Dakshinchitra
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Dakshinchitra is an attempt to preserve some of the traditional south Indian ways of life by constructing a "living" village containing some of the various traditional homes of south India.
[edit] Location, Getting there and timing
Located on East coast road at Muttukadu in Chennai on the drive towards Mahabalipuram, it is 21km from the city and near the MGM Dizee World.
It is open on all days except Tuesdays and national holidays. It takes an hour to two hours to go around the entire place.
[edit] History
Dakshinchitra was established in 1996 on a 10 acre campus right on the shore of Bay of Bengal by Madras craft foundation. It was meant to promote art, folk performing arts, craft and architecture of India
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