Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Smt. Laxmamma (Laxmibai) with Shri Chinnaswamy Naidu - My maternal grandmother's twin sister

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 Finally, through providence and a FB meet-up with an unconnected cousin, I was able to receive a precious photograph of my maternal grandmo...
Monday, November 4, 2019

My mother, Indumati, at Stella Maris College, Madras - 21 March 1961

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a precious photograph from the archives - from 21 March 1961 - of my mother, Indumati Muniswamy Naidu - before her marriage and change of n...

My mother at Presidency College, Madras 1950-1953

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an absolutely rare treasure of a photograph, received suddenly from someone who was shown the photograph quite accidentally. The BA Telugu ...
Monday, March 25, 2019

My maternal grand-uncle with my maternal aunt, Shyamala and a cousin.

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My maternal grand-uncle with my maternal aunt, Shyamala Naidu, and a cousin. Possibly late 50s or 1960. Maybe in Villivakkam or Nungambakka...

with my sister, Uma / Sarala at Villivakkam in the late sixties

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With my sister, Uma / Sarala (now Sarala Krishnamoorthy, r/o Perth, Australia, and mother of Venkat Krishnamoorthy and Vegini Krishnamoort...

My mother, her two sisters, her maternal aunt and cousins - sometime in the late 50s or 1960

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My mother, Indumati (Sharada Bhushan) her two sisters, Saraswathy and Shyamala, her maternal aunt, Rajani, and cousins - sometime in the la...

My maternal grandmother, her eldest son, Kuchela, her sister and nieces - Meera and Bhavani

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My maternal grandmother, Hymavathi Naidu, her eldest son, Kuchela Naidu, her sister, and nieces - Meera and Bhavani - possibly at Villivakk...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Pramila Naidu, my paternal aunt with Jairam Naidu and his mother, Shanmughavalli, and their daughters. Possibly 1955

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Elders, from left - Mrs. Pramila Jairam Naidu, my paternal aunt, Smt. Shanmughavalli Alagiri Singhari Naidu (sister of my paternal grandfat...

M. Gopinath Naidu - my maternal uncle

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My maternal uncle - M. Gopinath Naidu - sometime in 1965, I think, on the roof of the Sri Raja Rajeswari Primary and High School at 4, Rama...

Unknown - from my mother's family photographs of 1955 to 1965

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Could not identify her, but I do remember my mother telling me once that she was an important relative, within a gajula balija naidu family...

Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam - my paternal grandfather - sometime in the 1930s

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An old archival photograph of my paternal grandfather, Shri Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam Naidu, seated, in a smashing stylish pale cream suit, ...

Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam - sometime in 1930 to 1940

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An old archival photograph of my paternal grandfather, Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam Naidu, seated, 3rd from right, in a smashing stylish pale cr...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Ancient temples of Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu - the southern homeland and history of Balija Naidus during 1350 to 1900

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Srivilliputhur is a municipal town in Tamil Nadu, very near Kanya Kumari, to give one an idea of what would be a southern homeland of the B...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

The battle of Palnadu - the Kurukshetra of the Naidu clans and the migration after victory and defeat

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The battle of Palnadu is known usually as the Kurukshetra of the Andhra regions, more so since the war was fought by cousins, in a manner s...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu - 12 April 1854 - 22 January 1922 - leading Balija Naidus during pre-1890 in South Tamil Nadu

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Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu or Pagadala Narasimhalu Nayadu  was a Congressman, social worker, publisher and a writer of travelogues. H...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Gajula Balija Naidus during 1890 to 1950 - in the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh regions

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The Gajula Balija Naidus were usually referred to or preferred to be known as Gavara, Kavara, Chetti, Setti, or Balijas during the period 1...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Primary locations of balija naidus in the recent history of Telugu speaking areas - From Srikakulam to Kanya Kumari

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The word Balija has traditionally been associated with traders of all sorts - small traders such as the Gajula Balijas to the large merchan...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

Scene near Srivilliputtur. c. 20 July 1792 (at Alagarkoil, a temple in the hills 7 miles west of Srivilliputtur)

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Alagarkoil area, near Srivilliputtur in July 1792 Pencil and wash drawing by Thomas and William Daniell of a scene near Srivilliputt...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Periya Tirumalai Nambi and his descendants

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Periya Thirumalai Nambi, also known as Srisailapoorna , was the maternal uncle of Swami Ramanujacharya and Govinda Bhattar ( embar ) and wa...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Sharada Bhushan - Indumati - my mother

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My mother, Sharada Bhushan, daughter and eldest child of Muniswamy Naidu and Hymavathy Naidu of Chennai, traveled from south India, to Mumb...

Jairam Naidu - my father's brother-in-law

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Jairam Naidu, my father's brother-in-law, was an entirely larger than life personality. Jovial, genial, happy and excellent in living h...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

My mother's brothers and sisters

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My maternal grandfather, Muniswamy Naidu and maternal grandmother, Hymavathi Naidu, had six children - three brothers and three sisters. ...

Narayanaswamy Naidu, Chinna Thayamma and some friends who made good in Trichy during 1905 to 1940

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One contemporary friend or acquaintance of my paternal maternal great grandfather, Shri Narayanaswamy Naidu and my paternal maternal great ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Gajula Balija Naidu - Related surnames and family names in Tamil Nadu of 1860 to 1950

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Balija Naidus were usually a trading community, found in all cities and mofussil towns of the Madras Presidency, from Srivilliputhur to Sri...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam - my paternal grandfather - the history of the name

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The name, Shyamala Ranga Bhashyam, is unique and with a glorious tradition to it. I want to write it here and present it to all my cousi...