Gold, silver, clothing in the eastern side... calm independent bungalows or chawl type flats in the western side... East or west - mambalam is the best! That's what people of Chennai say. Crowd, traffic, parking issues all left aside this is one place where no Chennaite will lose their track. Let's closely analyze what people feel about this most happening place...

"The diversity in shopping options makes T.Nagar one of the most crowded areas in Chennai during all seasons. The area around Panagal Park has seen the oncoming of new clothing stores, including RmKV, Kumaran, and Nalli, over the past few years" says Gayathri, a resident for morethan two decades now.

Temples and other music sabhas add a lot more than the typical shopping that people usually visualize when they hear the name of this place. Developed as a Manchester for Chennai, this places pulls people more for the variety of shopping it offers.

"Every visitor of Chennai should make it a point to visit mambalam to take back a quantified memory of Chennai" exclaims Radha.

Speaking loads of only the shopping aspect of this place will not render justice to this perfectly blended commercial residential area. Panagal Park, Natesan Park and Jeeva Park all have their regular crowd and their walkers' associations are exceptionally dynamic.

When asked a few people of different age groups to utter few words which come to their mind when they hear T.Nagar. Here is the list, crowded, all in all, music sabhas, parks, active 24 by 7, multifaceted, haven, shopping. So do I frame it this way; a multifaceted shopping haven which is crowded 24 by 7 and has active music sabhas and parks.

To rate a place of such high image stature is completely impossible. What one can wish for is better crowd management. Probably Mambalam is liked by one and all of the city dwellers for the way it is.!

SOWJANYA.S