St. Thomas Marthoma Syrian Church Renovation

Benny Kuriakose and Associates, a design and conservation studio in Chennai, shares its 2026 job and internship openings for recent graduates in architecture, interior design, CAD design and civil engineering, and explains how to apply. Every month, we receive a large number of applications for job positions and internships. Most of them sent the application three or more times, sometimes even more. With so many colleges, this will be the case with most of the firms. Many asp

A travel account of a visit to Kanadukathan near Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, where a 100-year-old Chettinad mansion was photographed for documentation, with notes on the town's palatial houses. On a splendid morning, I got down from the bus, greeted by the enchanting allure of Nemathanpetti near Karaikudi. Gopichettan was waiting there for me with a car. Savoring a delightful cup of tea from the nearby tea shop, our journey gracefully continued towards Kanadukathan, an enchantin

Athangudi Palace in the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu is a fine example of Chettinad architecture built by the Nattukottai Chettiars. This article looks at the palace, its history and the craft of Athangudi tiles. The Nattukottai Chettiars were traders since the time of the Chola Empire in the 12th century and were the trading and banking group in South India. The region comprising the Sivaganga and Pudukottai districts of Tamil Nadu is known as 'Chettinad'. They dealt in a