The 1st daughter of Shri Naganatha Sastry was Mohambal and was married to T.L.Subbaiyer of thirukarugavoor near Papanasam. In the sections below, you can find the family connections pertaining to Thirukarugavoor. These were compiled based on the mail exchanges from Shri CRN and Arupathy Sekar mama.
My role is here as a compiler of these exchanges into passive voice and referencing them, so that the current generations are able to place them.
The Thirukarugavoor connection.
Cadavasal Patti [lokanayaki] eldest sister Mohambal was married to T L Subbier [TLS]. She died young leaving a son T S Venkatraman and a daughter known as Valu [correct name not known]
TL Subbier married again. (see below details) Cadavasal Ramaiyer and patti used to visit Subbier and patti had lot of respect for them. Subbier's younger brother was Shri Kuppuswamy Iyer, cadavasal patti used to refer to him as Kuppu Atthan.
TL Subbier's first wife was Mohambal (D/O Thanjavur Naganatha Sastry) and had
- one son T S Venkatraman [aka Venkittu anna] and he had 2 sons TV Laksmanan(no more) and TV Balan, retired ACC official and one daughter Bhargavi, now living in Bombay.
- [TV Balan’s family details also mentioned]
- TLS's had a daughter Valambal thru his first wife She was married to one Ramanja Krishna Iyer of the Vadagovanur family, She died very young leaving two dautgters,
- Valambal had 2 daughters - Nagalakshmi, married to Sundappa[of Nanjilnadu] son of Srinivasa Sharma of Mayiladuthurai) and
- Savithri married to Jagadeesan son of , M K Ranganatha Iyer and who lived in Mayuram Mahadana street. Jagadeesan died under mysterious circumstances in the Moyar Masanagudi ghat section in the Nilgiris, area.
Note: T.N Viswanathan –last son of Shri Naganatha Sastry was the son-in law of Mayavaram Srinivasa Sarma. He married Srinivasa Sarma’s daughter Savithri. So TNV’s brother in law is Sundappa.
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Comments by KRL
M K Ranganatha Iyer [MKR] hailed from Melur village. Melur is close to Arupadi across Kaveri and MKR used to self-drive through Arupadi in his yellow Plymouth car (without wearing a shirt but only a towel and Ruddhiraksha maalai). Sankaran may remember the sight.
The house where in he lived in Mahadana street belonged to K.N.Ramanathan of Kaveripatnam from whom he purchased the house in 1948.
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TLS had one younger brother by name TL Kuppusamy [TLK] and TLK’s
TLK's first daughter Thangamani [no more] married to Sivaraman and had 1 son and daughter
- Raghupathi
- Chitra and
- Chandra
TLK's first son Maali is no more and passed away very young.
TLK's second son TK Krishnamurthy is married to Subhadra and now lives in Chennai with his son. T K Krishnamurthy who has settled down in Chennai was one of the good friends of CRN. They had 2 sons and 1 daughter
- Ramkumar
- Chandar and
- Vaidehi
TLK's next daughter Padma, married to one Mr Seshadri and both live in Chennai.They do not have issues. Sri Seshadri, passed away in July 2008.
TLK's next daughter Lalitha is married to late MR Kannappan's elder brother Sundararaman of Mayuram/Mannrgudi.They had 3 sons and 3 daughter
- Venkataraman
- Baskar
- Ganesan
- Rama
- Neela and
- Usha.
TLK's had one more daughter by name Visalam and she had 2 daughters
- Sarojni and
- Vasanthi
TL Subbier re-married again Her name was Kamalambal
and hailed from Vikravandi village, in Tanjore Dt.
The details of the prognies of TLS-Kamalambal is as follows
- smt Parvathi (referred as Parvathi chitti) is his eldest daughter married to late A N Balsubramaniam of Arupathy. [Son of the famous advocate Arupathy Natesa Iyer]. (Brother of A.N.K. Shri A.N.K is father of Kamala periamma married to S.Natarajan of SNP). Parvathi chitti died recently (Aug-2008) She lived upto 90 years and had a great life supported by her sons/daughters till her end.
Parvathi/A N Balsubramaniam had 2 sons and 3 daughters
- Sankaranarayanan,
- Sekar
- Bhama
- Vatsala and
- Latha.
TLS's first son is TS Vaidyanathan(no more) and was an advocate and was married to Thirupurasundari. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters
- Ramakrishnan
- Sundar
- Girija and
- Nandini
TLS's second daughter Moham(no more) was married to late Balakarishnan(s/o a great lawyer in Madurai Mr. A Lakshminarayana Iyer ) whose bungalow in Chokkukulam was a landmark and was adjacent to TVS TS Rajam's bungalow). CRN mama used to visit both places. Rajam's son late Rathna, and CRN were good friends in Madura College and continued to be so.
TLS's second son is TS Gopalan was married to Saghuntala and they had 2 sons and 1 daughter and are still living in Papanasam/ Thirukkarugavoor.
- Subramaniam,
- Kumar and
- Prabha
TLS's third daughter Jayam [Jayalakshmi] is married to Nangavaram Ambi aka Chandramouli. Both are living in Mds now. Kunjappa, Ambi's younger brother was a very dear friend and a room mate of CRN mama in Venkateswara Hostel. They had 1 sons and 1 daughter.
- Sarabeswaran and
- Swarna
TLS's last daughter Mangalam is married to Late Kannappan, H/W merchant in Mayuram.They had 2 sons and 1 daughter.
- Ravikumar
- Krithivasan and
- Uma
Parvathy chitti (ANB’s wife) used to remember Mohambal and Chellammal (CDL patti) and claim they are related to her thru the first wife of her dad late TL Subbaiyer.
This way you can see the roots spreading into the Cadavasal- Sattanathapuram -Arupathy- Thanjavoor family through the Thirkaragavoor connections.
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From Sundaresan:
Dr S.Vaidyanathan (my mother Savithri’s elder sister’s husband) is a well known personality and reputed doctor in Mayavaram. He has been associated with various charitable associations and the Dharmavaram mutt charitable activities. His second son Chandrasekar’s wife Aparna is from Thirukarugavoor.
Her father’s name is T.N.Balasubramaniam and his grandfather’s name is Narayanaswamy Iyer from Thirukarugavoor. She told me that Naryanaswamy iyer and TLS,TLK are direct dhayadhi’s. Let me probe this connection in my next visit, since I’m equipped with a wealth of information.
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Some key notes on Shri T.V. Balan
[2nd s/o TS Venkatraman and Grandson of T L Subbaiyer] . He is also the Great Grand son Shri P.V. Naganatha Sastry.
T S Venkatraman, [Venkittu anna] was one of the earliest person to leave the Thirukarugavoor village and get to Madras for Studies and a Job, and also helped a large number of Relatives and Friends to get to Madras for betterment.
Shri Balan also made an attempt to create the "Family Tree" , way back in the late 50's, at the insistence of Prof T N Muthuswami Iyer, his Father's maternal uncle. He gave all his working Papers to Prof TN M as desired by him, when he left for a World Tour in Sep'1959.
Note: A elaborate Paper copy of the family tree created by Prof T.N.Viswantahan is available with Sundaresan.
Shri Balan is one of the early birds in India, and his stint with Computers goes back to 1969. He was the 6th President of the Computer Society of India in 1978-80, and today the 35th President is in Office.
He worked for ACC [A Tata Group Company then] for 35 years, and took premature retirement when he was No.1, and took up an International Assignment in East Africa for about 3 years with HQ @ Nairobi. He is internationally recognized for his Leadership in Cement Industry, and Computerization and “ITC” – Information & Communication Technology.
Shri Balan was acclaimed by Mr. Narayana Murthy (Mentor Infosys) as a Visionary in the 70’s for taking IT to Industry.
Balan’s wife is smt Sita spent her adulthood and did her studies in Bangalore. She worked for a couple of years at the famous Maharani's College as Faculty after her M Sc in Organic Chemistry.
As a personality with vast knowledge in various domains, “TV Balan” likes to emulate great Statesmen around the World and complains that God has given him only 24 hours in a day, and not 36 hours for better contribution to Society sharing his vast Knowledge and experience.
It is TV’s ardent belief that
“We all, together, can find a way to replace exhaustion with energy, Cynicism with hope, resignation with determination, and destructive anger with constructive activism”
Monthly Family get togethers used ot be organized in Mumbai. The participants were Balan, his siter Bhargavi and her husband Sherman, TD Sethuraman s/o of Bacchu Chithi, Ganeshu son of Gowri Chithi and R Appuswamy Iyer, Vijayam d/o of Kamu Chithi and her husband and a son of Kamu Chithi of Umayalpuram who was familiarly called Kunjan [when he was posted in Mumbai IOB]and CRN mama. This used to be a get together of many Cousins and Nephews of the Family and their Parents , more to keep in touch for old time’s sake, and know about the newcomers to the fold. CRN and Balan were instrumental in organising that regularly, and it started off when they all met for the first time when TDS's Mother -Pachu Patti died.
CRN mama used to say it was real fun as all childhood encounters were recalled and the elders were sometimes praised and sometimes pilloried!
Note: Pachu Patti is the 6th Child of P.V. Naganatha Sastry and younger sister of Cadavasal Patti. She was an "Institution" abundant with love and affection to one and all of the extended clan. She was an LIC Agent too.
Thanjavur Naganatha Sastry Eldest Daughter was Mohambal married to Thirukarugavoor Subbaiyer. Their 1st Son was T.S. Venkataram.....
Follow the roots below
The Energitic Balans
From L to R: Sujatha Sanjay Balan, Sanjay Balan, Tara Balan, TV Balan, Harish Balan, Amara Sanjay Balan, Meera Harish Balan,Ruksha Harish Balan, Sita Balan, Jayant Balan, Sunandini Jayant Balan, and Aditya Jayant Balan +[Surya Jayant Balan is not in picture]
