- Sadras
"Sadras சதுரங்கபட்டினம்"' is a fortress town located on
India 'sCoromandel Coast , 70 km south ofChennai inTamil Nadu state. 'Sadras' is the anglicized form of the ancient town of Chadhuranga Pattinam.Modern Sadras was established as a Dutch colony in the seventeenth century, and became a center for weaving superfine
muslin cloth for export. The magnificent SadrasFort , built for commercial purposes by the Dutch, is a vast compound enclosing a huge granary, stable and structures used to mount elephants (unfortunately only one of these structures survives). Thefortress was raided by the British in1818 and came under the control of theBritish East India Company . It is now maintained by theArchaeological Survey of India in efforts to contain further dilapidation of this great monument.In recent times, Sadras has found mention due to its proximity to the atomic power plant (Madras Atomic Power Station) and the atomic research centre (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research -
IGCAR ) both located at nearbyKalpakkam . The village of Sadras is sandwiched between the power plant and its township.The Sadras Fort also contains picturesque tombs.
External links
* [http://www.pariharam.com About Tamilnadu other places]
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