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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = The Chennai Silks<br />
| logo = <br />
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| type = Private<br />
| genre = <br />
| foundation = 1962<br />
| founder = Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar<br />
| location = [[Tiruppur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| key_people = Sri TK Chandiran,<br />
Sri K Manickam,<br />
Sri K Sivalingam,<br />
Sri P K Arumugam,<br />
Sri K Nandhagopal,<br />
Sri K Vinayagam,<br />
Sri K Paramasivam.<br />
| area_served = [[Southern India]]<br />
| num_locations =<br />
| industry = Textile<br />
| products = Textiles, Ready-mades, Silk Sarees<br />
| services = <br />
| revenue = <br />
| operating_income = <br />
| net_income = <br />
| num_employees = 52000<br />
| divisions = <br />
| subsid = <br />
| parent = SCM Group<br />
| homepage = http://www.thechennaisilks.com<br />
}}<br />
'''The Chennai Silks''' is chain of retail textile shops in [[South India]].<ref name='HBL 2008-09-03'>{{cite news | title = The Chennai Silks to expand | date = 2008-09-03 | url =http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090350730400.htm | work = The Hindu Business Line | accessdate = 2010-09-03}}</ref><ref name='HBL 2009-07-04'>{{cite news | title = The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala | date = 2009-07-04 | work = The Hindu Business Line }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Its founder Thiru. [[A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar]].He was lived in the village near avinashi. entered the business in 1962.<ref name="scmgroups.com">http://www.scmgroups.com/about.php</ref> However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as 'Kumaran silks' with his hard work, later renamed as 'The Chennai Silks' in 2001. They also export clothes for chain stores in USA and Europe including [[Decathlon (retailer)|Decathlon]], [[Carrefour]], [[Tesco|TESCO]] and [[Hanes]].<ref name="Venkatesan 2008-12-18">{{cite news | first = Rjytytytyrtadha | last = Venkatesan | title = Tirupur feels the meltdown pinch | date = 2008-12-18 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-18/chennai/27902221_1_tirupur-exporters-export-market-small-exporters | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110913005714/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-18/chennai/27902221_1_tirupur-exporters-export-market-small-exporters | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-09-13 | work = [[The Times of India]] | accessdate = 2010-09-03}}</ref><br />
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==Showrooms==<br />
The SCM Group<ref name="scmgroups.com"/> also owns 'Sree Kumaran Thangamaligai', a retail jewellery shop across the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sktm.in/about-us-i12.html|title=Sree Kumaran {{!}} About Us|website=www.sktm.in|language=en|access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref> The Chennai Silks has its branches in [[Ernakulam]], [[Tirupur]], [[Coimbatore|Coimbatore (3 Stores)]], [[Erode]], [[Chennai]], [[Velachery]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Madurai]], [[Karur]], [[Kochi]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Vellore]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Hosur]], [[Viluppuram]], [[Kovilpatti]], [[Thanjavur]], [[Kumbakonam]], [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tiruvallur]], [[Chittoor district|Chittor]], [[Dindigul]], [[Hyderabad]], and [[Chrompet]].<br />
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==Records==<br />
In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-expensive-sari|title=The most expensive silk saree|last=|first=|date=2008|website=|access-date=}}</ref> It was worth about $100,021; £50,679 (WORTH ₹41 LAKHS) and features reproductions of 11 famous paintings by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The main image is a reproduction of Varma's famous 'Galaxy of Musicians'. It took around 4760 man-hours to complete the design.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|https://www.thechennaisilks.com/}}<br />
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[[Category:Retailing in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Coimbatore]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Madurai]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Kochi]]<br />
[[Category:Textile industry in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Tiruppur]]<br />
[[Category:1962 establishments in Madras State]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1962]]<br />
[[Category:World record holders]]</div>->Isabelle Belato