How we all got here...

After passing 5th in those days, my grand father took teacher training in "Bheemunipatnam", a village in "Visakhapatnam" district.  After training he joined "KONAADA Girls school" and then he joined "KONAADA boys school".  He worked for one month at "Anandapuram" and finally retired from "KONAADA boys school" in 1952. His eldest brother Late Sri Subba Rao ( used to be called as "Pedda Subb Rao" ) was also a teacher and worked at Boys School, Girls School, Makkuva, a small village in Visakhapatnam and finally retired from a Primary School in "Taadivada".  My grand father's elder brother Late Sri Subba Rao ( used to be known as Chinna Subba Rao ) was a village "karanam" for "MUNJERU" village in "Visakhapatnam". When my grand father was 30 years of age, he got married to my grand mother who was 10 years of age at that time.  At the age of 13 years, my grand mother gave birth to my father's eldest sister.  My grand father's family and grand father's elder brother's family used to live together in a house in "KONAADA".  Late Pedda Subba Rao used to live separately.  Late Chinna Subba Rao died on "sravana suddha punnami" in 1937.  After his death, my grand father's family moved to Late Pedda Subba Rao's house.  My grand mother gave birth to 3 sons and 2 daughters.  My father's eldest sister was born on 15th August in the year 1926.  After that my grandfather & grand mother were blessed with my father's eldest brother on "Ashada Sudhha Navami in the year 1928.  My father's elder brother was born on "Jyestha Punnami" in the year 1930.  My father took birth on "Asweeja Bahula Navami" in the year 1933, i.e., on 11th of November,1933.  My father's younger sister was born on "Sravana Bahula Ekaadasi" in the year 1936.  After giving birth to her second daughter, my grand mother's became ill and expired at a tender age of 23 years on "Kartika Bahula Dasami" in the month of November of 1937 in Late Pedda Subba Rao's house.  At that time, my father was 4 years of age, my father's eldest sister was 10 years, youger sister was 1 year old and my father's eldest brother was 8 and elder brother was 7 years of age.  My father's eldest sister studied upto 5th standard in Girls school of "KONAADA".  The Boys school in Konada was having classes upto 8th standard.  She got married on 10th October, 1944 at the age of 18 years in "KONAADA".  My father's eldest brother got married on 25th April, 1955 in "VIZAG".  My father's elder brother got married in "PARVATIPURAM".  My father got married on 08th May in the year 1961 and it was performed in "SIMHACHALAM" temple in "VIZAG".  My father's younger sister got married in 1958 in "KONAADA".  After this marriage, they all shifted out of "KONAADA" to "VISAKHAPATNAM".

 

                                 My father's eldest brother Sri S.VENKATA KANAKADRI SASTRY after retirement from Telecom department, has settled down at Kakinada and elder brother Sri S.NARAYANA MURTHY after retirement from Ministry of Home Affairs, has settled down at New Delhi and finally my father Sri S.RAMA RAO after retirement from Department of Posts, has settled down at Visakhapatnam.  By God's grace they all are leading peaceful retired life.