Venkateshwara Tent House

We have been operating Venkateshwara Tent House here in Mahalakshmipuram 1 for a good number of years now. It started out quite small with just a few basic poles and some old tarps we kept in the back shed. Over time, we ended up getting more chairs and different kinds of lighting because the neighbors kept asking for them. My brother and I usually handle the loading ourselves when a truck comes in. It's dusty work, especially during the dry season when the wind kicks up around the street. We don't have a big fancy office or a website where you click buttons to order things. Usually, people just walk in or call us when they have a family function or some religious event nearby. Sometimes things get a bit chaotic when three weddings happen on the same day, but we somehow make it work. We spend a lot of time cleaning the fabric and checking if the metal frames are still sturdy. If a chair gets a wobbly leg, we put it aside to fix on Tuesday mornings when it’s quiet. We know most of the people on this block by name. It’s just a regular local business where we try to do what we said we’d do. We aren't trying to be the biggest in the city, we just like keeping the shop running and making sure the tents don't fall over when the rain starts. It is just us here every day.