After nearly 120 years of its demolition, the town wall of Madras continues to fascinate. We have reproduced an article on it (in Lost Landmarks — The Old Fortified Wall of Madras) sourced from the ASI’s 1903 report. That our city’s oldest part, namely George Town once had a surrounding wall to it is the stuff of legend. And we should be grateful that one part of it, namely Madi Poonga, still survives and what is more, tended to rather well, though not exactly in a manner in which heritage needs to be presented. Our NEW is Madi Poonga taken a few years ago. Our OLD is a section of the wall, as it stood on the eastern side, by the sea, around a century ago and sourced from Madras, Its Past and Present, by S Muthiah.
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