Poberphully ouindy day in Chennai as we would say in Sunny Bengal #ChennaiWeather

#ChennaiStreetHistory 25 - Jaan -e-Jahan Khan Road - and it is not Johnny John Khan

Summer has its compensations

The heat in Chennai is caused by wind kill factor

Yet another salubrious day comes to a close in the greatest city on earth - Chennai.

#ChennaiStreetHistory 24 - Kennedy Street in Mylapore has nothing to do with John Fitzgerald or any other variety of Kennedy

It is 31 deg C now - the same temperature in which Chennai people wear ear muffs and monkey caps in December. #ChennaiWeather

Me: In this heat what heritage walk and who will come?

Wife: if it is in an AC place then they will.

Me: 😬

In 1932, Sengamalavalli, wife of a teacher in Mannargudi composed 54 songs describing every stage of Azhagar’s journey from Tirumalirumsolaimalai to Madurai and back. A short article - Singing of Azhagar’s Procession - Temple Heritage sriramv.com/2024/05/03/sin…

Heatrionics - when residents of each city claim their’s is hotter than the others. These days even those in Ooty have entered the fray

#ChennaiStreetHistory 23 - Ritchie Street - once the village of Narasingapuram and later probably the garden residence of a father son duo - both legal luminaries of the 19th century and both named AM Ritchie! Today there is no village or garden but the names survive!

An unknown composer’s book dating to 1930s of songs brings alive Azhagar’s procession at Madurai - The Hindu #Azhagarkoil thehindu.com/society/histor…

In the 1980s Calcutta summers were even worse than Madras’. The yellow Ambassador taxis had rexine seats that came off with you as you got out of the cabs.

When is the Akshaya Trithiya gold-buying jamboree?

#Kathiri aka #AgniNatchathiram begins on May 4. The true warmth of Chennai can be experienced then. Avail of it!

#ChennaiStreetHistory 22 - Sundaram Salai -historically Pugh’s (pronounced Pew’s) Road as it led to his garden, it became Pugs Road in Tamil & Bucks and Bugs Road in English. The present name of this RA Puram road is from when Anjali Devi donated land on it to Sathya Sai Baba

The steady deterioration of historic Mani Iyer’s Hall in Raja Hanumantha Lala Street is a cause for concern. Will Theosophical Society protect its heritage at Thiruvallikeni? - The Hindu thehindu.com/news/national/…

Loved #LaapataaLadies - a heartwarming film with superb performances by everyone. Long time since such a film came my way.

A Journey into the Rich History of the Madras Zoo -English version | History Times with His... youtu.be/aw1LAjHjRkk?si… via YouTube

#ChennaiStreetHistory 21 - Vasantha Press Road, Adyar takes its name from the printing press of the Theosophical Society which opened there in 1908 and later moved into the Society campus. The name was the Indianised version of (Annie) Besant.