To address all of your common queries ( via my DM’s) on Athangudi tiles, here I am doing it as a single thread:

1) History:

Enterprising People from Chettinaud initially got tiles from Germany, England and Italy, and thus it made their way into affluent homes, but when the tiles aged with wear and tear, fixing them again was cumbersome. That was when the enterprising people of the area learnt the art of tile-making and having a trademark of their own in Athangudi
(Picture is a Victorian floor tile) 2) Raw Materials:
The following are the ingredients used for the making of Athangudi Tiles:
*White Cement
*Grey Cement ( around 175 tiles can be made with one bag of cement)
*Sand (around 300 sq. ft. of tiles can be made out of 1 tractor load of sand)
*Colouring Oxide
*Tank Water

Short thread on my recent trip to Vietnam.
Visa: Applied via online and received in two days. (Generally, it will take 48 to 72 hours to receive it)
Trip plan:
Coimbatore —> Hanoi —> NinBhin —> HalongBay —> PhuQuoc —> HoChiMinn —> Coimbatore 1) Hanoi
Capital of Vietnam and very chilled out city. Good cafés & a city life to be experienced.
Night market shoppings, lake walk, city tour to historic places to be done here