Tranquebar : A Peek into artistic doorways of erstwhile danish town.
Tharangambadi historically known as Tranquebar— is a quaint coastal heritage town along the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Meaning "place of the singing waves" in Tamil dialect, it is best remembered as a former Danish colony ("Trankebar") established in 1620, till today the town has retained its old world charm. After the tsunami , withstanding the vagaries of nature tsunami, few say history and while historical structures continue gradual restoration. The town has its own beauty and it lies in the onlooker ! Come lets visit Tharangambadi.. !!!
Vishwanath Radhakrishna 
You can call me a A fenestrophile i
Since I always get excited by doors and windows, during my travel especially in the older sections of a town, or be it a city. If the place has a heritage touch then one need to keep both eyes wide open and observe keenly !
Click it and SAVE it. One such Historical city like Tamilnadu is a storehouse of surprises especially alluring , with numerous old Portuguese and French connection.
Few places are unknown & less discussed. One such place is Tharagambadi !.
YES. I got it Right. I am sure you too have difficultly in pronouncing as Danes !
Then you can call it as Tranquebar or Trankebar.
NO. There is no BAR or even a RESTAURANT here to serve you. !
Here is a photo blog of my recent travel.............
I walk through the bylanes of danish town, parallel to the sea coast with waves for company. With endless views.The beach at Tranquebar aptly referred to as the Land of Singing Waves. The imposing structures dating back to 13 century to 18 th century draw my attention.
The Danes stayed here nearly for 3 centuries, their contributions can be seen even today in the form of structures which are left behind. Some are still intact and few are crumbling !
A Danish Delight !
The colourful houses with doors and windows.
No one stays here. Why is it locked ?
You can see Unity in diversity here.Hindus, Muslims and Christians stay here...
A inhabitated house with a Door and are the windows to happiness…Can you give me count ?
Exquisite, intricate designs on the wooden doors. They seem to be masters at beautiful architecture.
Crumbling architecture paints a sorry picture in Goldsmith street @ Tranquebar
Needs Immediate attention !.
Too many windows..1..2..3..4 and a single door on Queen street !
Doorways and Doorways with door !
Master of Arts ... MA
A dash of colour too… so many All of them abandoned.. Hope the government finds a way to make this a heritage trail or something.
So many doors...All closed
About doorways and work...
Details of Architect please
Window designs .- Danish . & Indo - Saracenic style
Impeccable designs, It left me dumbfounded. The colour combinations is unmatched.
It was so much fun to put together these photographs, there are many such ,but need time and eye to identify them – I will put them down again on my next visit.. They are simple and true memoirs to carry !
If you happen to visit the Danish town...dont forget to identofy them and comment about them.
