The environs of Chennai is enthusiastically gearing up for Diwali. The milling multitude in the suburbs are rummaging the shops and glitzy malls. Southern suburbs of Chennai like Tambaram which is the gateway to Chennai, Pallavaram, Chrompet , Nanganallur , Madipakkam to name a few are abuzz with people who are immersed in shopping for Diwali. The barrage of flashy and inconspicuous textile showrooms are bustling with buyers and visual chatter is all about clothes and crackers.
Rasi Silk House which is almost a decade old in Nanganallur is sprucing up for the festival of lights. The elegant silk cotton sarees which is available in different colors combination and design are the heart throb of women. It has roped in several other designer saris to satisfy the women who are tres a la mode. NaiduHall which is the pride of place occupies a vantage point in the GST road at Chrompet. People from the mofussil areas make a beeline to Naidu hall to buy modern apparels as most of them believe in Apparel of maketh a man.
Every locality is self contained and remote areas like Medavakkam ,Ayyapanthangal are a world of their own steeped in Diwali preparations.
The pulsating Porur junction is further enlivened by the presence of umpteen textile shops and sweet stalls .Diwali is synonymous with Sweets which tickles our taste buds. and to reiterate this fact Sri Krishna Sweets has opened shops in Nanganallur and Madipakkam.
The urban and the rural milieu juxtapose in the suburbs of North Chennai. The jostling crowd in the industrial belts like Padi, Amabattur, Avadi who are on a buying spree is an ocular proof that Chennai is expanding an all sides.
Most of the localities in the suburbs are a microcosm of Chennai at large. Environs of Chennai are a reprieve from the urban bustle but the spirit of Diwali is the same and it lends its charm and woos all sections of society scattered throughout the globe.
Mira