Kalakkadu Thothathri Vadhyar

                                                     KALAKADU  THOTHATHRI  VADHYAR     (32  )                      Sivarathri and Siva poojai.:  There is a particular poojai  known as " Parthiva Sivapoojai " which normally are not performed in all houses.One has to get it from a suitable guru as upadhesam.KTV was performing that until his last years.In the end of November 1986, in his prevailing condition, perhaps he that he could not continue. So he called me and advised me to continue the same and did the necessary upadhesam  as a guru.I am performing that even today.You should not drink coffee or anything else before doing that after your bath.When he was of normal health years back, he would give a reminder to KP to keep a cup of coffee ready for compl...

                                                                     KALAKADU. THOTHATHRI  VADHYAR  (  31  )                                          KTVused to forget his body pain  which he had developed on these days, at the time of reading  Bahagavadgita or Narayaneeyam by Usha in the evenings.One day KTV asked her whether he is like what Gita expects a man to be.She politely answered that he is almost like what is mentioned in Gita except for one thing. In Gita ,anger is never advocated.But he replied that  anger is some times justified   when you are absolutely convinced  that the opposite party is commiting a serious unforgivable mistake. While  they ...

                                                         KAAKADU  THOTHATHRI  VADHYAR  (30  )                                                                      The young ones joining the elder forces had the same enthusiasm and did their might playfully just like that giving us greater energy    and took out our  tiresomeness totally.Everyone  thought that it his or her duty and things went on  for months  without any snag. KTV also was very happy in the company of his grand children. Some times he used to cut jokes also in their gathering,Though bedridden for roughly about twenty  months  ha saw that he never ...

                                KALAKADU  THOTHATHRI VADHYAR  (  29)                                                                       All of us became very busy in his service while taking care of  our own works. Srimathi had finished her Higher Secondary course and was trying  for joining Engineering course.Bhava, Cheenu, Sriram and Meera   were attending their school classes. While KTV was mentally strong with a great will power,he was physically damn weak . Upto the  last, he was having a sharp eye, and ear, Tasting and  smelling faculties were good.He could talk with out difficulty.Difficulty was regarding getting up by himself ,without others' assistance swallowing and moving his ha...

                                                          KALAKADU  THOTHATHRI  VADHYAR  (  28  )                                   When he was found a little bit fit to travel , we took him to Thirunelveli to reside with us , so that more attention can be given without affecting my personal work also. It was as if for having him conveniently under our care , we had finished construction of our own house at Maharajanagar, Thirunelveli.Krishna pillai's statement also became true incidentally.I could give more personal care of him. Unlike Kalakad, Thirunelveli had a number of specialists whom I could request to visit and treat.For his various disabilities, different Doctors were engaged as visiting Doctors. Physiothrepists, Nephrologist,D...

                                                                          KALAKADU THOTHATHRI VADHYAR  (  27  )                                            In   February 1984, Cheenu's Upanayanam was conducted in a large scale at Kalakad as planned by KTV, attended to by all our relatives and friends witha good number of brahmin community people of Kalakad , Sundaram Shyamala Ambujam and  Usha's Mother.  At  this stage itself, KTV was running down health.There was a visible sign of weakness in his body ,reduction of weight and readable fatigue in his face,  He was being shown to the loacal doctors then and there.            ...