Devaraja Mudali Street

Ever wondered where the kungumam, manjapodi and assorted such items come from. Sri Vidya Stores in Mylapore, near the Kapali temple, is one shop. This row of shops on Devaraja Mudali Street, quite close to the Chenna Kesavaperumal temple, sells these items in bulk. The shop keepers, who include a post-graduate from Madras University who opted for the family business, have their own "factories," as they prefer to call them, to make the kungumam or manjappodi in the Kotwal Chavadi area. The second picture is more for the verandah on top, which, with its wooden railing, I found quite nice. Ideal place probably for a nice cafe, but for the heat and dust of Madras.