THE CONNECTION IS Ice King Frederic Tudor built an icehouse at Madras facing the Bay of Bengal in 1842 as part of his ice business. Around 1880, the business collapsed and the building was sold to Biligiri Iyengar of Madras. He remodelled the house, renamed it Castle Kernan and used it as a residence. When Swami Vivekananda visited Madras in 1897 after his return from the West, Iyengar, being a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, made him stay at the Ice House. Vivekananda stayed at the Ice House between 6 February 1897 to 14 February 1897 when he delivered some of his most famous lectures. When Vivekananda was about to depart, he agreed to his disciples' request to set up a permanent centre at the Ice House. The mission activities continued till 1906 when the property came up for mortgage and was purchased by a zamindar. In 1917, Ice House was acquired by the Government of Madras as part of their social welfare scheme after which the house functioned as training school for women and a hostel for widows.
the person in the left is FEDRIC TUDOR and he built the buliding in the right side,that is VIVEKANDA ILLAM
ReplyDeleteTHE CONNECTION IS Ice King Frederic Tudor built an icehouse at Madras facing the Bay of Bengal in 1842 as part of his ice business. Around 1880, the business collapsed and the building was sold to Biligiri Iyengar of Madras. He remodelled the house, renamed it Castle Kernan and used it as a residence. When Swami Vivekananda visited Madras in 1897 after his return from the West, Iyengar, being a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, made him stay at the Ice House. Vivekananda stayed at the Ice House between 6 February 1897 to 14 February 1897 when he delivered some of his most famous lectures. When Vivekananda was about to depart, he agreed to his disciples' request to set up a permanent centre at the Ice House. The mission activities continued till 1906 when the property came up for mortgage and was purchased by a zamindar. In 1917, Ice House was acquired by the Government of Madras as part of their social welfare scheme after which the house functioned as training school for women and a hostel for widows.
ReplyDeleteright....it is Frederic Tudor and the building to hte right is the Madras Ice House which housed the Tudor Ice House formerly.
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