Golden Rock Shandy
| Location | Ponmalai |
|---|---|
| Address | Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu |
| Opening date | 1926 |
| Developer | British Raj |
| Parking | Mixed |
Golden Rock Shandy (Tamil: பொன்மலை சந்தை) is a market square at Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Background
This weekly shandy was established in 1926 during the British regime to supply household essentials to residents of the colony who were mostly employees of railways and their families, living far away from the heart of Tiruchi city.[1]
Though being a farmers' market, it initially supplied vegetables only, as the population of colony grew it also started supplying all kinds of dry goods and wet goods including consumables, metalwares, pots, clothing, furnitures, meat, fish, poultry, livestock and electronic gadgets and miscellaneous items.[1][2]
Schedule
Initially, the market would be bustling every fortnight and on Sundays from dawn to dusk as the railway employees were paid salaries in cash twice in a month. Ever since the fortnight salary payment system was scrapped and the same given in cash the 3rd day of each month and the markets was conducted only on such days, abandoning the biweekly one. For the past few years, the market has been functioning only on Sundays as the employees' salary was credited directly into bank account.[3]
Legacy
Being almost a one-stop shop, it witnesses about 30,000 consumers from various parts of the district including BHEL Township, OFT, K. K. Nagar, Ponmalaipatti, Ariyamangalam, Kattur, Melakalkandarkottai, Kilakalkandarkottai and Kottapattu.[2][3]
