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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 4
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Gujarati community in Chennai
Hello -
I am moving to Chennai at the end of October from the US. I'm Jain and Gujarati. Is the a sizeable Jain/Gujarati community in Chennai? And does any know how to get in contact with the Gujarati Samaj (if there is one). I figure if there's a Gujarati community in Raleigh, NC -- there's got to be a huge one in Chennai. I'm asking these questions because when I move there (for work) I will not know anyone in Chennai. Plus most of my family is now in the US. Thanks |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: India
Posts: 10,100
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There will be a sizeable Jain/Gujarati community in any major city in India, Chennai included.
And one Gujarati Samaj address: Shri Mitesh Patel President, Akhil Bharatiya Gujarati Samaj, New Giri Road, T Nagar, Chennai-600017. (Tamil-Nadu) 044-2454853 2453004 mitesh@patelinida.com http://www.nri-gujarat.com/guj-samaj-tn.htm |
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A Travelling Photographer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New Delhi
Posts: 131
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chennai got a quite a big gujarati community...........i guess most of them stay arnd the area Sowcarpet..........
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
Posts: 26,771
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Amazing!
I was going to tentatively suggest the George Town (Parry's) area, and glad to know I wouldn't have been far wrong, but accurate info has come from others ![]() There is one Jain temple that I know of in Kutchery Road, Mylapore, and I also know that many of the lighting shops in Teynampet (Anna Salai) are run by Jain families) By the way... I love the idea that sowcarpet might be pronounced sow carpet, as if it was English, but sadly it isn't; it is pronounced sowca-pet. Not-so-far-off Old Washermanpet, however, is said as one would expect ![]()
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mumbai, India
Posts: 1,448
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As earlier posters have already replied there are plenty of Jain Gujaratis & Marwaris leaving in Chennai. There are plenty of Jain temples in Chennai.
Vepery area is also where lots of Jain stay. There is one building called Vaibhav Apartment where one of my relative stays. It's next to Jain temple. Ronak. |
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