Sowcarpet
Old moneylenders' bazaar of tight lanes, wholesale shops and white marble Jain temples.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Sowcarpet in Chennai stands you on Mint Street, in front of a white Jain temple modelled on the Dilwara shrines of Rajasthan. It follows the moneylenders who gave the quarter its name, the Marwari and Jain families who came from Shekhawati, and the cramped lanes that shaped how they built. Listen with the temple facade in view, then step into a side lane.
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