Our culture, Our Heritage

SouthIndia, is a land of tradition, culture, architecture, lifestyles, crafts and music. DakshinaChitra is an living museum exhibiting South Indias home architecture and explains how people lived in the past.

This is a dictionary for younger generation and travelers to know how different level of people enjoyed a lifestyle and comforts.

It has a collection of several historical houses with contextual exhibitions in each house. Traditional homes from different regions of South India have been purchased, dismantled and relocated to thus place. It takes to the older days how people lived peacefully and calmly.

This is the place I take all my friends and overseas visitors. The simply understand the history in few hours.

A Must visit place for all Foreign travelers visiting Chennai

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Gateway to south Indias home architecture