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BANGALORE VISIT  27-4-2016 --- 12-5-2016 After our New Delhi visit we returned to Chennai on 16th April 2016. On 21 April we heard the shocking news that KAMAKSHI (sister of Vijaya) has passed away this evening at Bangalore. So, we two left Chennai on the morning of Wednesday the 27th April by Double Decker. We went to Ashok's place and stayed there for the night. Next day on 28th, we left for Krishna raj's house and stayed there till 3rd May (Tuesday) - that day was the Subasyam, (Read the OBIT for Kamakshi in a separate Blog). We returned to Ashok's house in the evening. On 5th May, we went to Anand's house and returned by evening of 6th May. Rama, Santosh, Satya and the child arrived in Ashok's house 8th morning. On 9th morning we all (except Neeraja) including Vibha, left for Mallasamudram in two cars for the Mudi Irakkuthal [Read about it in a separate Blog]. Rama and others left on 11th May Wednesday for Secunderabad by car. On 12th May (Thu) we tw...

SATHWIK (b : 2-8-2015), is the son of Santosh / Sathya. The child is nearing one year and his mudi irakkuthal was to be performed before Aug 2016 at Mallasamudram koil, near Salem, TN. Rama, Santosh, Sathya, and the child came to Ashok's house, Bangalore on the evening of 8th May 2016. Sathyamoorthy couldn't come because hw wasn't well. Santosh drove his car from Sec-bad. Vibha had come to BTM for this occasion. We two (we were already in Bangalore), Ashok joined them for the trip. Got up on 9th May 2016 by 3 AM, took bath and started by 5 AM in two cars. We two and Rama travelled in Ashok's car, and the others in Santosh car. After breakfast at Dharmapuri, we went to Mallasamudram (225 km from Bangalore) by 10.30. Mudi irakkuthal was done at the koil. Then Abhishekam to the Deity - Angala Paramesawari Amman. Then abhishekams at nearby Sivan koil and the Ambal koil. We started from there by 2 PM, had lunch at Salem. Then coffee / tea on the roadside by 4...

OBITUARY B: 10-09-1941    D: 21-04-2016   KAMAKSHI was born at Kanchipuram on 10-09-1941 as the third child to Smt Annapoorani Ammal and Sri GN Yegnaswamy Iyer. The family had 2 sons and 4 sisters and everyone of them had their schooling at Kanchipuram. Their father GNY was a teacher in Pachaiyappa's School at Kanchipuram. After her schooling, she went to Bombay (now Mumbai) to live with her elder brother and she was employed there for a while. She married Sri Sundararajan at Kanchipuram on 07-11-1965 and led a happy married life. They lived at Avadi, Chennai. They were blessed with 3 children - Poornima, Krishnaraj, and Nirupama. Poornima was married at Avadi. By1998 they shifted to Thane, Mumbai where their son was employed. Nirupama was married at Mumbai and Krishnaraj was married at Pune. On 18-05-2001, Sri Sundararajan passed away at Thane. Kamakshi and Krishnaraj continued living at Thane. By 2014 they shifted to Bangalore, Marathahalli area. Ka...