Hello. Am subu. From bahrain. Was member in Tamil Brahmins. When hotmail transferred to outlook my name got unattended. Happy to be with you all
kind regards
subu
Dear All
I am so happy that our Kuladeivam Kaliamman has brought me to this site. I am a 62 old non-brahmin (Kongu Vellala Gounder) who has the highest regards for Tamil brahmin community and who had been immensely benefited by them. I did my graduation in a government college in Kerala (Tamilnadu and Kerala border) and my close association with the brahmin community happened those days. It all started with Hari, my classmate coming from one of the 'gramams' there. Hari was a brilliant boy but from the most humble background. His father was a temple priest earning a meagre some but that family of five (three children and parents) lived the happiest life. In the first week itself Hari took me home and they accepted me as one of their family members (without bothering to know my caste and even after knowing my caste their love and affection remained the same) As soon as I joined college I put on 'mala' to go to Sabarimala and made an arrangement with Hari to go to Bhagavati amman temple located near the 'thara' accompanied by Hari. The first day when I reached the temple from my hostel at 5.30 a.m. Hari was there and after the worship he took me home for a cup of coffee. When the door was opened we saw an old lady covering her head with saffron saree and the moment she saw me (I am a fair complexioned one and imagine in that age , bare bodied with a small beard, wearing rudraksha and black mundu appearing before her) she fell on my feet. My eyes still get filled with tears whenever I remember this incident. It was his grand mother visiting them after a gap of a few months. I was shocked by this and expressed my displeasure to the family but the granny justified her action saying that she saw Ayyappa Swamy in me. I lost touch with Hari and his equally brilliant brother and sister after a few years. All of them would have reached high positions in their career and would have looked after their loving parents. I had the good fortune to associate with many individuals and families like Hari and his family throughout my life.This has made me oppose many misconceptions about the community and I have been doing this in private and public sphere. It is unfortunate that we don't have a healthy dialogue on caste and sites like these will go a long way in addressing this issue. I hope I am accepted by the community just as Hari's family did 44 years ago. We have too many issues to share with each other. Thank you.
Hello, I am Ram. I hail from Shimoga. I belong to Bruhacharana Iyer community and Parashara gothram. Best regards, S. Shriram
Good day every one
i joined the forum today. My name is Parameswaran N.S and i reside in chennai. Originally i am from Bombay, i am of palghat origin - Nochur is our family village