The Chennai Silks Groups
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

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' with his hard work, later renamed as 'The Chennai Silks' in 2001. They also export clothes for chain stores in the United States and Europe including Decathlon, Carrefour, TESCO and Hanes.[4]

Locations

It is the largest textile chain in Tamil Nadu.

List of Branches
S.No Branch Opening Date
1Tiruppur12-Sep-1991
2Coimbatore 1-Oppanakara Street16-Sep-1996
3Erode01-Sep-2000
4Chennai21-Aug-2001
5Thiruchirappalli23-Oct-2004
6Coimbatore 2-Oppanakara Street24-Oct-2007
7Coimbatore 3-Cross Cut Road04-Sep-2008
8Karur04-Sep-2008
9Kochi06-July-2009
10Tirunelveli01-Sep-2011
11Vellore30-Sep-2013
12Salem14-Oct-2013
13Villupuram27-Aug-2014
14Hosur12-Sep-2014
15Velachery25-Sep-2014
16Madurai16-Sep-2015
17Chittoor30-Sep-2016
18Thoothukudi23-Aug-2017
19Kumbakonam24-Aug-2017
20Dindigul01-Oct-2017
21Thiruvallur04-Sep-2017
22Hyderabad15-Sep-2017
23Thanjavur21-Jan-2018
24Chrompet19-Feb-2018
25Mehdipatnam03-Jun-2018
26Puducherry23-Oct-2020
27Pudukkottai02-Aug-2021

Records

In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks.[5] 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

  1. ↑ "The Chennai Silks to expand". The Hindu Business Line. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala". The Hindu Business Line. 4 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "SCM Group - About SCM".
  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". 2008.


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