The Chennai Silks
The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India. History. Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar.He was lived in the village near avinashi. entered the business in 1962. However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as 'Kumaran silks' with his hard work, later renamed as 'The Chennai Silks' in 2001. They also export clothes for chain stores in the United States and Europe including Decathlon, Carrefour, TESCO and Hanes. Locations. The largest textile kingdom in Tamil Nadu, The Chennai Silks has proven to be a shopper's delight for  generations of families. It has a widespread reach with sprawling showrooms across India. Records. In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks. It was worth about $100,021; £50,679 (WORTH ₹41 LAKHS) and features reproductions of 11 famous paintings by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The main image is a reproduction of Varma's famous 'Galaxy of Musicians'. It took around 4760 man-hours to complete the design.