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DHEEKSHITHAR THAATHAA ( 3 )

                           DHEEKSHITHAR THAATHA (3 )                      Before plunging into political mainstream G had occasion to  work for a few years in one George Middle School at Kallidaikurichi ,started in honour of George V II who assumed charge as successor of Victoria Maharaniar..After resigning as a teacher ,he enrolled himself in the early years of 20th century as an official  member of the Indian National Congress which had been found in tne year 1885. At a stage the protesters even planned to kill the British administraters as their atrocities increased day by day..There was one Ash Durai who was the then Collector of Thiru nelveli area   who was  giving a lot of pinpricks to all and  especially to V O C..He began to arrest protesters using forcces .About 12 persons including G volunteered to do away with him .They plo...

DHEEKSHITHAR THATHA (2)

                      DHEEKSHIT HAR THATHA (2)                 The second daughter was married to  Sri.Sivachidambaram of Ambasamudram,whose family  was related to Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.One  male child in each of the descendent generation was being named Ramanan.                    The Britishers were successful in colonising the area covering the present Indian nation and Pakistan except a few places here and there. and bringing under the British Empire.,under the regime of Victoriya Maharaniyar.As the days went by ,the atrocities of the rulers increased and Indians were being treated as slaves in  their own soil.  The thirst for freedom also began to gain ground in differnt parts of the the country.,In the north leaders like Lala Lajpathiroy ,Bala  Gangadhara Thilak Ghan A bdulGhafer Khan. Mohammed Ali Ji...

DHEEKSHITHAR THAATHAA ( 1)

                                            DHEEKSHITHA  THAATHAA ( 1)                                    Gaomathi Sankara Dheekshithar ,as he is well known  is an exact contemporary of  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , being born in the year 1889, at Suddhamalli a suburban part of Thirunelveli,South Tamilnadu.His parents were Rama Dheekshithar and Meenakshi Ammal ,a piouus and religious couple who strictly followed the culture and traaditions of those times.The father lived a life of  Sanniyasin and naturally did not mingle in the activities of the house though residing there itself. G  had one younger brother -Ananthanarayanan, two elder sisters Parvathi and Yagnamma and  also a younger sister by name Kalyani. It was usual that after the two boys ( G &A) retur...