[2] The station has been built as an additional one in the first phase of the Chennai MRTS network completed much earlier.

Initially slated to be completed in April 2009 at a cost of ₹ 350 million,[3] the construction was delayed due to land-acquisition issues.

[6] The station's name ran into unnecessary controversy in June 2013 when over 80 per cent work was over, since some local non Hindu residents and organisations opposed the naming of the station after the Hindu goddess Mundakakanniamman though there are stations in India like Masjid in Mumbai suburban railway and St.Thomas Mount in Chennai suburban railway.

A temple of Goddess Mundakakanniamman is almost in the vicinity of the station, which covers Ganeshapuram and Slatterpuram that have a good number of Christian and Muslim population.

The station building consists of 2,400 sq m of parking area in its basement.