People inject their own "Old this, old that", or "Next to Mari Amman Koil" ( Name of Temple / Landmark ) or "Behind this school / that landmark" etc.
Compounded by the fact that a lot of South Indian town names and district names are reeaaaalllly long and a lot of times, I run out of data entry space when making booking for my fam in India on online travel sites.
Ex: My cousins live in a town called Thillaiganganagar (17 chars). Another friend of my gramps lives in a place called thiruvananthapuram (18 chars)
The article lists some guidelines here => http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/postal/#india
In reality though, people use all kinds of hints and landmarks in the address [1].
Example:
TACTV Arasu Sevai Center
O/o J.Er,No.88,Durgadevi Nagar,
6th Cross Street,Extension,
Behind ECI Matric Higher Secondary School,
Tondiarpet,
Chennai-81
Source: http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/ucsc.pdf
People inject their own "Old this, old that", or "Next to Mari Amman Koil" ( Name of Temple / Landmark ) or "Behind this school / that landmark" etc.
Compounded by the fact that a lot of South Indian town names and district names are reeaaaalllly long and a lot of times, I run out of data entry space when making booking for my fam in India on online travel sites.
Ex: My cousins live in a town called Thillaiganganagar (17 chars). Another friend of my gramps lives in a place called thiruvananthapuram (18 chars)