Journeying to Rajavolu – I detoured to Kakaraparru
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.
[...] Detour to Kakaraparu… [...]
Detour to Kakaraparru at cyberdiva.org
24 Dec 08 at 11:45 am
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.
Suryanarayana Akundi
21 Aug 09 at 4:54 pm
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.
Bhallamudi Lakshmana Rao
19 Sep 09 at 5:13 am
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.
cyberdiva
25 Sep 09 at 6:44 am
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
N.Dakshina Murty
26 Oct 09 at 8:36 pm
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
cyberdiva
24 Nov 09 at 11:37 pm
Hai,
Nice to see this info, My birth place is also Kakaraparru, I remember this building…
mail id: d_seshukumar@yahoo.com
Hyderbad
Seshukumar
13 Dec 09 at 8:50 am
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
cyberdiva
15 Dec 09 at 1:34 pm
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
7 Jan 10 at 5:26 pm
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
cyberdiva
7 Jan 10 at 6:15 pm
My mother knows all your relatives – or of them:)
cyberdiva
10 Jan 10 at 11:24 am
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.
Ravi varma
6 Feb 10 at 10:00 am
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”
.
-Regards
Valli
valli
15 Feb 10 at 4:46 pm
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?
cyberdiva
15 Feb 10 at 6:59 pm
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
valli
16 Feb 10 at 10:16 am
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
cyberdiva
16 Feb 10 at 7:49 pm
Radhika garu
meeru pettina meda ni abbaigari meda ani kooda antara? endukante aa abbaaigari raju garu was born few days before my father ta. That is all my maamma knows about naannas correct date of birth.
wikimap lo abbaigari meda vundi choosanu.
Talk to you soon
valli
valli
17 Feb 10 at 9:20 am
naa mail id ichanandi.
-Valli
valli
19 Feb 10 at 10:26 am
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).
Anonymous
27 Feb 10 at 8:47 am
please join
http://kakaraparru.ning.com/
cyberdiva
7 Mar 10 at 1:59 pm
I am also a native of Kakaraparru and also now became an in-law of kakaraparru. I am the grandson of Late Vedula Suryanarayana (Achanna garu) and son of Vedula Ramasastry. I am in Hyderabad working as a Scientist. I am the in-law of Munnangi Bapanna avadhanlu garu (married his youngest daughter). Very nice to know that so many people admire our place and of course, it’s worth praising kakaraparru. No one acn forget the Sivalayam, Godavari river and of course the kartheeka samaradhana. Nice to find you all once again.
Suryanarayana
10 Jun 10 at 4:35 am
Valli garu,
Mee tata garaina pillala vyasanna garu maa naanna gariki mena maama. Vyasanna gari sister (gowramma garu) maa maamma garu.
Suryanarayana
10 Jun 10 at 4:39 am
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).
vishwanath
30 Aug 10 at 12:45 pm
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.
Lakshmana Swamy
2 Sep 10 at 1:11 pm
To
Dear Akondi family members.
At present i am working in singapore.
Happy to meet our people always.
Dr.ram
Dr.s.r.c.murtyAkondi
5 Oct 10 at 11:38 pm
please join
kakaraparru@googlegroups.com
where you can find ~70 of our relatives from all over the world.
ramesh
9 Nov 10 at 12:24 pm
Hello all,
It is nice to see this on internet about Kakaraparru. I have created a group on FB (Face Book) called Kakaraparru.
Please join.. you can find lot of info on Kakaraparru which i am planning to put.
Thank You!
Sriram Vedula
Sriram
5 Dec 10 at 10:17 pm
Sriram – I tried searching for it – but cannot find it … can you post the url for the facebook group here?
thanks!
Radhika
cyberdiva
5 Dec 10 at 10:22 pm
Please try to join: kakaraparru@groups.facebook.com
Sriram
5 Dec 10 at 10:33 pm
URL For Kakaraparru group :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/home.php?sk=group_108552725883636
Sriram
5 Dec 10 at 10:57 pm
This mansion you photographed housed many people at one time- it beonged to a Brahmin dyasty. In those days mansions like these were so common in this village that there used to be five or six. One belonged to Late Sri Darbar close to Sivalayam. With time some of these beuatiful buildings were gone. Probably the person who owned this building may be my relation too!!!
I recall a Headmaster staying in this house as well as teacher from outside Kakaraparru. In those days the rent was Rs. 10 or 15 per month. Sometimes the house was rented free even.
Anyway please let me knwo who you are and how you were connected with this above building.
In that village there were few clans in those days. Cherlas, Vedulas, Kaparaparhi, Akondi and few others. may be you would like to list those clans inf you can.
R
R
23 Jan 11 at 9:21 pm
hi iam kumar s/o akundi subbaraya sastry spent most memorable days in my life in this village.
NAGENDRA KUMAR AKUNDI
27 Feb 11 at 12:45 am
thankyou for posting!
cyberdiva
2 Mar 11 at 7:15 pm
Hello
It is nice to see this on internet about Kakaraparru. I have created a group on FB (Face Book) called Kakaraparru.
I am a grandson of cherla Jagannadhan and s/o Jagannadham. My grand father’s house is opposte to your grand father’s house.
c n sastry
22 Mar 11 at 9:26 am
Cherla Jagannadham – grandson antey – Ushakka’s son or….
there is another facebook group too – for kakaraparu
cyberdiva
22 Mar 11 at 9:57 am
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muddukrishnajyothi
13 Jun 11 at 11:29 pm
iam also frm kakaraparru, iam the grandson of kuchibhotla paradesi garu. currently doing my ICWA .my id is ravikanthkuchibhotla@gmail.com ,please let me know how to get in touch with kakaraparru people
ravikanth k
25 Jun 11 at 2:10 pm
hello my name is Satya Vani. i am Fourth daughter of Munnangi Bapanna avadhanlu garu. now i am at Hyderabad and working in BSNL. i like very much Kakaraparru Godavari, Sivalayam. compalsary ever year sankranti
Munnangi Satyavani
18 Oct 11 at 6:01 am
its gud that many people r showing interest in this portal N sharing memories…great 2 see all of u here .once again very happy and safe deepavali.
ravikanth kuchibhotla…
ravikanth kuchibhotla
24 Oct 11 at 6:32 am
Deepawali best wishes to all of you from me as well.
thankyou for carrying on this conversation and connecting here.
I will have to call my mother again sometime and tell her all your names and who you are.
She enjoys hearing about people with roots in kkp connecting up through internets:)
cyberdiva
24 Oct 11 at 6:54 am
I do not belong to KKP but I heard there are so many Aarama Dravida families in this village. Hence I want to visit this village. I also belong to Aaramadravida community. My surname is BHALLAMUDI.
Bhallamudi Lakshmana Rao
12 Nov 11 at 6:25 am
I have just watched the video. Kakaraparru is really a beautiful village. I will try my best to visit this village.
BHALLAMUDI LAKSHMANA RAO
31 Jan 12 at 6:34 am
Jai Guru,
Oflate, I came to know about website on KKP.I am born and broughtup in KKP tillfirst year of school.
The History of KKP is not complete if you do not mention the name ofmy father in law, late Shri kakarapaethi Anjaneyulu, respected and well receivd by all communities of KKP. next, there were six gold medalists in Andhra University,Vizag from KKP during early fifties.one of them is my uncle late shri Vedula Narasimha Murty,
director,RBI,Bombay and statistical Advisor to IMF,
toured a number of countries all over world.
Charla Satyamurthy
9 Feb 12 at 8:27 am
(This blog belongs Vedula Narasimha Murthy’s youngest daughter – you must be one of my cousins?)
cyberdiva
9 Feb 12 at 8:37 am