The Raja Annamalai Chettiar Hall is an auditorium

Auditorium

An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...

 situated in Chennai

Chennai

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, India

India

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. It is considered to be one of the city's oldest venues for Carnatic music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 concerts apart from the T. T. Krishnamachari Auditorium

T. T. Krishnamachari Auditorium

The T. T. Krishnamachari Auditorium is an auditorium situated in Mylapore, Chennai. It was constructed with the patronage of Indian politician and industrialist, T. T. Krishnamachari in 1962 and houses concerts during the Chennai Music Season...

 in Mylapore

Mylapore

Mylapore is a cultural hub and neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Earlier, Mylapore used to be called Vedapuri....

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auditorium is the venue for concerts organised by the Tamil Isai Sangam

Tamil Isai Sangam

Tamil Isai Sangam is a music association started to promote pure form of ancient Tamil music popularly known as the Tamil Isai throughout Tamil Nadu. The current president of the association is Judge P.R.Gopalakrishnan. The main premises are located in Chennai city.-History:It was founded in 1943...

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History

The Tamil Isai Sangam

Tamil Isai Sangam

Tamil Isai Sangam is a music association started to promote pure form of ancient Tamil music popularly known as the Tamil Isai throughout Tamil Nadu. The current president of the association is Judge P.R.Gopalakrishnan. The main premises are located in Chennai city.-History:It was founded in 1943...

 was founded in 1944 to promote Tamil music. From 1944 to 1953, the Sangam functioned at Gokhale Hall

Gokhale Hall

The Gopal Krishna Gokhale Hall is a public hall situated in Armenian Street, Georgetown, Chennai. It was constructed by Annie Besant in 1915 as the headquarters of the Young Men's Indian Assocication.- History :...

. In 1953, the Raja Annamalai Chettiar Hall was constructed with donations from the S Rm M family, unofficially regarded as the
royal house

Royal House

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 of Chettinad

Chettinad

Chettinad is a region of the Sivaganga district of southern Tamil Nadu state, India. Karaikudi is known as the capital of Chettinad , which includes Karaikudi and 74 other villages...

. The hall was named Raja Annamalai Chettiar Hall after Sir Annamalai Chettiar.