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The Chennai Silks

The Chennai Silks Groups
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1962
FounderThiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar
Area served
Southern India
Key people
  • TK Chandiran
  • K Sivalingam
  • K Manickam
  • P K Arumugam
  • K Nandhagopal
  • K Vinayagam
  • K Paramasivam
ProductsTextiles, ready-made, silk sarees
Number of employees
50000
ParentSCM Group
Websitewww.thechennaisilks.com

The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India.[1][2]

History

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Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar, who was living in a village near Avinashi, entered the business in 1962.[3] However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as "Kumaran Silks" later renamed as "The Chennai Silks" in 2001.[citation needed] They also export clothes for chain stores in the United States and Europe including Decathlon, Carrefour and Hanes.[4]

Records

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In 2007, a Guinness world record – "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks. 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 Raja Ravi Varma's Galaxy of Musicians. It took around 4760 hours to complete the design.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Chennai Silks to expand". The Hindu Business Line. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. ^ "The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala". The Hindu Business Line. 4 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Soft Silk".
  4. ^ Venkatesan, Radha (18 December 2008). "Tirupur feels the meltdown pinch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  5. ^ "The most expensive silk saree". Guinness World Records. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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