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STORY OF MAMBALAM (The Hindu dt 14-081-17)

Mambalam’s connection with mosquitoes is well known; there’s even a cricket team by that name. The story goes thus: this locality was originally like a peninsula of the Long Tank and Adyar River, and when the former was closed (upon which came up the area that we call T Nagar today), the slush spilled over, breeding many mosquitoes.
This was a decade after the railway line between Madras and Kanchipuram had been laid (in 1911), prompting many people to move to the locality. Today, West Mambalam is a bustling neighbourhood, with an apt mix of tradition and modernity.
The Kothandaramar temple was built by Adi Narayana Dasa, who was a direct descendant of Bhakta Ramadasu, the man instrumental in building the famous Rama temple at Bhadrachalam. Even today, this quaint temple at Mambalam, which shares its walls with the Ahobila Mutt School, is known as ‘Dakshina Bhadrachalam’. Not far from here is the Kasi Viswanathar temple, which has two mutts — the Sankara Mutt and the Kasi Mutt — closeby.
We head from temple town to tinseltown. West Mambalam traditionally had two theatres; one of them was the Kothanda Rama Theatre (or National Theatre) that eventually shut down. But what still stands till today is the majestic Srinivasa Theatre, where you can still catch a recent film for less than half the price you’d shell out at a multiplex was set up in 1963, by Devanathan, who also established the Prarthana Drive-in at ECR.
Thanks to its ever-crowded railway station, Mambalam has a couple of bustling subways that aid commuters crossing over to other parts of the city. Duraiswamy Subway was originally named after Dheeran Sivalingam, who immolated himself when he was just 21, protesting against Hindi imposition in the State. Madley Subway was named after JW Madley, the man who revolutionised water supply to the city. The crowded Arya Gowda Road is named after Ari Gowder, a Baduga leader who owned a lot of land in the area.
 
1947- A Madras story
On August 15, the city often considered responsible for the British Empire was illuminated and the sirens of docked ships in the harbour blared at midnight.
Tricolour festoons bedecked most buildings. Celebratory processions each vying with another to be different were organised (some of them even had elephants and camels).
The 150-foot long-standing flag post in Fort. St George had a new silken flag — a tricolour woven in Hubli. (Incidentally this was its third flag, after the East India Company and Union Jack flags.) And the city rejoiced.
GO THROUGH THIS ARTICLE. IT TAKES YOU BACK TO CHENNAI-WHAT WAS MADRAS THEN IN 1947
Quite interesting if you are interested






1947: A Madras story
What was it like to live in this city the year India celebrated its much-awaited independence?
thehindu.com
 
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