Dakshina Chitra

Dakshina Chitra is an eco-museum or folk museum, rather like Skansen in Stockholm, but on a much smaller scale (for the moment). They have assembled here houses from all over southern India, especially Tamil Nadu and Kerala. There are also a number of craftspeople showing off their crafts, the results of which are of course for sale.


Chettinad House, outside and inside

Crafts on sale	A village street

One street has different kinds of houses along the sides, with a crafts museum inside one of them.


A weaver demonstraing his craft	Beautiful hand-woven saris

An interesting game, the idea being to break the vase while blindfolded. The "winner" gets dowsed with water from the broken vase.

There were several families -- or one really big one -- having a great time there, playing games together.


An Aiyannar shrine	Syrian-Christian House from Kerala

It makes for a pleasant stroll, mostly in the shade as well as a look at some of the local, non-official architecture. Thirty minutes after leaving Dakshina Chitra, we arrived in Mamallapuram.

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