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Tributes from across the world for Mylapore’s famed photographer
C S Balachandra Raju, owner of the famed Sathyam Studio, Mylapore passed away earlier in May. These are a selection of the numerous tributes that people paid following his demise. Mangalam...
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Tribute: senior advocate S. V. Jayaraman
Senior advocate and Mylaporean, S. V. Jayaraman passed away early on May 11. He had been ill for sometime. Born April 23, 1936, he had his school and legal education in Bangalore and enrolled at the...
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Tribute: Jean Lazarus of R. A. Puram
Jean Lazarus of Periyapalli Street in R. A. Puram passed away on May 18 and the funeral took place at the Our Lady of Guidance Church and the burial at Chennai Corporation cemetery on St. Mary’s Road....
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Justice V. Ratnam, retired judge of the Madras High Court and Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court passed away this morning ( May 23) at his residence at Pelathope, Mylapore. He was a legal...
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Justice V. Ratnam, a retired judge of the Madras High Court and retired Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court, passed away at about 10 am on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at his residence at Vedantha...
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Tribute: R. Badrinarayanan
R. Badrinarayanan (73), a former senior officer of Bank of India , passed away May 17 , due to a massive heart attack. He had been a resident of Subramaniam Street, Abiramapuram for the past 40 odd...
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CIT Colony’s popular streetside tailor passes away: he walked many miles to...
Mylapore’s famed street-side tailor who offered his skills in CIT Colony has passed away. Residents here say he had a heart attack on May 24. The day after his death, those who came to his space on the...
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Tribute: Carnatic music artiste and guru Jaya Krishnan
Carnatic music artiste and guru Jaya Krishnan, a resident of St Marys Road for over four decades passed away on May 26. The end came at the Karpagam Gardens home of her son, Bharath Kumar, former Tamil...
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Tribute: R. Raghupathy
R. Raghupathy, retired manager of Hindustan Levers – Ponds Ltd and longtime resident of Luz Church Road passed away in a city hospital on Friday night. He had contracted the corona virus. His wife is...
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Wheels India chairman pays tribute to ‘dear friend Raghupathy’
S. Ram, chairman, Wheels India Ltd., and director, Sundaram Finance Ltd., ( seen in the photo here) says that the news of the passing away of his close family friend of seven decades, R. Raghupathy...
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Renowned Bharathanatyam exponent Dr. Subhashini Chandrasekaran passes away
Renowned Bharathanatyam exponent Dr Subhashini Chandrasekaran, a Mylapore resident passed away on June 4, falling to the virus. Writing a tribute on social media, G. Venkata Raman says, ‘If one needed...
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Tribute: Fr Petrus renovated churches, improved schools and paid teachers better
The family of late Fr Paschal Petrus who succumbed to the virus and passed away on the weekend and was buried in the diocese cemetery in Luz this week has its roots in R. A. Puram. Currently, the late...
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Tribute: N. Ramachandran of Nadu St.
N. Ramachandran, retired head draughting officer, Highways department based in Chennai and a long time resident of Nadu Street, Mylapore passed away in a city hospital on May 30. He had contracted the...
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Tribute: K. V. S. Raghavan, senior resident of R. A. Puram
K. V. S. Raghavan, aged 76 years and a senior R. A. Puram resident passed away due to cardiac arrest on May 17. A company secretary by profession, Raghavan had a degree in B. Com, LLB and completed...
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Well-known catering professional Chellappa passes away
Well-known catering professional who went simply by the name of Chellappa passed away on June 10 evening. He was admitted to a Alwarpet hospital after he fell ill, was treated for the virus and...
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Tribute: Dr. N. Rajagopal
On June 8, 2020, Dr. N. Rajagopal, Cardiologist and Diabetologist, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home in Luz Avenue. Dr. Rajagopal, son of S. Narayanan and Venkatalakshmi, from...
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Well-known educationist Saraswathi Narayanaswamy passes away
Well-known educationist Saraswathi Narayanaswamy passed away on June 18. She was 78. The cremation took place on Friday. She was a resident of TTK Road, Alwarpet. Saraswathi was the honorary director...
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Tribute: Narayanan Chettiar
Retired banker and arts connoisseur Narayanan Chettiar of Mylapore passed away on June 18 night due to a heart attack. He lived in an apartment on Balakrishnan Street, off Royapettah high Road. Hailing...
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TRIBUTE: S. Chandramouli
S. Chandramouli aged 71 years and a senior resident of Mylapore for more than 40+ years passed away on June 9 at Mumbai. He was admitted to a hospital after he complained of fever and cough, was...
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TRIBUTE; Dharmambal Vaidyanathan, mastered Carnatic music from great gurus...
Dharmambal Vaidyanathan passed away at her residence at Luz Avenue, Mylapore on June 25, 2020 at the age of 96 years, hours after taking a COVID-19 test and testing negative. Born on September 16,...
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