Walk open to all. Free. 2 hours.
Start point – Parking lot opposite the Fort’s main gate ( flag mast side).
Starts at 7 a.m. Bring your ID Card for security check at the Fort.
Suggest you also bring drinking water and light dry snack.
This Walk is led by Vincent D’ Souza.
No prior registration required. But report by 6.45 am.
Walk hosted by INTACH – Chennai unit.
The walk will cover the historical buildings and trees of the campus.
Assembly point is at 7:45 am at the south gate Besant Nagar side.
The walk is free of charge. No registration required.
Historian Sriram V will be leading a free tour of Fort St George between 7.00 and 9.30 am. Sriram, who penned a book on the Fort in 2016, will take you through familiar and unknown landmarks within the precincts, combining the tour with his racy anecdotes of historic happenings.
In order to comply with Fort regulations, prior registration is a must with name, age, nationality, email ID and contact number.
Please send the details to walks@chennaipastforward.com.
Last date for registration, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018
A Journey to discover the bygone eras of History, the eclectic paradigms of Architecture and the Tangible heritage of Mylapore, one of Chennai’s main historic enclaves.
As per common belief, the area just doesn’t have Agraharam Houses, but also heritage houses with ne0-classical architecture and Corinthian columns, houses with an amalgamation of classical, Indian, and Muslim style characteristics and inferences, houses built before 1930’s with wrought iron balustrades and houses from 1930’s – 1940’s constructed in the Art Deco style with distinct geometry.
Understand and explore the eclectic architecture of the ancient settlement, which helps to establish a deep connection with the past and goes back to a time where the past exists with the present and insinuates itself through the architecture and the layers of historic building fabric of the area.
From 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.
Organised by Madras Inherited
Register at mail@madrasinherited.in
An exciting workshop on the Stone Age in and around Chennai! Sign up to learn the story of human evolution, make and use stone tools, dig a prehistoric site, learn all about fossils, and paint just like a prehistoric artist. Conducted by experts in Indian prehistory. Pre-registration is required. Last date for signing up: 24th August.
Please contact Dr. Kumar Akhilesh; Email: sharmaheritage@gmail.com
Open to children between the ages of 7 to 15 years only.
Timings: Batch 1: 9.30-12.30 am and Batch 2: 2.30-4.30 pm.
No. of seats: 30 seats only per batch. Children may be accompanied by 2 adults.
Venue: Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, 4 School Road, Sholinaganallore, (Next to Mrs. Ellen Sharma Memorial Matriculation & Higher Secondary School).
Eminent historians and artists will trace the historic ties between Chennai and United States spanning more than a century.
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Women’s Christian College Auditorium, 51 College Road, Chennai 600006
Organised U.S. Consulate General Chennai
All are welcome. Seating on first come first served basis.
Odyssey in association with Kreeda Presents
GAMES, CHENNAI AND A TOUCH OF HISTORY
6.00 PM Onwards at Odyssey, Adyar (24453191).
Photo display, Vinita Sidhartha in conversation with Pradeep Chakravarthy followed by an informal play session of traditional games.
Talk by Janaki Lenin
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
At Residency Towers, T Nagar
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
A presentation by Dr Chithra Madhavan
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
At Hanu Reddy Residences, Poes Gardens
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
A presentation by Sriram Ayer of Nalanda Way Foundation
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
At Chamiers, Chamiers Road
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
Talk by Sriram V
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
At The Folly, Amethyst, Whites Road
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
A presentation by Mohan V Raman
From 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
At The Hyatt, Anna Salai
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
Golden Jubilee of a city landmark – Hotel Savera
A dramatised rendition of 50 years of Hotel Savera
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Hotel Savera, Dr RK Salai
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
Rosella Stephen moderates a panel discussion on North Rising: How North Chennai is finding its groove, with gaana, rock and hip-hop.
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m
Venue: The Park, Nungambakkam High Road
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
Pavithra Srinivasan speaks on Madras in Miniature and presents her work of sketching several of the city’s architectural masterpieces.
From 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m
Venue: Hotel Maris, Cathedral Road
Chennai Heritage Lecture Series organised by Madras Musings
At Natesan Partk, T Nagar.
From 4.30pm to 5.30pm. The seniors & juniors of Madras Youth Choir will be performing nostalgic songs of MBS for Chennai Public.
At CanKids Regional Office, Karthurba Nagar, Adyar
From 11am to 11.30am
Juniors of Madras Youth Choir will be performing multi-lingual songs for the children for half-an-hour.
Facilitated by the World Storytelling Institute
From 5pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Sagar Vihar Restaurant,
on Marina Beach near RK Salai
WSI Phone: 98403 94282
Email: info@storytellinginstitute.org
Webpage: www.storytellinginstitute.org
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m
Starting Point: Mehtaas Vada Pav, Raja Annamalai Road, Purasawalkam (Opp. Dharmaprakash)
Organised by Sridhar Venkataraman. For registration contact him at 97909 57208
From 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Starting Point: Entrance of Ekambareswarar Temple, Mint Street
Organised by Sridhar Venkataraman. For registration contact him at 97909 57208
Inviting city schools to register their pupils in this workshop :
One of Chennai’s treasure trove ‘The Madras Literary Society’ Public Library in DPI complex, Nungambakkam is going to be the venue for a very interesting ‘Knowing your library storytelling and narrative workshop’ for children aged between 3 – 12 years.
Details of the workshop :
Resource person: Mrs.Srividhya V, Thirupurasundari Sevvel, Uma Maheshwari
Duration : 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Fees: Rs.385/- per child (with certificates )
Date: 17th August ‘ 2018
Seats available: 25 on first cum first served basis.
Outcomes :
1) They will know the history of the 200-year library
2) Basics of library
3) Importance of library
4) Small cataloguing exercise
5) Colouring exercise
6) Role play ( Being a librarian )
Chennai homeschoolers with the Nam veedu Nam oor Nam kadhai For registration Contact: +919444253532 / annanagarshg@gmail.com
In a long line of firsts, is one for photography. Within a few years of photography being invented, Madras was probably the first in Asia where it was formally taught as a subject. The 45min talk will screen some of the rare images and the monuments with some stories around them.
Speaker – Behaviourist Pradeep Chakravarthy looks at history to understand why people behave the way they do today. Currently working on his PhD, he does workshops for corporates and has written several books and articles on Tamil Nadu and Madras’s history.
At 5:30PM in IC&SR auditorium, IIT Madras campus.
An Extra Mural Lecture by IIT Madras
Open to all.
Madras Heritage Museum, a private centre curated and promoted by D. Hemchandra Rao will be launched at Virugambakkam. The place displays photos, coins, postage stamps and covers, maps, models and vintage objects on – Buckingham Canal, Light Houses and ‘red’ landmark buildings.
Date: Aug. 15, 2018. At 10.10 a.m.
Located in Ilango Nagar Annexe, off Kaliamman Koil Street ( landmark – Parvathi Bhawan restaurant).
Call 9840870172. ( Groups keen to visit may fix a visit with Rao)
Historian-philatelist D. Hemchandra Rao repeats this tour of the Canal. The tour takes people to a few points on the Canal that was a key transport channel for the city as Rao presents snappy milestones of this Canal.
The tour has stops at the Central Station zone and Madras University, besides a walkaround the Basin Bridge area, to give you a closer look at key functions of this Canal in years gone by.
Starts at 7.30 a.m. Duration: 2 hours. Tour is by van and on foot.
Fee: Rs.150 ( van fee – to be paid when the tour starts / no cancellation).
Start Point: At the gate of Mylapore Club, Luz. 7.30 a.m.
To register, send a mail to – themadrasday@gmail.com with ‘B. CANAL’ in the subject line – mention name/s and contact ph nos. First-come, first-serve.
1.30 pm onwards. Sastri Hall, Luz.
For city schools Thamizh medium stream.
Quiz based only on Chennai. Conducted by R. Revathi
Written prelim round followed by final.
School team can call 24982244 to register teams.