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Vivekananda House (Ice House)
AddressRamakrishna Math, Kamarajar Salai
Managed byRamakrishna Math, Chennai Math
Today's hoursOpen today 10 AM – 7:15 PM
Tickets fromFrom ₹40
TypeHistoric Building
Time needed1 hour
Location
About
A striking circular colonial-era building originally built to store ice imported from America, later transformed into a memorial to Swami Vivekananda, who stayed here for nine days in 1897 after returning from the West.
Did you know? The building was originally built to store blocks of ice shipped all the way from frozen lakes in Boston, Massachusetts — a 19th-century American ice trade that supplied several Indian port cities before mechanical refrigeration existed.
Opening hours
| Mon–Sun | 10 AM – 7:15 PM |
Tickets
Adult Indian
₹50Kids/Students Indian
₹40