Nalli (wardrobe store)
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Genre | Wardrobe store |
Founded | 1928 |
Founder | Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti |
Headquarters | Chennai, India |
Number of locations | Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkatta, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Kanchipuram, U. S. A., Singapore |
Area served | India |
Website |
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Nalli is an Indian wardrobe store and silk saree emporium based in Chennai. It is one of the oldest saree shops in the Chennai's commercial neighbourhood of T. Nagar.
History
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Nalli was established in T. Nagar in 1928 by Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, a weaver who belonged to the Padmasaliyar community.[1] Chinnasamy Chetti was a famous weaver of Kanchipuram sarees who had been weaving silk sarees since 1900 and gifted a Kanchipuram saree, the Durbar Pet, as a souvenir to George V during his visit to India in 1911. In 1928, he moved to the then Madras city and became one of the first to open a shop in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar which was founded in the early 1920s.[2] The shop initially functioned from a house until Nalli established his own showroom in 1935.[2] Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti died in 1958 and was succeeded by his grandson Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti.[3][4]
Notes
- ↑ "The 'soft' corner for silks". The Hindu. Chennai, India. March 20, 2000.
- 1 2 "T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more". August 29, 2006.
- ↑ Nalli plans lifestyle stores
- ↑ All in the FAMILY
Nalli silks opening a new shop in Chrompet, Chennai[1]
External links
- ↑ Chrompet, Nalli. "Nalli Chrompet". local newspaper. local newspaper. Retrieved 30 March 2015.