genre wardrobe store founded 1928 founder nalli chinnasamy chetti headquarters chennai india number of locations chennai new delhi mumbai bengaluru hyderabad kochi kolkatta ahmedabad coimbatore madurai tiruchirappalli kanchipuram u. s. a. singapore area served india website www.nalli.com nalli is an indian wardrobe store and silk saree emporium based in chennai . it is one of the oldest saree shops in the chennai s commercial neighbourhood of t. nagar . history edit the main store of nalli in panagal park chennai nalli was established in t. nagar in 1928 by nalli chinnasamy chetti a weaver who belonged to the padmasaliyar community . 1 chinnasamy chetti was a famous weaver of kanchipuram sarees who had been weaving silk sarees since 1900 and gifted a kanchipuram saree the durbar pet as a souvenir to george v during his visit to india in 1911 . in 1928 he moved to the then madras city and became one of the first to open a shop in the neighbourhood of t. nagar which was founded in the early 1920s . 2 the shop initially functioned from a house until nalli established his own showroom in 1935 . 2 nalli chinnasamy chetti died in 1958 and was succeeded by his grandson nalli kuppusamy chetti . 3 4 notes edit the soft corner for silks . the hindu . chennai india . march 20 2000 . a b t.nagar shop till you drop and then shop some more . august 29 2006 . nalli plans lifestyle stores all in the family nalli silks opening a new shop in chrompet chennai 1 external links edit official website chrompet nalli . nalli chrompet . local newspaper . local newspaper . retrieved 30 march 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nalli wardrobe store & oldid 737984264 categories economy of chennairetail companies of indiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 06 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view