Obituary; R. Murali of Pelathope
Pelathope resident R. Murali (57 years old ) passed away on October 17. He belonged to the fifth generation of the family which has had its roots in Pelathope, a quiet colony off R. K. Mutt Road,...
View ArticleObituary: K. Rajam. Also known as Kolam mami
K. Rajam, wife of V. Kulathu (Hariharan) passed away on October 25. Hailing from Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli district, she was a resident of Warren Road, Mylapore, for about 45 years. The couple were...
View ArticleObituary: Abdul Khader of Bala Medicals, Dr. Ranga Road
Abdul Khader, better known as Babu, who ran Bala Medicals on Dr Ranga Road, Mylapore passed away recently after a tragic accident at his residence. Two weeks ago, he had called a technician to tackle...
View ArticleObituary: Padma Yuvaraj, music teacher at Savitri Ammal school, artiste and...
Padma Yuvaraj, music teacher at Savitri Ammal Oriental Hr. Secondary School, Mylapore and a Carnatic music researcher and a vocalist, passed away on November 3. She was 41 years old. She studied at St....
View ArticleObituary: K. Ganesan, retired P. S. School teacher
K. Ganesan, retired commerce teacher at P. S. Higher Secondary School (Main), Mylapore passed away on Nov.19. He was 74 years old. He was a resident of Mylapore for the past seven decades and was a...
View ArticleObituary: Dr. S. S. Badrinath, founder of Sankara Nethralaya
Hours after the passing away of famed ophthalmologist and the founder of Sankara Nethralaya on November 21, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, the funeral rites of this Mandavelipakkam resident were conducted at a...
View ArticleObituary; Prema of Mandaveli
Prema of Norton 1st Street, Mandaveli 85 years passed away on November 25. She was 85. Prema was born and brought up in Srirangam. Married to C R Ramanujam in 1952 who joined central government...
View ArticleObituary: Champa Kumar, artiste and artist
Champa Kumar (71 years old), a resident of St Mary’s Road, passed away in the early hours of Nov 25. Born in May 1952 in E V Kalyani Hospital, she went on to study in Vidya Mandir / Rosary Matric and...
View ArticleObituary: R Sivakumar, senior chartered accountant, institution head and...
R Sivakumar, senior chartered accountant, passed away on December 14. He was 70. He was a resident of East Abhiramapuram, Mylapore and a partner at Karra & Co., one of the leading chartered...
View ArticleTribute: Annapurni Subramaniam, senior veena teacher
Annapurni Subramaniam, wife of C K S Mani, and a student of renowned veena vidwan late R Pitchumani Iyer, passed away on November 28. She was 90 years old. Annapurni was a resident of Abiramapuram for...
View ArticleObit: P. Nurani Ananthanarayanan: businessman and social worker
P. Nurani Ananthanarayanan alias Anand, a resident of Alamelumangapuram, aged 50, passed away on December 15. Anand studied in P S High School, Mylapore and attended the B.A (English Literature) course...
View ArticleTribute: Philomena Simon, retired primary school Tamil teacher at St. Bede’s
Philomena Simon, retired primary school Tamil teacher at St. Bede’s AI Hr Sec. School, San Thome passed away on January 17. The funeral Holy Mass was held at the chapel of Little Sisters of the Poor,...
View ArticleObituary: K. Janaki, 100 years old, senior Mandaveli resident. Managed sarees...
K. Janaki, 100 years old and wife of late K V Kuppuswamy, a resident of Vinayakam Street in Mandaveli since 1957, passed away on January 28. Her family said she was a remarkable woman who lived a...
View ArticleObituary: T. N. Krishnamurthy, LIC officer and longtime Mylaporean
T. N. Krishnamurthy, retired officer of LIC of India and longtime Mylapore resident passed away on February 4. He was 85 years old. His family said TNK or Tinku, as friends and LIC collegeaues called...
View ArticleObit: Gerry F. Nazareth. Church office head, Mandavelipakkam resident
Gerry Flavian Nazareth, 65 years of age, passed away on Feb. 27. He was in charge of the parish office at Saint Lazarus Church in R. A .Puram. He joined the parish office team in 2004 and worked under...
View ArticleObit: S. Savithri, bank executive, philantrophist
Retired bank executive and philanthropist S. Savithri, 76 years old and a resident of Singari Street, Mylapore passed away on Feb.21. A Mylaporean for over 50 years, she schooled in Nanganallur and...
View ArticleObit: V. Sundararajan, engineer, mentor and bommai maker
Vankeepuram Sundararajan of Abiramapuram passed away on April 2. He was 92 years old. His family said he was a deeply religious Vaishnavite scholar, a connoisseur of Carnatic music, excellent engineer...
View ArticleObit: Ramu Karra, Vidya Mandir alumni, banker and cricket fan
Ramu Karra, 58 and a resident of 3rd Street, East Abiramapuram passed away on March 20, 2024. He was a resident of East Abhiramapuram for the last 30 years. He belonged to the 1983 batch of Vidya...
View ArticleObit: Meenakshi Subramanian, ex-Rosary School teacher
Meenakshi Subramanian, 90 years, passed away on April14 in the USA at her daughter’s residence. She resided in Mylapore from1944 to 1972. The Kallukaran Street community in Mylapore where she resided...
View ArticleObit: K. Arun Kumar, former Tamil Nadu cricket player
K. Arun Kumar, a former Tamil Nadu cricket player, passed away on April 22 in the city. He was 64. Kumar was a medium fast bowler and played in the state team from 1984 to 1989 and was in the team...
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