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Coordinates: 10°4711N 78°4338E / 10.7865°N 78.7272°E / 10.7865; 78.7272
 

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Golden Rock Shandy
Map
LocationGolden Rock, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates10°47′11N 78°43′38E / 10.7865°N 78.7272°E / 10.7865; 78.7272
Opening date1926; 98 years ago (1926)
DeveloperBritish Raj
ParkingMixed

Golden Rock Shandy is a market squareatGolden Rock, TiruchirappalliinTamil Nadu, India.

Background

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This weekly shandy was established in 1926 during the British regime to supply household essentials to residents of the colony who were mostly employees of railways and their families, living far away from the heart of Tiruchi city.[1]

Though being a farmers' market, it initially supplied vegetables only, as the population of colony grew it also started supplying all kinds of dry goods and wet goods including consumables, metalwares, pots, clothing, furnitures, meat, fish, poultry, livestock and electronic gadgets and miscellaneous items.[1][2]

Schedule

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Initially, the market would be bustling every fortnight and on Sundays from dawn to dusk because the railway employees were paid salaries in cash twice in a month. When the fortnight payment system was scrapped and salaries were given in cash the 3rd day of each month, the market was conducted only on those days, abandoning the biweekly schedule. For the past few years, the market has been open only on Sundays, as the employees' salaries were credited directly into bank accounts.[3]

Legacy

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The market square is visited by about 30,000 people from various parts of the district including BHEL Township, OFT, K. K. Nagar, Ponmalaipatti, Ariyamangalam, Kattur, Melakalkandarkottai, Kilakalkandarkottai and Kottapattu.[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Deepika Muralidharan (6 January 2014). "Tiruchi's Golden Rock shandy still holds its charm". The Hindu. Tiruchi. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  • ^ a b Syed Muthahar Saqaf; M. Balaganessin (14 February 2010). "Well-patronised shandy short of facilities". The Hindu. Tiruchi. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  • ^ a b R Gokul (19 February 2013). "Golden Rock Sunday market needs a facelift". The Times of India. Madurai. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
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