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The Chennai Silks

Retail textile chain in India

Summary

Retail textile chain in India

Field	Value
name	The Chennai Silks Groups
type	Private
foundation	1962
founder	Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar
key_people
area_served	Southern India
industry	Retail
products	Textiles, ready-made, silk sarees
num_employees	50000
parent	SCM Group
website
footnotes

The Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India.

History

Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar, who was living in a village near Avinashi, entered the business in 1962. However its first textile shop was started in Tirupur in 1991 as "Kumaran Silks" later renamed as "The Chennai Silks" in 2001. They also export clothes for chain stores in the United States and Europe including Decathlon, Carrefour and Hanes.

A fire in 2017 destroyed the Chennai Silks building in Chennai.

In November 2025, the company partnered with Tamil Nadu Government and established a garment manufacturing unit worth ₹50 crore near Mannargudi.

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 Raja Ravi Varma's Galaxy of Musicians. It took around 4760 hours to complete the design.

References

(May 26, 2017). "The Chennai Silks: Spinning a success story".
(2008-09-03). "The Chennai Silks to expand". The Hindu Business Line.
(2009-07-04). "The Chennai Silks to open showroom in Kerala". The Hindu Business Line.
"Soft Silk".
(8 October 2025). "A legacy in every stitch: Inside SCM Textile Spinners’ Empire".
Venkatesan, Radha. (2008-12-18). "Tirupur feels the meltdown pinch". [[The Times of India]].
(11 October 2023). "NOC granted for reconstructing Chennai Silks building, despite difficulties in extinguishing fire: CAG".
(14 November 2025). "Rs 50cr garment unit to be set up near Mannargudi".
(2008). "The most expensive silk saree".

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