Old Madras, Trichinopoly (Trichy) in 1945

Age-old Trichinopoly in the Madras residency, India in 1945. Also seen its fortress, club lifting exercise, laundry at the Chauvery river and finally what the city looks like today. A viewer writes: the places look like Somarasampettai and Uyyakondan Thirumalai .The background at 2.00 - 2.03 and 2.12- 2.21 looks like the Ujjeava nathar Temple, especially with the Brahmin priest walking in the foreground. The bit at 3.33 - 4.02 looks like the Washermen ghat ( Vannan padithurai) near the present day Court complex, where the first Garland for Kuzhumayee is offered.

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Travel & Events

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• india
• trichy
• trichinopoly
• madras
• residency
• kaveri
• river
• cauvery
• water
• buffalo
• laundry
• club
• exercise
• weightlifting
• michael rogge
• madurai
• vannan padithurai
• washermen ghat
• brahmin
• Somarasampettai
• Uyyakondan

[gmlochani]

Mr.Michael Rogge, I am proud to say that I am trichyite by birth and i love my city. I felt bad that we are living in a mechanic & polluted world. This video gives me a feeling of how my parents and forefathers would have led their lives. Thank you for a grear memorable video. How is it possible for you get the video, & from whom did you get it? How did you digitized it? Great...! I love my Trichy....!

[MichaelRogge]

@gmlochani . Nice to hear of you. I bought this 16mm film in Holland as I thought it interesting. Both Trichy and Madurai were featured in the documentary. I had it digitalized by a laboratory subsequently and made two clips of it which are widely viewed, be it that there is more interest in Madurai than Trichy. See my other clips of old India by searching with michael+rogge+india

[SIVARAMSURESH]

Thank you Mr Michael Roegge, Sir, for this nostalgic and rare footage.

Now, the places look like Somarasampettai and Uyyakondan Thirumalai .The background at 2.00 - 2.03 and 2.12- 2.21 looks like the Ujjeava nathar Temple, especially with the Brahmin priest walking in the foreground. The bit at 3.33 - 4.02 looks like the Washermen ghat ( Vannan padithurai) near the present day Court complex, where the first Garland for Kuzhumayee is offered. I may be corrected.

[MichaelRogge]

@SIVARAMSURESH . Thank you very much for your information about the places the film was taken in. I'll add it to the description.

[lakmuthu1]

thanks for posting this clip. any idea who the weightlifter is? he resembles my uncle in his thirties. He used to be a champion.

[MichaelRogge]

@lakmuthu1 No, I'm sorry I do not know who the weightlifter is. May well have been your uncle.

[SIVARAMSURESH]

@lakmuthu1 Sir, Have you read my comments? I thought the places look like something from Somarasampettai to Uyyakkondan Thirumalai. If I am wrong, please correct me. Please go through my other comment on the places. I have never been to Nagar, Maanthurai. May be you can give some more inputs. Thank you and Regards,

S.Suresh,

Trichy.

[gmlochani]

@MichaelRogge Thank you verymuch for the response, sir. Great job. Let God bless you.

[dassc94]

please show the old madras trichnapalli during cricket match hit movie it is vackup call for greener now chennai trichy 

[bzrlne]

Now we don't have to carry water from far just for bath, cooking etc. thus freeing up time. Electric freed up the most time in the form of rice cooker, Refs etc.. We now have money. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH FREE TIME? Sitting in fron of tv, PC, texting & shopping for items we don't need to impress people we don't like. With all these preoccupations we are forgetting our culture and its taboos i.e drinking and so rural alcoholism is rampant. We really "developed" since 1945! We are headed for hell.

[sureshwilliams4u]

my eyes really filled with tears to see our people , the surrounding,,,the bullock carts,,,soooooooooooooo many. So natural,,,Now Iam in England. I really love it for the serenity,, even the background music makes me think of how simple our ancestors lived...Wish i was born then.

[lakmuthu1]

thanks for your kind reply. my uncles name was Mr.Anantharama Sarma. Had he been alive he would have`completed 99 this year. He hailed from a place called Nagar Village near Maandurai, Trichy district. The image in the  youtube was so much look alike my son sent me this clip to watch.

[SIVARAMSURESH]

@lakmuthu1 Can you post the name and history of your Uncle ?. If so you can ask the old time bodybuilders and weightlifters for a reference. Also , tell where you are from . He seems to be a contemporary of the late Mr Nataraja Pillai who founded the Ponnu Gym in the late forties. You can contact the descendents of such persons.

[SIVARAMSURESH]

@MichaelRogge I am honoured , Respected Sir, on hearing from you. I will be even happier if someone corrects me or if some additional input is posted . Thank you all Trichiites for your comments. Regards,

S.Suresh,

Namma Trichy.