Location
Dakshin Chitra is a very famous heritage centre located in the
Muttukadu area of Tamil Nadu state. The place stands on the East
Coast Road, on the way to Mammalapuram. Chennai city is the nearest
and located north of Dakshin Chitra. The place can easily be reached
out by boarding a bus at Chennai, one that is bound for
Mammalapuram. The place is about 30 far from Chennai.
Overview
Dakshin Chitra is symbolic of the traditional South Indian state.
The place forms one of the best folk museums of Tamil Nadu,
featuring architectural heritage of Tamil Nadu, Kerela, Karnataka
and Andhra Pradesh. At Dakshin Chitra one can have some enlightening
glimpses of Indian states in the past. The place is provided with
recreated and remodelled buildings that correspond to the primitive
ones, the ones which used to be built hundred and more years ago. An
agricultural house with a large granary provides some useful
insights of the Indian past. There is a potter's house featuring the
age old craft, weaver's house that elicits the knowledge about the
Kanchipuram crafts, Brahmin house packed with religious arts and
crafts, thatch huts, stone horses and elephants and more. At Dakshin
Chitra one comes to experience the Indian way of living that has
been somewhat lost in the contemporary oblivion.
Besides these encounters there is more to be had at Dakshin Chitra.
The place would not let you go empty hand. The gift shop at the site
is the right place to bring back some memento at the famous heritage
centre. For art performances there is an open air theatre, free of
charges (except on certain occasions).
Accessibility
Dakshin Chitra lies on the East Coast Road that extends from
Chennai further south wards into the adjoining region of
Pondicherry. The popular means of reaching the place is by boarding
a bus from Chennai central. There are many regions from where buses
ply to Dakshin Chitra. One can as such board the bus at Adyar,
K.K.Nagar and Thyagaraya Nagar.
Contacts
Further information about the place can be had from the given
contacts person
The Director (Tourism)
DakshinaChitra Madras Craft Foundation
G3, 6 Urur Olcott Road
Besant Nagar
Chennai – 600090
Tel. No. 091-44-4918943
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