By G SaravananPublished on December 15:
CHENNAI: Exactly 100 years after its foundation was laid (December 12, 1909), the Ripon Building, the seat of the oldest civic body in the country, is all set to reach another landmark: getting its image on a postal stamp.
According to Chennai Corporation sources, the mandatory procedure for putting the historical structure on a postage stamp was initiated recently with a formal letter to the Chief Post Master General.
A few months ago, a senior official of the postal department had indirectly asked the Chennai Corporation to explore the possibility of bringing out a stamp on heritage structures, such as Ripon Building.
Senior civic body official sent a detailed letter a few days ago to initiate the stamp procedure. The entire process would be over in another three to five months, a senior Chennai Corporation official told Express.
Ripon Building would join a select league of historical buildings in the city that figure on stamps, such as the Central Railway Station and St Paul’s Church (Choolai).
Ripon Building, fondly called as local ‘White House’ by Chennaiites due to its colour, is located near the Central station. Commissioned in 1913, it was built by a builder named Loganatha Mudaliar. It took four years to build the Indo-Saracenic vision in white.
Earl of Minto, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India, laid the foundation on December 12, 1909.
According to Chennai Corporation sources, the mandatory procedure for putting the historical structure on a postage stamp was initiated recently with a formal letter to the Chief Post Master General.
A few months ago, a senior official of the postal department had indirectly asked the Chennai Corporation to explore the possibility of bringing out a stamp on heritage structures, such as Ripon Building.
Senior civic body official sent a detailed letter a few days ago to initiate the stamp procedure. The entire process would be over in another three to five months, a senior Chennai Corporation official told Express.
Ripon Building would join a select league of historical buildings in the city that figure on stamps, such as the Central Railway Station and St Paul’s Church (Choolai).
Ripon Building, fondly called as local ‘White House’ by Chennaiites due to its colour, is located near the Central station. Commissioned in 1913, it was built by a builder named Loganatha Mudaliar. It took four years to build the Indo-Saracenic vision in white.
Earl of Minto, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India, laid the foundation on December 12, 1909.
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