How it is like to go to the places your fore fathers have lived it. Will not it be very interesting ?. This is what happened to me, my dad and some of my chitappas went to Virupatchipuram on 27th and 28th of Nov. Virupatchipuram is a village about 2 Kms from Valangaiman and Valangaiman is about 20 Kms from Kumbakonam on the route to Rajamannarkudi.
By word of mouth thru some generations, this is where my Great grand father (Shri Maha Ganapathi Sharma) was born and lived in. Shri Maha Ganapathi Sharma is also my upanayanam name. My grandpa Shri V.G. Venkatrama Sharma was born in 1913 and his elder brother Guruji in 1910. Considering that, Shri Maha Ganapathy Sharma should have been born around 1890.
His father Mr. Maha Linga Sharma seems to have lived in this village and he was not blessed with a child. After a boy was born to him, he named him after lord Ganesa("Maha Ganapathi") and also constructed a small temple for lord Ganesa inside the Shiva temple there.
We went to the temple and also the houses they lived. There is a brahmin family living there. In those days, with not much of transportation facilities, I hope many of the previous generations also would have lived in those village. It was infact a very energising experience for me.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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