C. Krishniah Chetty & Sons
| Industry | Jewellers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1869, in Bangalore, India |
| Headquarters | Bangalore, India |
Key people |
Mr C. Vinod Hayagriv, Director Mr.Ganesh Narayan, Director, Mr. Chaitanya V Cotha, Director, Mr. Shreyas V Cotha |
| Products |
Diamond jewelry Gold Jewelry Tableware Gifts and Accessories Silver items |
| Website | www.ckcsons.com |
The C. Krishniah Chetty Group of Companies is a Jewellery Brand based in Bangalore, India. The group comprises six entities - C. Krishniah Chetty & Sons, C. Krishniah Chetty Jewellers, C. Krishniah Chetty Manufacturers, C. Krishniah Chetty Foundation, C. Krishniah Chetty Partnership Firm & C. Krishniah Chetty Charitable Trust.
The group was founded in 1869, and is still run by the fifth and sixth generations of the C. Krishniah Chetty Family. The company was founded by Cotha Krishniah Chetty, who began selling coloured beads to the British Army on the first Commercial Street, of the then Cantonment Area. The company is famed for being the preferred jewellers to over 21 royal kingdoms including the Maharaja of Mysore, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Maharaja of Travancore, the Nawab of Savanur, the Maharaja of Sandur, the Maharaja of Dhrangadra and many royal families of south and central india. Today the group runs five stores across the city of Bangalore.
Some of the famous articles crafted by C. Krishniah Chetty & Sons include life size perambulators for princes, silver temple doors, inaugural keys and even a gold cricket bat for Sachin Tendulkar on his 35th Century. The company has been an innovator in the jewellery industry in India; they were the first to bring the famed Tolkowsky brand to India, the first to launch fancy coloured diamonds in India, the first to Launch DeBeers' Forevermark brand in India, and also the first store with the largest purely diamond showroom in all of Asia.
Family Lineage:
Generation 1 - Cotha Krishniah Chetty Generation 2 - Cotha Audinarayana Chetty Generation 3 - Cotha Venkatachalapathy Chetty Generation 4 - CV Hayagriv & CV Narayan Generation 5 - C. Vinod Hayagriv & C. Ganesh Narayan Generation 6 - Chaitanya V Cotha 7 Shreyas V Cotha