Chettinad Palace Karaikudi

S.A.R.M. House, Behind Maharaja's Palace, Near Karaikudi,11, Ar. Street, Kanadukathan, Tamil Nadu 630103, Kanadukathan, Tamil Nadu 630103 Phone: 04565 273 080

About

Kanadukathan Chettinad Palace  is an outstanding specimen of the Chettinad architecture. It is just 10 km from Karaikudi. Chettinad extended 25 km from the north to south and 15 km from west to east. The construction was started in 1902 and it took ten years for completion. It is huge extending over 40,000 square feet and rooms embellished with use of Burmese teak wood, Italian marble and English steel. It is a main shooting spot in Tamilnadu, hence a lot of Tamil, Telugu films are shot in this palace.