Kalyan Group
{{Short description|Indian holding company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Kalyan Group
|logo =
|type = Private
|foundation = India
|location = Thrissur
|area_served = South India
|key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|T. S. Kalyanaraman
(Kalyan Jewellers)|T. S. Pattabhiraman
(Kalyan Silks)|T. S. Ramachandran
(Kalyan Sarees)}}
|industry = Retailing
|products = {{Bulleted_list|Kalyan Silks|Kalyan Jewellers|Kalyan Developers|Kalyan Sarees|Kalyan Vastralaya|Kalyan Collections}}
|num_employees = 10,000
|parent =
|homepage =
}}
Kalyan Group is a holding company for the brands of Kalyan Silks, Kalyan Jewellers, Kalyan Developers, Kalyan Sarees and Kalyan Collections.{{cite news|title= Kalyan group plans TN foray |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/10/12/stories/2004101201101700.htm|access-date=12 July 2010|newspaper=Business Line|date=12 October 2004}} It is headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala, 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 in Thrissur city in the 1930s, which was later taken over by Government of Kerala. He came from Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. Later, he started a textile shop in Thrissur city which flourished in Kalyan Silks, 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 in 1993.{{cite web
|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-success-story-of-kalyan-jewellers/20120315.htm
|title=The success story of Kalyan Jewellers
|publisher=Rediff
|access-date=2012-03-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kalyansarees.co.in/history/history.html |title=Kovai Kalyan |publisher=Kalyan Silks |access-date=2010-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206134158/http://www.kalyansarees.co.in/history/history.html |archive-date=6 February 2010 }}{{Cite news|url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2008/03/12/business-kalyan-silks-launches-bridal-saris.html|title=കല്യാണ് സില്ക്സില് നിന്നും ബ്രാന്റഡ് വിവാഹസാരികള്|date=12 March 2008|website=Oneindia Malayalam News|language=ml}}{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/financial-times/Big-retail-brands-skipping-profitable-markets/articleshow/5936070.cms | title=Big retail brands skipping profitable markets? | date=16 May 2010 | newspaper=The Economic Times | first=Debasish | last=Roy | access-date=9 December 2018}}
References
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Category:Retail companies of Thrissur
Category:Indian companies established in 1909
Category:Retail companies established in 1909
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