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'''Vivekanandar Illam''', earlier known as Ice House or Castle Kernan, is a historical building in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It was constructed in 1842 by [[Frederic Tudor]]. Indian Saint [[Swami Vivekananda]] stayed in the building when he visited Chennai in 1897, and it was later renamed in his honor. It is currently maintained by [[Ramakrishna Math]] and houses an exhibition on the life of Vivekananda.

==History==
[[File:Swami Vivekananda Chennai 1897.jpg|thumb|left|Swami Vivekananda (on the chair, third from left) and Biligiri Iyengar (on the floor, second from left) at the Ice House in 1897]]
In 1842, [[Frederic Tudor]] constructed the building facing the [[Bay of Bengal]] as a facility to store ice. In 1880, the business collapsed and the building was sold to Biligiri Iyengar, an advocate in the [[Madras High Court]]. Iyengar re-modeled the house and named it Castle Kernan after his friend and judge in [[Madras High Court]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nair|first=Sashi|title=Ice House through the years|year=2003|access-date=25 May 2014|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/02/stories/2003010200820300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728222352/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/02/stories/2003010200820300.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=28 July 2004}}</ref> When [[Swami Vivekananda]] visited Madras in 1897, he stayed in the building between 6 and 14 February 1897. Later, [[Ramakrishna Math]] functioned from the building from 1897 to 1906.

In 1914, the building was acquired by the Government of Madras and functioned as a hostel and training school for children run by [[R. S. Subbalakshmi]]. In 1963, on the birth Centenary of [[Swami Vivekananda]], the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] renamed the building as 'Vivekanandar Illam' meaning 'Vivekananda House' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. In 1997, Government of Tamil Nadu leased the building to [[Ramakrishna Math]], and it currently houses an exhibition on the life of Swami Vivekananda.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article3221488.ece|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=Atul|last=Swaminathan|title=India's first 3D stereoscopic movie on Vivekananda|date=25 March 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Heritage structures in Chennai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.vivekanandahouse.org vivekanandahouse.org, Vivekananda House, Chennai]
*[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/tamil-nadu/chennai-madras/sights/architectural-cultural/vivekananda-house Lonely Planet Review on Vivekananda House]

{{Swami Vivekananda}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Museums in Chennai]]
[[Category:Biographical museums in India]]
[[Category:Memorials to Swami Vivekananda]]

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