Choultry

Choultry

A choultry, or tschultri[1], is a resting place for visitors where rooms and food are provided by a charitable institution for nominal rates.

Some were guesthouses where accommodation was free of charge. Choultry can also be spelled choultree or choltry, and is also known as a satram, chatram or dharmasala.

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Etymological origins

A peculiar word whose origin is in South India and of doubtful etymology.

In West India the form used is chowry or chowree. A hall, a shed, or a simple loggia, used by travellers as a resting-place, and also intended for the transaction of public business.

In the old Madras Archives there is frequent mention of "justices of the choultry". A building of this kind could have been used as early courthouses.

Other usages

  • In South India, especially in Karnataka a choultry can also denote a Hindu wedding hall.
  • According to Seringapatam 1799 terminology, a choultry may be rest house, courthouse, shed, inn or caravanserai, pillared hall or temple colonnade.

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References

  1. ^ [1] The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases Edited for the Syndics of the University Press By Charles Augustus Maude Fennell, John frederick Stanford

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