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About Madurāntakam
Madurantakam ([madɯɾaːn̪daɡam]) is the southernmost suburb of Chennai city and a municipality in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is known for the artificial and second largest lake in Tamil Nadu, the Madurantakam lake. It is said to have been built by the Chola King Uttama Chola, also called as Maduranthaka, during his reign. It is also home to the Eri-Katha Ramar Temple.
From the Wikipedia article Maduranthakam (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Madurantakam was ruled by Uttama chola Madurantaka (Chola King) 971–985 CE so, it is named as Madurantakam by the memory of the king .202.21.43.112 (talk) 17:27, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Madurantakam is one of the holy places visited by Ramanuja though it has not been sung by the Alvars. The place is also unique in that Ramanuja's statue is found dressed in white on all days while in almost all temples the saint is dressed in ochre. Ramanuja’s life’s biggest incident took place here much before he became a saint. It is here Ramanuja and Periyanambi met each other while Periyanambi was on the way to Kanchi to take Ramanuja home to Srirangam with him to start him teaching.(Ramanuja was on his way to Srirangam too, but both of them happened to take a break at the same EriKaatha Raamar Temple ) Ramanuja and Periyanambi did not want to waste a single minute thereafter and so Periyanambi performed panchasamaskara for Ramanuja here in the temple and thus Ramanuja became his disciple.
In two of his poems, Manavala Mamunigal asks everyone who wants to cast away his past sins to worship the Lord at this place. There are separate shrines for Lakshmi Narasimhar, Periya Nambi and Ramanuja, Andal, Sudarsana and Vedanta Desika. The holy tank is opposite the temple with a separate shrine for Anjaneya on its banks.
From the History section of Maduranthakam on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Puducherry Airport (PNY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 61 km away.
- Kanchipuram 41 km northwest, about 41 min by car
- Vandalūr 47 km northeast, about 47 min by car
- Tambaram 53 km northeast, about 53 min by car
- Pallāvaram 58 km northeast, about 58 min by car
- Puducherry 65 km south, about 1 h by car
- Poonamalle 65 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Saint Thomas Mount 64 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Avadi 71 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ambattur 72 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Chennai 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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