Her fun-filled songs like "Dooradinda Bandantha", "Rasika Rasika", "Joke Nanu Balliya", "O Geleya", "Yaavurayya E Mukka", "Sityako Sidukyako", "Sumabaleya Premada Siriye", "Bangara Nota", "Kanda Kanmaniye" made her name household in Karnataka. In Kannada language, Eshwari has sung so many super hits songs. Her notable hits include "Masaka Masaka Cheekatilo" from Devudu Chesina Manushulu, "Maayadari Sinnodu" from Ammamaata, "Bhale Bhale Magadivo" from Marocharitra, "Arey Yemiti Lokam" from Anthulenikatha, "Le Le Le Naa Raaja" from Premnagar, "Malle Puvvulu Pillagaalulu" and "Theesko Coco Cola Esko Rammusoda" etc. Till date most of her songs are very popular among the Telugu audience. She made her everlasting impression in Telugu film industry with her husky and peppy numbers. She sang romantic songs filmed on heroines as well as cabarets filmed on dance-artistes and also folk songs. Her Hindi song "Uduthi Hi Chidiya" from the film Pistonwali, music by Satyam shows her ability. She has won the Kalaimamani Award and other states awards. She sang Christmas songs "Varuvai Varuvai" and " Deivam Thantha Divya Kumaaran" composed by Dr Anand Chellappa. Her "Chellatha" and "Karpoora Nayagi" numbers has won her a lot of fame among devotees. She has also recorded many devotional albums in praise of the Goddess Amman which were hugely popular among the Tamil community and were played in many temples. Her song "Vaarayo Thozhi" from Paasa Malar was a popular choice for wedding music. Her unique voice was considered to be suited for peppy numbers in the movies, be it a dance tune, folk song or a devotional track. Mahadevan, Veda, V.Kumar, Shankar-Ganesh, G. The first floor comprises mainly of bedrooms and living rooms that are not open to outsiders.She sang under the direction of famous composers like M.S.Viswanathan, T.K.Ramamoorthy, K. This dining area has its own kitchen and a storeroom. The room has photographs and paintings of the British days. There is also a small dining room for private dinners with an extendable rosewood table.
Rows of aruamanai or the iron blades are hung on shelves outside the kitchen, meant for cutting vegetables and grating coconut. A puja room in a corner of the courtyard is the place where Rani Seethai Achi, wife of Dr Annamalai Chettiyar, spent most of her time. The no cementing agent was used in the construction and the bricks are bound together with a paste of egg white, the extract of an unripe medicinal fruit found in the hills of Kadukkai and lime grind. The walls are made 1.5 ft to 3 ft wide to keep the interiors cool without the use of any electronic equipment like the air conditioners. The ceiling has artistic patterns in vegetable dye over roofing plates made of copper soldered with a special variety of aluminum. There are also the portraits of family members and a collection of colored crystal. The meeting hall is decorated with several pairs of tusks one of them is over 8ft long and shipped from South Africa. The flooring of the waiting area is done with white marble. The verandah is just next to the iron-gate and was converted into the waiting area for the visitors. The woodwork and stone work was inspired that of the houses in France and other European destinations. The marble was brought from Italy, chandeliers and teak from Burma, crockery from Indonesia, crystals from Europe and wall-to wall mirrors from Belgium. The construction material, decorative items and furnishings were mostly imported from East Asian countries and Europe. The basic style of architecture reflects traditional architectural style of Chettinad.
The Chettinad Palace was designed by Dr Chettiyar and given the form by the local masons. Dr Chettiyar was given the honorary title of “Raja” as he was the owner of 90 villages, which comprised the area called Chettinadu.Ĭhettinadu extended 25 km from north to south and 15 km from west to east. The oldest surviving building of this style, the Chettinad Palace was built by Dr Chettiyar, founder of the Indian Bank and the Annamalai University in Chidambaram. Chettinad Palace is an outstanding specimen of the Chettinad architecture.