Maduranthakam

Madurantakam () 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. As of 2011, the town had a population of 30,796.

== 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.