Mylapore!

Earlier this year I visited Mylapore, an area that predates the city of Madras itself. Of course, I keep driving past the area every few days, but it's not the same as taking time off to explore this wonderful part of the city by foot. Matter of fact, shockingly, I had never done it before! :-(

Here are some pictures that I took.

The temple tank. It was a Friday and temple wore a festive look. Luckily, I was able to walk around the tank where no one seemed to be around.


View of the temple.


I decided to walk from the temple, right up to the Santhome Cathedral via the Chitrakulam area and Kutchery Road.
This was a quaint old house on Kutchery Road surrounded by modern apartments and shops. I had driven on this road several times, but never noticed it. Amazing how much you get to see when you walk!!

Another really old building with an interesting architecture I had not noticed earlier... about 150-200 metres before the Santhome Cathedral traffic junction. Did not see a board, but painted on the archway is, presumably, the year of its construction - 1635!! A close-to-four-hundred year old building, and not too many people know about it!


The Santhome Cathedral, looks really nice with its fresh coat of paint and all.



The tomb of St. Thomas, who it is believed, is interred here. The place went through a major renovation a year or two ago. The approach is now from the basement of a building behind the Cathedral, so casual visitors interested in history can visit the tomb without disturbing regular churchgoers.