MOTHER'S MEMORY RECOLLECTIONS

AS I LOOK BACK MANY SIMILARITIES ARE WITH ME AND MOTHER. WE BOTH WERE BORN AT MAYAVARAM AND SETTLED DOWN AT MYLAPORE. BIRTH AT MAYILADUTHURAI AND SETTLING DOWN AT MYLAPORE WHERE THE IMPORTANCE OF PEACOCK IS SIGNIFICANT.

MY MOTHER'S HUSBAND IS SUBRAMANYAM AND MY FATHER IS SUBRAMANYAM AND LORD SUBRAMANYA'S ABODE IS PEACOCK.AS I WAS BORN IN VALLALAR KOIL DOUBLE STREET AND THE PROMINENT DEITY IS MEDHA DHAKSHINAMURTHY MY GRAND FATHER NAMED ME AS GURUMURTHY. BEFORE MY BIRTH OUR FAMILY WERE LIVING ALONG WITH MY FATHER'S BROTHER N.SIVARAMAKRISHNA IYER'S FAMILY IN SANKARA VILAS AT LUZ, ROYAPETTAH HIGH ROAD.

ON MY BIRTH OUR FAMILY SHIFTED TO VENKATESA AGRAHARAM WHICH IS SITUATED JUST OPPOSITE TO THE P.S.HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS WHERE MY FATHER WORKED AS TEACHER FOR 39 YEARS. OTHER THAN 4 YEARS OF MY INITIAL APPOINTMENT IN STATE BANK OF INDIA FROM 1965 TO 1968, MYSELF MOTHER AND FATHER ALWAYS LIVED IN MYLAPORE OR AROUND MYLAPORE, RAJA ANNAMALAIPURAM ONLY.

MANY A TIMES PERSISTENT ADVICES FROM RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, I DECLINED, JUST BECAUSE OF FACINATING ENVIRONMENT OF MYLAPORE. SO MOTHER, MAYILADUTHURAI, MYLAPORE AND MY MIND MAINTAINS MAKES ME MEMORABLE