Ayodhya Aswamedha Maha Mandapam / அயோத்தி மண்டபம், மேற்கு மாம்பலம், West Mambalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

23^rd 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 in the way of Bharat culture.

  

The thought of celebrating Sri Rama Navami in West Mambalam was the brainchild of one Mr K.Subramania Iyer fondly called KS, in the year 1954. Brahmasri Somadeva Sarma ( father of Srivatsa Jayarama Sarma a famous religious orator) gave the name “Sri Ram Samaj” and the same was registered in the year 1958. With Srinivasa Rao, KS approached Sri Venkatrama Iyer, a noted Congressman who gave Rs 25/-.  With this initial amount, they collected Rs 242/-  and celebrated the first Sri Ram Navami in a thatched shed on vacant land on Bhaktavatsalam Street. Nine orators were arranged for all 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 and kept presently at the mandapam.

To celebrate Ram Navami and to have its 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 a 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 possesses 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:

Landline 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 landmark of west mambalam.

About 2 km from Mambalam sub-urban railway station.

City buses from Ashok pillar to T Nagar pass through Ayodhya Mandapam on Arya Gowda Street and the bus stop is Ayodhya Mandapam. 

LOCATION OF THE MANDAPAM: CLICK HERE

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