger Trains
Engaged columns embedded in a side wall of the cella of the Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France, unknown architect, 2nd century. An engaged column is an architectural element in which a column is embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, which may or may not carry a partial structural load.
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The capital block of the column was usually even larger and heavier than the column drums. The columns of Marcus Aurelius , Antoninus Pius , and Constantine , and the lost columns of Theodosius , Arcadius , and Leo were all constructed in this way, on monumental pedestals and crowned with colossal statues.