Athangudi Tiles

• Athangudi tiles: named after the place of manufacture in Chettinadu, Tamil Nadu
• They come in myriad colours and patterns and are made by a unique process using local soil.
• Even before invasion of mechanised making of floor tiles such as ceramic vitrified, marble and granites
• These flowering tiles of Athangudi were a match of its own class and they competed with imported ones of Japan and Italy.