The Erode Corporation on Wednesday expressed its desire
to convert into a mathematics museum the house where Srinivasa Ramanujan
was born. The Corporation passed a resolution to this effect, moved by
Mayor Mallika Paramasivam. A proposal to convert the house on Azhagiya
Singar Street into a museum will be submitted to the State government.

Though
it was known that Erode was the birthplace of the maths genius, the
house where he was born remained untraceable until recently. It was
located following the efforts made by Susumu Sakurai, professor and
head, Department of Math, Tokyo University of Science and Technology,
and Professor and President of Tamil Nadu Science Forum N. Mani.

“We
had the information that Ramanujan was born in a house that was
situated exactly between a Siva temple and its water tank. After
extensive search, we found it and confirmed that Ramanujan was born in
the house that had the door number 18 in Azhagiya Singar Street,” Mr.
Mani said. “It should not be neglected. We should celebrate the math
genius by making his birthplace a museum. We already adopted a
resolution demanding the State government to convert the house into a
museum. It is good to know that the civic body has now come forward to
convert it into museum,” Mr. Mani told
The Hindu
.