Nalli is an Indian

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. It is one of the oldest saree shops in the Chennai's commercial neighbourhood of

T. Nagar Thyagaraya Nagar, commonly known as T. Nagar, and historically known as East Mambalam, is a very affluent commercial and residential neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Nungambakkam in the North, Teynampet in the ...

History

Nalli was established in T. Nagar in 1928 by Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, a weaver who belonged to the Padmasaliyar community. Chinnasamy Chetti was a famous weaver of Kanchipuram sarees who had been weaving silk sarees since 1900 and gifted a Kanchipuram saree, the ''Durbar Pet'', as a souvenir to

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during his visit to India in 1911. In 1928, he moved to the then Madras and became one of the first to open a shop in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar which was founded in the early 1920s. The shop initially functioned from a house until Nalli established his own showroom in 1935. Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti died in 1958 and was succeeded by his grandson Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti.All in the FAMILY
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* *{{official website, https://www.nalli.com/woman/saree/kanchipuram Retailing in Chennai Retail companies of India Clothing brands of India Companies based in Chennai Indian companies established in 1928 Retail companies established in 1928