Kalyan Group is a holding company for the brands of
Kalyan Silks
Kalyan Silks is an Indian textile retailer founded by T. S. Kalyanaraman. At present, the ownership of the company rests with T. S. Pattabhiraman. It is a subsidiary of the Kalyan Group holding company. It was started in the city of Thrissur ...
,
Kalyan Jewellers
Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian multinational jewellery company, headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. It was founded in 1993 by T. S. Kalyanaraman. As of July 2024, Kalyan Jewellers operates 277 showrooms across India and the Middle East.
Histor ...
,
Kalyan Developers,
Kalyan Sarees and Kalyan Collections. It is headquartered in
Thrissur
Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...
,
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
, India.
History
The group was started in 1909 by T. S. Kalyanarama Iyer, a priest who turned into an entrepreneur. He started a
textile mill
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...
in
Thrissur
Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...
city in the 1930s, which was later taken over by
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...
. He came from
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...
in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
. Later, he started a textile shop in
Thrissur
Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...
city which flourished in
Kalyan Silks
Kalyan Silks is an Indian textile retailer founded by T. S. Kalyanaraman. At present, the ownership of the company rests with T. S. Pattabhiraman. It is a subsidiary of the Kalyan Group holding company. It was started in the city of Thrissur ...
, Kalyan Sarees and
Kalyan Collections. The group got its name from its founder Kalyanarama Iyer. Later his son T. K. Seetharamaiyer also joined the business.
Seetharamaiyer in 1991 partitioned the businesses to five sons.
T. S. Kalyanaraman, one of the five sons started the
Kalyan Jewellers
Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian multinational jewellery company, headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. It was founded in 1993 by T. S. Kalyanaraman. As of July 2024, Kalyan Jewellers operates 277 showrooms across India and the Middle East.
Histor ...
in 1993.
References
Jewellery retailers of India
Retail companies of Thrissur
Indian companies established in 1909
Retail companies established in 1909
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