Bungalow on the Beach

The House was called Black Court, and was used as a concideration to the ethnic people taking into account the customs and traditions of the Indiens, after the exit of the Danes in 1845, the house was used by the British administrator of the colony.

Tranquebar is a Danish term that comes from the native Tamil word Tarangambadi, which means 'place of the singing waves'.

The bungalow was then sold to Vellia Nadar [5] ; who was a prominent distillery owner whose descendants lived in it for over 125 years.

After the demise of T.Thavasumuthu Nadar, the children moved out and T.Rajeswari Ammal who found it difficult to maintain the colossal bungalow all by herself sold it to the Taj group of hotels in the1990's.

The house was referred to as "Nadar Veedu" and was sold during the 1990s to the Taj group.