Chennai’s heritage buildings keep British legacy alive

Chennai, with historically rich records dating from the British era, houses 2,467 heritage buildings within its metropolitan area, the vast limit in the country. Most of these buildings are around 200 years old and older.

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Published:8th Apr, 2018 at 7:30 AM

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Some of them are Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore Railway Stations, Ripon Building and Bharat Insurance Building. Chennai is home to the second largest collection of heritage buildings in the country, after Kolkata. The official list of heritage buildings was compiled by the Justice E Padmanabhan committee.

A 17-member Heritage Commission was set up in May 2012 to maintain these structures, after a fire accident in Kalas Mahal, a 244-year-old heritage building in front of Marina beach. As per the Commission’s mandate, heritage buildings that are listed will get incentives, such as exemption from payment of taxes, and offenders who deface or destroy them will face penal action.

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Chennai’s heritage buildings keep British legacy alive

Chennai, with historically rich records dating from the British era, houses 2,467 heritage buildings within its metropolitan area, the vast limit in the country. Most of these buildings are around 200 years old and older.

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