23rd
October 2017.
This
mandapam is on the Arya gowda road, a landmark place of West Mambalam. Established
in the year 1954 by Sri Ram Samaj. The main aim of the Sri Ram Samaj is to
celebrate Ram Navami every year in a grand manner and to serve the people and society by the way of Bharat culture.
The
thought of celebrating Sri Rama Navami
in West Mambalam was the brain child of one Mr K.Subramania Iyer fondly
called as KS, in the year 1954. Brahmasri Somadeva Sarma ( father of Srivatsa
Jayarama Sarma a famous religious orator) gave the name as “Sri Ram Samaj” and the same was
registered in the year 1958. With
Srinivasa Rao, KS approached Sri Venkatrama Iyer, a noted Congress man who gave
Rs 25/-. With this initial amount they
collected Rs 242/- and celebrated the
first Sri Ram navami in a thatched shed
in a vacant land on Bhaktavatsalam street. Nine orators were arranged for all the nine
days to discourse. The first upanyasam on Srimad Valmiki Ramayana was
given by Sukhabrahman Brahmasri Ramaswamy Sastrigal. In 1957 the Thanjavur
painting was purchased, kept presently at the mandapam.
To
celebrate Ram Navami and to have own structure, a 4 ground land was purchased
with encumbrance from Sri Srinivasa Iyer, a real estate developer and the same
was solved through Veppathur Sri V S Venkatarama Iyer. The cost of the land Rs
5400 was given as loan by Mr K Sundaresa Iyer, the younger of KS and the same
was repaid over three years.
Maha Periyava also visited the site and sat in a place where the deities are
presently kept. He blessed and said “buy this piece of land, it will augur
your society”. Brahmasri Somadeva Sarma
gave the name of this mandapam as “Ayodhya Aswamedha Maha mandapam” The
first ever Upanyasam at this maha mandapam was by Brahmasri Sengalipuram
Narayana Dikshitar ( younger brother of Brahmasri Sengalipuram Anantharama
Dikshitar). Now lot of discourses are
conducted throughout the year.
With the blessings of Maha Periyava The Sri Ram
Samaj, now posses a Community Centre
called Mithilapuri Kalyana mandapam,
A place to perform the obsequies
for the departed soul at T Nagar, Sri Sitaram Vidyalaya, a matriculation school
and Gnanapavai.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Land
line numbers are 044 24893077, 23451600 and 2345 1604
Web
site address: http://sriramsamaj.org/
E
mail address : sriramsamaj@gmail.com
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is very near to Ayodhya mandapam, a land mark of west
mambalam.
About 2 Km distance from Mambalam sub-urban railway station.
City buses from Ashok pillar to T Nagar passes through Ayodhya
Mandapam on Arya Gowda Street and bus stop is Ayodhya mandapam.
LOCATION:CLICK HERE
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