Maraimalai Adigal - Maraimalai Adigal Library

Maraimalai Adigal Library

Maraimalai Adigal spent most of his income on buying books. Research on the readership of his book collections show that between 20 April 1923 to 10 August 1930 a total of 1852 people had borrowed his books. The readership included people from Madras Presidency, Sri Lanka, Burma and Malaysia. Upon his death, on 15 September 1950, according to his will, the books were left for the people of Tamil Nadu and thus a library named after him was started in 1958 by the then MD, Padmashri V.Subbiah Pillai of South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd. at Linghi Street, Chennai. by adding more no of rare collection of Tamil books The library was a repertoire of books and journals, some printed way back in 1779. In May 2008 Tamil Nadu Government helped by allocating a space at Connemara Public Library but the library management is still with the present MD R.Muthukumaraswamy M.A., B.Lib.Sc., of South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd. .