A small plaque inMylaporethat keeps aliveRabindranath Tagoresfirst visit to Madras

While visiting Madras in 1919, the Nobel laureate stayed at the residence of Justice T.MuthuswamyIyer, the first Indian to serve as a judge of the Madras High Court during the British period. In 2005, the descendants ofIyersold the house to S. H.Mohideen and his family, which chose to retain its historic name as a matter of pride