30 students of the department of history of Queen Mary’s College, Mylapore took part in the Mylapore Heritage Walk organised on August 18 as part of the college’s Madras Day celebrations.
Led by K. R. Jambunathan and Sridhar Venkataraman, both Mylaporeans, the students – attending under-grad and post-graduate classes – covered Luz Circle, Buckingham Canal, Mylapore Police Station, India Post heritage space, Venkataramana Ayurveda Hospital, the Jain Temple and Mundagakanni Amman Temple, stopping at traditional shops of jewel-makers and music instrument makers.
Said Jambunathan, “We gave the students a sense of an area that was once a village and remains a village in many parts and is also an integral part of the city of Chennai.”
Jambunathan shared with the QMC students of the days when boats brought salt, firewood and vegetables to Mylapore, when keerai was grown in vast areas north of Kutchery Road, of the area where jewellery aachari-s lived and worked and of life in local agraharams.
- For details on Madras Day events held in August go to www.themadrasday.in
