Kasturi Buildings: A tour through the premises

Named as ‘Kasturi Buildings’ after S. Kasturiranga Iyengar, the late Editor of The Hindu, the office of The Hindu Group located on Anna Salai in Chennai is one of the iconic landmarks of the capital city. The two blocks From the administrative offices on the ground floor of the front block of the buildings, a passage leads to the process department located in the hall running east to west in the Press Department of the buildings. The Press Superintendent will occupy the room at the head of the Composing Hall on the first floor close to the passage from the Editorial department in the front block. Auxillary Units Running parallel to the Composing Room and on the opposite side of the service road, which runs the full length of the building is now being construsted a two-storied building, containing a garage for ten cars, Medical Officer’s and First Aid Rooms on the ground floor and a staff refreshment room on the first floor. ; Binny & Co. Ltd. ; the Bombay Engineering Works ; Crompton Engineering Co. Ltd. ; R. Ethirajiah & Sons ; General Electric Company Ltd ; Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co., ; Gordon Wuodroffe & Co. Ltd., and Osler ; Heatly & Gresham Ltd. ; the India Electric Works Ltd. ; Jwala Singh ; William Jacks & Co. ; Maragathavalii Lorry Service, Nungambakkam ; Mysindia Tiles and Engineering Company ; Parry & Co., Ltd. ; Richardson & Cruddas ; M. Sudarsanam Iyengar & Sons ; Sami Venkatachalam Chetti & Co. ; Sri Krishna Brick & Tile Works, Mylapore ; Spencer and Co. Ltd. ; Standard Vacuum Oil Company ; Tata, Iron and Steel Company ; Varadachari, St. Thomas Mount ; Wilson & Co. ; Kerala Electric & Trading Co. G.T.