Next Chapter… 16.7.2006…….
Now that Konthai Anna has added certain incident cum accident about my accidental fall from mango tree, the seriousness of accident and the Grace of Lord Guruvayurappan in saving my life…etc…. It used to be heart throbbing stories to hear the various real incidents narrated by manni, our amma,appa, Bagavathy,etc who were the witnesses to the episodes…..….My appa used to narrate various incidents in his life… I shall touch on that later..
NOW I SHALL TRACE THE HISTORY OF PIYER FAMILY THE ORIGIN
ITS DECENDENTS ETC…………
Our family belongs to Baradwaja Goth ram………and group Brhacharanam…
Su.kla Yajurvedam…Mother tongue…Tamil…migrated to Palghat…which was in Madras presidency previously….and we are Aryans…...Brahmins Iyers…..Hindus…
I record below the particulars of our forefathers,foremothers,etc as available in a note book of piyer available with me
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All these are in relation to Shri.Parameswara Iyer………..
Father Grandfather Great grandfather
Ananthanarayanan Sundareswaran Venkiteswaran
Mother Fathers mother G grandmothers mother
Parvathi Lakshmi Ananathambal
Mothers Father Mothers grandfather Mothers g grandfather
Venkiteswaran Narayanan Venkiteswaran
Mothers mother Mothers g mother Mothers g g mother
Meenakshi Nagamabal Nagamabal
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our mother Annapoorni..second daughter of Nurni Seshan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our mother’s mothers name …their Gothram….etc please ascertain and incorporate…------
I give below the next of kin of Parameswara Iyer…..including the coparceners…
He was born as the last child to his parents….having 4 elder brothers…and two elder sisters…His father was a Brahmin..Vadhyar…used to perform Sivapooja in Divans house …and mother a holy Brahmin housewife….both not much educated…..by modern standards…
Eldest brother was Chaama Periappa…Venkiteswaran….who was In Trichur married to Brahmin…had a son and 2 daughters…His son was blind and was in a temple near Mysore Cahmundeswari temple…he was knowing all his uncles/cousins..etc but alas. the fate he himself was blind….I don’t know if he is still in Mysore.
About the daughters….we don’t know where they are …but likely to be somewhere in Gujarath…..
Periappa had a mistress after death of first wife…commonly called as Achi, in Malayalam…and had issues though her. Her son brought aged Periappa in 1960 to our Ganapathy Agraharam house where the entire family was immersed in the sorrow caused by tragic death of kutten at Bombay at the age of 30…But appa was very fond of periappa and thus welcomed him to the house. Periappa was aged blind and had to be nursed…given food…and we were doing it for some months. Naryanana n may remember the Periappa… Thereafter when we were about to shift the entire family to Ban galore in Oct,1960 Periappa was taken back by his Achis son…and we came to know later periappa had passed away…the sad end of the eldest member of the family…Periappa although an illiterate innocent man had influences through domestic pressures and family matters and thus was not much attached to our family members…
Then Sundara periappa…Ernakulam….Periammais sister in Trichur…
His sons Poona Raman and Calcutta Viswanathan Vishwanathan passed away recently at Palghat.
Poona Raman was a popular family member,,,he left for Poona in 1957 before which he was in Ernakulam…He had come for Aggravates marriage at Ban galore and Poona’s…I have met him at Annapoornis house Amanjikarai when her second son was born…I think 1982/1983.
Ramans sons are Vemban,Ambi,Tahandveswaran and daughters Annapoorni,Parvathi.
Sundara Periappas daughter ws Lakshmi…whose son Dorai married to Annapoorni…Raman annas daughter.
We had Krishnaperiappa…Krishnaswamy…..whose sons, Veeran, Balan,Babu,Raman and daughters Nagalkshmi,Baby, Rasammal.Radhai.. rasammal is no more.
Veeran Neelakanatan was in Chembur near Sankara Maamas house and same age as our Sridhar ..r and daughter Meera…both married….
They are in Bangalore now I think.
Then Babu …a popular cousin….his house in Gardoida nagar, Ghatkopar…
Children some studying/married in USA….Babu got married late in 1974 I think…
Balan was in USA before 1958….he had gone to USA along with the Textile Committee Delegation of Govt of India and settled there. His children all are in USA…New Jersey…wife was one known veils daughter…sister of Radioman,, Paapa,etc.Bangalore
Then it is Raman who still stays in the same house where Periappa and family had shifted to in 1956 or so,,,that it as at Rajewadi,Kakkad Estate,
He was in Western Railways/Voltas and now retired…has his daughter Vaani..married to Gujarathi..neighbour…may be related to Ambani..
Rasammal a paavam like our mother and mothrers contemporary staying near Petrol Bunk Naickanal…he rhusband a cook in Udupi hotel in Madras. Her children narayanan/Lakshmi …Syamala knows them well’
It is Naglakshmi daughter of Krishan periappa given in second marriage to Kalayanskrishnan Noorani..her daughters Ponnammal ..married to Athimber Lakshmanans brother….at Mulund…who ws an Engineer and who is no more now.
Babi was in Palghat vadakkanthari gramam and her husband is also no more.
Radhai was married to music vidwan in Bomaby they live in Govandi..
Our Eachara periapt Cascara was a master, sportsman…known as Tennis Easwaran.had won many medals in sports…he was postgraduate..
His sons Easwar sagar ws correspondent of the Hindu at USA and children settled in us.
His daughter Raasam was in London. married in Bombay in 1957..to Rajagopal..who is no more. Papa used to say for the marriage Mr.M..Chagla a legal luminary had come..Ofcourse our Maanu athan ..High Court master of Bombay was also there
Eachara periapp ws living with us in the Vdakke angadi house for sometime…his wife lost her diamond ring some where not found out…as a bad omen…Periappa died in our house that year,. I remember we used local Dr Krishan Iyer for emergency to rat periappa.
When Periappa died his eldest son Raasamoni married to a Malayali…came next day from madras when he ws with Hindu there…but couldn’t perform any rites…for obvious reasons. He was the first person togo to US from our family..although not a highly educated person..was in ship and later through his own ability became a journalist and joined the Hindu and was with them till he was in USA…Periappas other son was Raaasappan whom I have seen on Vellore once when I went on tour as a sales representative in 1967.
Another contemporary of Appa ws Appesan Who was appas maternal uncles son ..who ws a Chemistry Professor at Mysore University and appa used to say that he helped appa financially when appa was studying for B.A. at Pachaiyappas college,,,Madras Appa used to say out of 300 students who appeared for BA ..10 got through including Appa getting a Second Class with English and Economics as his subjects. His University certificate framed is in our house a valued possession. He used to say that our thaatha sitting in front of house in Ernakulam say everybody passing by…Enga Parmeswaran BA pass pnniyoottan,,,an achievement for a meber of a poor family those days. Perhaps he laid the stone for the family members to get educated and producing…Engineers, Chartered Accountants,Doctors,Lawyer and Managers….and all successful housewives..,
Appas sisters…Mangle Athaii...…who used to come home for our thatha/patties devasam etc…
Had sons Anathanu,mani,Krishnan,Ramakrishnan,and Venkitchu..(Bombay)
Another athai Lakshmi…her children Manu athan and Anatharama athan who ws in Malaya
Maanu athan was a frequent visitor to our house from Bombay bringing us all Bombay peeporukku and athamanni although good…children used to avoid her.and was a contemporary of appa..used to calla ppa as Paappan…
Regarding our mother she ws the last daughter of Noorani seshan..her sister Lakshmi having children like chellam,Singari,saroja,etc.
Ammas brothers were many like Sankara maama.Ramaswami maaama,Choodamanai,Rasamani.Akkitumeshu, Ikkini,….
Above is a rough sketch….members may state their memories….abt all the above person. I shall continue next week……..
Stop me for a break whenever found necessary……..
-Raghavan
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