Karaikudi, Sivaganga district: In Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, known for its grand mansions and intricate courtyards, a new jewellery museum is set to open. From 2 October, Karikudi will host “Pettagam”—India’s first private jewellery museum dedicated to Chettinad Jewellery.

Located on the narrow SRM streets of Karaikudi, the museum is the fruition of jewellery designer Meenu Subbiah’s three-decade-long efforts to revive a jewellery tradition that once defined the prosperity and travel history of Nagarathar (Nattukottai Chettiar) community in the southern part of the state.

Stating that the Nagarathar community once comprised fearless traders who carried the culture of Chettinad to foreign shores through seas and brought global influence in Chettinad, Meenu said that their jewellery designs

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