Nalli (wardrobe store)
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 The main store of Nalli in Panagal Park, Chennai | |
| Company type | Silk sarees |
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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, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Kanchipuram, Puducherry, U. S. A., Singapore |
Area served | India |
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
[edit]Nalli was established in T. Nagar in 1928 by Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, a weaver who belonged to the Padmasali 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 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
[edit]- ^ "The 'soft' corner for silks". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 March 2000.
- ^ a b "T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more". 29 August 2006.
- ^ Nalli plans lifestyle stores
- ^ All in the FAMILY