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The remote region of Chettinad was the home of a class
of merchants and bankers of the
British Empire. Money from postings in Burma, South Africa, etc. was ploughed
back into
mansions built early in the 20th century. After WWII the wealth contracted
and most of the
mansions were abandoned. Claire and our driver Suresh outside a typical mansion.
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