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About
A house somebody made
Taamboolam is a family home in Jayanagar that was built slowly and is still cared for by the people who built it. The tiles, the joinery, the cane and the small things on the shelves were chosen one at a time rather than specified in a schedule, and none of it was bought to look like anything in particular.
It is not a hotel and it does not behave like one: no front desk, no key card, no menu card. What it asks in return is that you treat it as a house — one that other people are also living in while you are here.
Best suited to guests who would rather stay in a home than in a room.
In her words
Silent within that speaks to yourself while enjoying your stay!
In the Hustle of the outside noise..you feel the bliss within the stay!
Gentle colours of the walls and the natural tiles that breathe free and pure you feel the Calm Quiet and beautiful life within the stay!
Serene spaces within the walls with green plants cute little garden here and there that relieve your stressed mind and body!
You get to be there.. Be with you your family/ your friends / your guests fully without the outside disturbances!
Tailored with care organic mattresses/ beds, pillows, sheets, curtains sooth your body as you get to bed and sleep.. you wake up to feel fresh, breathe happy!
And Empathy is the essence of Taamboolam.. Your Hosts care for you, understand you, be with you to make you feel comfortable, satisfied and happy with your stay..She makes sure you SMILE with gratitude while checking out.
The name
Where the name comes from
Taamboolam is the tray offered to a guest at the end of a visit in South India — betel leaves and areca nut, usually with a coconut, some fruit, turmeric and kumkum. Each part carries something: the leaf freshness and respect, the nut firmness, the coconut and fruit abundance.
What matters is the gesture rather than the objects. Somebody came, they were received, and they do not leave empty-handed. The house is named after that, and tries to behave like it.
Betel leaf
Freshness, and respect for the person leaving.
Areca nut
Firmness — a thing that keeps.
Coconut
Abundance, and what a household can spare.
Banana
Plenty, and the ordinary sweetness of a house.
Turmeric
Auspiciousness, and a blessing on the road.
Kumkum
Welcome, marked rather than spoken.
None of it is worth much. That is the point of it: what is given is the gesture, not the goods.