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The Chennai Silks
| Industry | Textile |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder(s) | Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar |
| Headquarters | Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Area served | Southern India |
Key people | Sri TK Chandiran,
Sri K Manickam, Sri K Sivalingam, Sri P K Arumugam, Sri K Nandhagopal, Sri K Vinayagam, Sri K Paramasivam. |
| Products | Textiles, Ready-mades, Silk Sarees |
Number of employees | 52000 |
| Parent | SCM Group |
| Website | http://www.thechennaisilks.com |
The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India.[1][2]
History[edit]
Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar.He was lived in the village near avinashi. entered the business in 1962.[3] 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, Carrefour, TESCO and Hanes.[4]
Showrooms[edit]
The SCM Group[3] also owns 'Sree Kumaran Thangamaligai', a retail jewellery shop across the state.[5] The Chennai Silks has its branches in Ernakulam, Tirupur, Coimbatore (3 Stores), Erode, Chennai, Velachery, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Karur, Kochi, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Salem, Hosur, Viluppuram, Kovilpatti, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Thoothukudi, Tiruvallur, Chittor, Dindigul, Hyderabad, and Chrompet.
Records[edit]
In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks.[6] 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.
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Chennai Silks to expand". The Hindu Business Line. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala". The Hindu Business Line. 4 July 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.scmgroups.com/about.php
- ↑ Venkatesan, Rjytytytyrtadha (18 December 2008). "Tirupur feels the meltdown pinch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ↑ "Sree Kumaran | About Us". www.sktm.in. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "The most expensive silk saree". 2008.