Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, at the residence of his maternal grandparents.[7] His father, K. Srinivasa Iyengar worked as a clerk in a sari shop and hailed from the district of Thanjavur.[8] His mother, Komalatammal or Komal Ammal was a housewife and also sang at a local temple.[9] They lived in Sarangapani Street in a traditional home in the town of Kumbakonam