 The ashramam was given to gandhiji in the year 1935 then it was known as “அரிசன் சேவக்சமாஜ்” .and then ashramam was taken under the control of assembly member of Ambaimr.gomathi shankara dechidhar then it was upgraded to student hostel and now it was under the control of divyananda swamy it has thirupiraidurai next to trichy as head office.In the congress period Mr. Gomati shakara dechidhar (M.L.A) made sufficient efforts for a roadway bridge over the Thamirabarani River in 1965 the bridge was opened by jeyakamaraj udaiyar who was the governor of Tamil Nadu that time that paves a new way to cheranmahadevi

Temples in Cheranmahadevi

In cheranmahadevi a millagu pillayar temple is situated in their every time if there is a drought situation without rain in cheranmahadevi “மிளகை அரைத்து பிள்ளையார் உடல் முமுவதும் புசுவர்” then water will be filled until he gets drowned if this event happens people believe that rain will come.When we inquired a local man mr.kanagavel owner of an agency named Arul said that not only from cheranmahadevi from Kerala also if there is a scarcity of rain people used to come with about 5 kg of millaga for performing the ritual.