and dropped by at the MEDa that my mother grew up in… and heard all the stories she told me in my childhood play back…
Of course I have no guarantee that this is the house – except that my brother to whom I showed it on facebook to thinks it might be it and that upon my describing it to my mother via phone she thinks this is it…
Had a looong conversation with my mother about her village and the mapped locations in wikkimapia – tried to explain to her what & how I knew these names … and as I was mapping them through the satellite image on my laptop – she was re-mapping them through her memory and literally and very clearly walked me through the locations – whenever our verbal and her hearing of my pronunciation via cell phone could be got past. She told me which street I need to cross from which building to get where – but of course not knowing the full actual physical geography as well as she – having been there in my childhood for short periods of time only – I did not find all that she mentioned. Also I could not keep up with her descriptions and directions. This conversation, of course, will be continued and I will be getting my nephew to help me show her the maps on his laptop…
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A few days later, when I called to wish her a happy new year, she asked me if I have “gone” to any places in Kakaraparru again (she used words such as “vellavaa?” and “chOtlu” ) and if I needed to know more about these places.
Seizing the opportunity to inhabit her affective space of nostalgia while simultaneously connecting to my sense of identity and cultural practice – layering my nostalgia for what she used to narrate to me in her moments of storying and nostalgia – I pulled up the image again and started to describe it.
She provided further “evidence” and verification that this was indeed the house she grew up in – her uncle’s house – designed and built based on what he had learnt and seen in his journeys …
two round rooms on either side, she said
coloured glass on the windows…
two storeys..
it was a child remembering…
[I told her it looked like some of the stain glass was broken and she said - of course of course that house needs to be repaired - almost as if this would be her task to implement]
this reminded me of her “putting together” the house I lived in through some of my childhood in Hyderabad…
and I thought of my neice and her putting together of a farmhouse – some of using found material from older delapitated buildings from rural pasts…
I thought of what I imagine building in secondlife.
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Its interesting to see some one wrote a blog on kakaraparru. I born and brought up in kakaraparru and been to village just 2 weeks ago. I was wondering who is this author and what is the relation with kakaraparru.
I heard about this village and would like to visit this village. As I belong to Aaramadravida community and this village has about 70 Aaramadravida familities, I visit this village. Traditions of our community are vanishing. So I want to visit this village to see whether till people of this village are observing olden traditions of Aarama Dravida brahmin community.
Thankyou for your comment Lakshmana Rao garu.
My most recent visit to Kakaraparru was in June 2009 – and I heard there were a lot of changes around the village.
Dear…..
I would love to share with you that my birth place is also Kakaraparru and i am further happy to inform my birth house is next to next house of this great home shown in your photo. My name is N.Dakshina Murty, Working with M/s.Hero Honda Motors Ltd as Senior Area Service Manager , presently based at Ranchi, Jharkhand State.
In our childhood this house is the residence of our teacher late sri Vireswara Rao Mastaru and I have lot of Memories of our playing in this home and conducting regularly drama etc.
Convey my warm regards to your mother and I am the grand son of Puranapanda Kavanna garu and Tata Mastaru.
My Mail id ndmurty@gmail.com ( Like to know about you)
Regards
Dakshina Murty garu
I will certainly let my mother know. I think I have heard some of the names you mention.
thank you for your comment
Hai,
Nice to see this info, My birth place is also Kakaraparru, I remember this building…
mail id: d_seshukumar@yahoo.com
Hyderbad
a whole thread of people linked to Kakaraparru!
Now I will have to call my mother (who lives in hyderabad) and read out all your names to her – I am sure she will know who you are related to.
Of course if we all have connections to kkp – its likely we are also related somehow?
radhika
Hello,
I have connection to Kakarapparu too … my mother is from there and I was born in nearby Tanuku. Both my mother and paternal grand-mom are Vedula (daughters respectively of Vedula Gavarayya garu and Vedula Baapaya Avadhani garu). I have heard the names kavanna garu and Tata mastaru during our annual visits to KKP.
Kasturi garu,
those names sound very familiar to me – I do believe I have heard my mother and father mention these names.
My father was Vedula Narasimha Murthy
My mother is Vedula Satyavathy (of Cherla family) – Sathyaalu.
I myself have not visited Kakaraparru as often as my older siblings (I am the youngest and around the time I was 3 years old, we left for Enugu, Nigeria – where my Father had a UN related post)
I will ask my mother about your mother and grand-mom when I call her of course.
r
My mother knows all your relatives – or of them:)
Thanks lakshman rao garu, I saw some thing about my birth place in google search, I felt proud. I wish we all can talk once and improve the village.
Hello
I am soo happy to see this thread/site about kakaraparru.nenu constant ga akondi/akundi, vedula ,tatapudi names kosam vetukutoo vuntanu.
nenu mee mother peru vinnanandi. I belong to akondi family from kakaraparru. same names as posted by “kasturi” in comments.
I am positive that kasturi is my cousin “chelli”
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-Regards
Valli
Ravi Varma garu and Valli garu – welcome to this little corner !
Valli garu – ippudu maa ammaki mee gurinchi kooda cheppali nenu – she was so excited to hear about all of you writing in response to the picture of her uncle’s MEda – where she got married.
I told her about all the connections that Kasturi emailed me about. and now I will tell her about you also.
I have Kasturi phone number – I should get yours also and we should connect up.
Meeru US lo unnaaraa?
avunandi. nenu US lo VA lo vunnanu.Vedula family maa ammamma garndparents .and inka in many ways related. konni naaku cheppadam kooda raadu.
maa tatagari nick-name pillala vyasanna (Akondi Vyasanna) ,and maa naanna peru bapayya avadhanulu( named after his grandfather mentioned in kasturi’s post above).
naaku mail ivvandi, phone number istanu. we should connect up tappakunda.:-)
-valli
great! maa amma ni aduguthanu – next time I call her. In your next reply can you include your email?
I will not approve it to appear here but email you in reply:)
thanks!
Radhika
btw valli – its not abbaigaaru’s mEda – it is my mother’s maternal uncle’s mEda
Cherla Venkatasastry (he was Zamindaar – and inherited the “zamindaary” at a very early age because his father passed away when he was a teenager).
please join
http://kakaraparru.ning.com/
My maternal grand father Sri.Akundi Nageswara Sarma (second son-in-law of Sri.Vedula Narsimha Murty & Smt.Atchamma garu) is presently residing in the above heritage house of Kakaraparru. My name is Vedula Viswanath (S/o.Sri Vedula Ramakrishna Murty (Bulli-S/o.Vedula Nagamani ) & Smt.Katyayani (D/o.Sri.Akundi Nageswara Sarma & Suryaprabha fondly called Chinna Atchipapa).I am presently working in ACCENTURE@Hyderabad.It is nice to see this blog and to know so many people having roots from Kakaraparru (fondly called as KKP).
Very nice to see this photo. My grandfather(maternal) Kamavarapu Visweswara Swamy used to live there, (mentioned by Mr. N. Dakshina Murthy). I spent all my childhood in this house. Thank you for posting this photo.
By the way, This is Lakshmana Swamy Allamraju and now working in Hyderabad and I visit kakaraparru often.
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