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    1. Agraharam type houses in Thanjavur are known as street houses rather than farm houses, with the front of the house facing the street and decorated with a large kolam design on the ground for religious processions. 2. These houses are organized into multiple "kattus" or sections, with the front section containing a covered and uncovered area, and the second section containing a passageway and small rest area. 3. Subsequent sections contain bedrooms, an open central area, a kitchen and storage areas, and finally an open backyard with trees and a well. Traditional features like thatched roofs, wooden furnishings, and vines add natural beauty.

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    1. Agraharam type houses in Thanjavur are known as street houses rather than farm houses, with the front of the house facing the street and decorated with a large kolam design on the ground for religious processions. 2. These houses are organized into multiple "kattus" or sections, with the front section containing a covered and uncovered area, and the second section containing a passageway and small rest area. 3. Subsequent sections contain bedrooms, an open central area, a kitchen and storage areas, and finally an open backyard with trees and a well. Traditional features like thatched roofs, wooden furnishings, and vines add natural beauty.

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    Traditional House Structure

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    1. Agraharam type houses in Thanjavur are known as street houses rather than farm houses, with the front of the house facing the street and decorated with a large kolam design on the ground for religious processions. 2. These houses are organized into multiple "kattus" or sections, with the front section containing a covered and uncovered area, and the second section containing a passageway and small rest area. 3. Subsequent sections contain bedrooms, an open central area, a kitchen and storage areas, and finally an open backyard with trees and a well. Traditional features like thatched roofs, wooden furnishings, and vines add natural beauty.

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    Thanjavur - Traditional House Structure

    1. Agraharam type house is street house and not a farm house. : Meaning that when swamy/perumal of local kovil takes a procession, we stand in front of the house to receive with upachara /kalanji to the deity. The house front street area is well laid with a big Kolam.Whenever swamy arrives, the house front has big kolam .( To spread water for kolam, a tap head is essential in the front ) 2. The houses are known as 4-kattu/ 5 kattu and so on. The 1st kattu has got 2 portions. 1 open to sky and second is covered to take care from Rain and hot sun. The first kattu has got Thinnai on 2 /3 sides and beneath the thinnai, place for keeping things.A small portion may be co vered with thatched to keep cool. The second portion of 1st kattu has got the Traditional Thinnai ( popularly called Mappilai Thinnai ).This thinnai is divided with a passage for entry to the house.( To add modernity you can have Fans for the Thinnai area) 3. 2nd kattu got the passage to the main house along with one small rest thinnai , the are called Alodi. ( Fan& Light to be provided) This thinnai generally used in case Rain and to provide warm place. Generally occupied by elders(Popularly known as Rezhi - slang is that

    Thanjavur - Traditional House Structure


    rezhi le ezhuththu pottachchu) 4. The thinnais extended area in the house has got rooms to suit the requirements. . Then the 3rd kattu is Miththam -open area facing the Gate and rear side gate. Adjacent to miththam, hall is suit the decor of the occupant( depending upon the status this area can be decorated with antique furnitures) 5. The 4th kattu contains Kitchen, grocerry store point,paththayam, and godown for farm and other implements to store. 6. The 5th kattu is earmarked for bath, Toilet( though toilets are not kept inside the housekept far away from the main building) and a small thinnai - pin kattu thinnai . (Generally used by ladies to take rest during the cycle ) 7. The 6th kattu is open yard - kitchen garden area with a well and a few multi purpose rooms 8. This yard has many coconut trees, plantain trees, and other chedies(plants) and trees to the like of the owner. 9. House in which Kitchen has got an attached bathroom. The kitchen has got a well in extended area with a passsage for maids to enter and wash utensils and do core jobs. This well has got an extended room meant for ladies use. 10. The first kattu thinnai / or the alody can be readjusted to accommodate visitors to sit and the adjoining room as drawing room ( village head man/ advocate receiving clients etc)- a nice way of receiving guests without hinderence to the main house. The house owner can enter the drawing room from inside . 11. Wherever the rooms are dark, are provided with a transparent glass placed on the top with odu,to receive light for the area. 12. In some houses they have madi- one floor constructed above the rooms. 13. In Some master bedrooms , they have aesthetically placed glassed tiles on the roof to get the natural Moon light(particularly on a full moon day) to the bedroom; equally the dawn of sun rise light will make them awake. 14. The big armed easy chair , Oonjal , the side Benches , the paththayam, wooden chests, the cross bar to the wooden door,will add a grandeur to the look. 15. The jasmine /champanki creepers /konrai poo all add pleasent aura to the cool natural air.

    Thanjavur - Traditional House Structure

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