SUNDARESAN SUBRAMANIAM.
01-07-1937 03-04-2014
Sundaresan was born at Salem on 01 July 1937. He had his earlier education at Salem where our parents lived that time. Later, they shifted to Cuddalore circa 1948. We lived there for nearly 45 years.
A man of helping nature all through his life. he extended full help to all of us in the family whenever one approached him.
Over the years as he progressed in age, he started developing minor health constraints; he had a heart bypass surgery; due to which he was a little restricted in movements but he, along with Manni, used to visit Chennai whenever there was a function in the family, without fail.
01-07-1937 03-04-2014
Sundaresan was born at Salem on 01 July 1937. He had his earlier education at Salem where our parents lived that time. Later, they shifted to Cuddalore circa 1948. We lived there for nearly 45 years.
Sundaresan had his higher school education at St Joseph’s High School,
Manjakuppam and passed out in 1952. Then he joined Tamilnadu Polytechnic,
Madurai for his LEE (electrical) diploma. He lived there at our eldest mama
,Sri Chidambaram Iyer’s house for three years who and mami took good care of
Sundaresan.
After obtaining his LEE diploma, he came back to Thirupapuliyur where
our father, Sri GR Subramania Iyer put him in TNEB office at Villupuram. He
served at a couple of places in South Arcot Dist and moved to Western Tamilnadu
to places like Puliampatti, Singarapettai,
Thiruppaththur, Perundurai, Coimbatore, Ooty (Kunda) and other places. Just after our marriage in 1971,
Vijaya and I went to his Thirupaththur house, stayed with Anna – Manni for a
few days; he took us to Sathanur Dam, Thiruvannamalai Koil etc – most
memorable.
He married Sow. Pattammal at Coimbatore on 08 July 1965. They have two sons Suresh (b: 23
Sep 1966) and Sudhakar (b: 23 June 1969 ) They are also known as Vasudevan and
Natarajan respectively.
Sundaresan retired as Senior Executive Engineer from TNEB in 1995. Earlier
his first son Suresh got married to Sow.Vaishali at Kumbakonam on 05 June 1994
and Sudhakar married his maternal uncle’s daughter Sow. Revathi at Coimbatore
on 22 Jan 1996. After this marriage Sundaresan and Manni shifted permanently ro
Dapodi, Pune in 1998 when Sudhakar got a job in Tata Motors, Pune. They had
constructed a house at Kurichi, Coimbatore (which they sold off later) and
another flat at Dapodi. Leaving Tamilnadu / Coimbatore and its ambience and
adjusting to a new language, culture and life was a difficult one but
Sundaresan – Manni did it.
When Sudhakar got an elevation in job and moved to Powaii, Mumbai (in 200x)
Sundaresan-Manni decided to stay at Dapodi itself, because he didn’t like the
over-crowding and the fast pace of the
Mumbai City. They liked Pune better. Suresh, after his retirement from IAF,
came and settled in Mumbai in 19xx , and that was a boon to Sundaresan – Manni.
Later there was an added advantage when both Suresh and Sudhakar purchased their flats in the same apartment
block, in the 8th and 11th floors. Thus, the entire
family could be together always. In fact, in the year 20xx, the Upanayanam of
the two grandsons of Sundaresan was
performed in this aparment in a grand manner.
When Sundaresan was in Vadamadurai / Kurichi in Coimbatore, he
encouraged me to purchase a plot in Kovaipudur and get a house constructed
there. He did lot of help to me in completing the house, and the Gruhapravesam
in 1991.A man of helping nature all through his life. he extended full help to all of us in the family whenever one approached him.
Over the years as he progressed in age, he started developing minor health constraints; he had a heart bypass surgery; due to which he was a little restricted in movements but he, along with Manni, used to visit Chennai whenever there was a function in the family, without fail.
In spite of the
advanced age, he learnt the intricacies of PC operation and he was in constant
touch with the family members, through
emails, and then Facebook, Whatsapp etc. One must appreciate his
perseverance and tenacity in learning new things – eg typing in Tamil. One must
also appreciate the efforts of his sons, Suresh and Sudhakar in making their
father a Computer-man !
On 3rd
April 2014, Suresh came to Dapodi in the morning to take Sundaresan to Mumbai
for routine treatment. Sundaresan was suffering from minor ailments since a
week. As Sundaresan, Manni, and Suresh were leaving the building to board the
car, suddenly Sundaresan collapsed and the end was instantaneous. That was at
3:05 PM.
Everyone was stunned
and shocked at this saddest news. One couldn’t just believe. Sudhakar and others rushed from Mumbai.
Sundaresan’s last rites were performed at Dapodi and Aalandhi. Read all about the rites here.
We two went to Thane on 10th April 2014, attended 10th, 12th, and 13th day rites and returned to Chennai on 16th April.
Rajappa
17-04-2014
5 PM
We two went to Thane on 10th April 2014, attended 10th, 12th, and 13th day rites and returned to Chennai on 16th April.
Rajappa
17-04-2014
5 PM
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