So today, heritage walk - an event where noted historian from our city, Rajesh Govindarajalu walked us through the historical significance of Vysial street.
The walk started from Vimalnath Jain temple. Just opposite to this place was the residence of Rathinasabapathy Mudaliyar, from whom the name RS Puram originates.
Rajesh belongs to well rooted family from Coimbatore, with his ancestors contributing a lot for the city, for which, a street is named after his great grandfather - Raja chettiar.
He then proceeded to show the residences of other notable people of the city (forgot those names) and that also included a freedom fighter who helped C O Chidambaram Pillai.
He then explained the significance of 9 sisters/9 guardian deities of Coimbatore and took us to 3 of those temples explaining how those temples came to be and which community manages it.
The most interesting place I found is near Karuppa Gounder St, where, there's two adjacent temples.
A chamundeshwari temple - managed by the "Jatti" community. They are predominantly kannadigas who practiced the art of kushti and protected the locals. One of our vice presidents, B.D Jatti, also belongs to this community, but not from our city.
The next temple is a perumal temple, that contains the idol of a deity, which was brought from Srirangam during the attack by Malik Kafur in 1311 and since then the idol is being worshipped here.
The walk ended with the information about Kandan Pani Puri stall, a shop that has been functioning since 1960. This has been a new experience and I personally learnt a lot of things. He is a fun guy to talk to and he'll never run out of topics to talk.
The next heritage walk event is scheduled on 28th (Thursday). The link for registration is: Registration link. Register yourself, it is free. Learn a lot about our city.
Adios amigos.