A prime residential and commercial area in Chennai, Mambalam is divided into East and West Mambalam by the railway line passing through it. East Mambalam is popularly known as T Nagar (Thyagaraja Nagar).
The present Mambalm is the West Mambalam, which is famous for the Sankara mutt, Kasi Viswanathar temple and the Kodhanda Ramaswamy temple.
