Nadedubanda daari

Nadedubanda daari (Journey through the Generations):
Here I would like to narrate the various professions undertaken by our family members through different generations even though our forefathers started off with Pooja and had a very humble beginning. I feel it is really great that we have covered a VAST SPECTRUM of the living.
The first generation was brought to Kakotuparambu exclusively for the Pooja of the Kalabhairava deity. The different career path taken by the various generations are given with some of the notable persons of each generation. The successive generations have followed many of the professions of earlier ones, but to avoid repetitions I have highlighted the new ones in the following generations.
The following is only a collection of information and if there is a need to correct, the suggestions are welcome.

Generations:1 to 4: Mainly Pooja, pourohitya and agricultural landlords.
Shankaranarayana – Pooja and pourohitya.

5 & 6: Pooja, pourohitya, landlords, teachers and Govt./revenue department jobs, lawyers and ayurvedic medicines.C.M.Venkappayya, C.M.Subraya: popular teachers retired as Head Masters and also were good at ayurvedic medicines (naadu maddu), C.M.Rama Rao: First Indian Educational Officer of independent Coorg State, C.R.Subraya: popular as Karanikara Subraya joined Revenue dept. of Kodagu. C.N.Venkappayya was a lawyer at Madikeri.

7: Agriculture including Coffee plantations, judges, and industrialists, cooperative dept., military accounts & medical core, doctors, engineers, Banking, Plantation Managers, Migrations to other places in search of new jobs.N.K.Ganapayya: Harle Estate, Sakleshpur was also president of Havyaka Sangha Bangalore for a long time, N.K.Krishnamurty: Kogaravalli Estate, Sakleshpur, N.R.Gopalakrishna was a popular Judge at Madikeri, C.V.S. Brothers: C.V.Srinivasa Rao, C.V.Sadashiva Rao & C.V.Shankar started own Small Scale Industry at Madikeri, C.R.Narayana Rao joined Coop. Dept., C.L.Rao, C.Krishnamurthy & C.S.Parameshwara Rao (brothers) joined Military Eng. Services accounts, C.S.Ranganath retired as Lt.Colonel of Army Medical Core, Dr. (Capt.) C.R.Chandrashekhar was a popular doctor at Anekal, Dr.C.S.Natesh was very popular at K.R.Nagar, Dr.C.R.Gopalakrishna after retirement from Tamil Nadu govt. service was Resident Medical Officer at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, C.V.Gopalakrishna of Kelinja is an Engineer in Metallurgy, C.V.Seetharama Rao was Secretary of Town Coop. Bank, Virajpet and later started The Metropolitan Institute – the first typewriting & short hand teaching institute of Kodagu, C.V.Sadashiva Rao served as Manager of Kurkanmatti Estates, Lalbagh Estates – large Coffee Estates in Chickmagalur Dist., C.S.Vishweshwara Rao was a Manager of Madapur Estate in Kodagu, apart from the migrations within the state Ramaiya Cukkemane (Bombai Rama) went to Deolali and then to Bombay in Maharashtra.

8: Chartered Accountants, Medical Research, Geology, Insurance, Businessman, Innovations, Hotel/Catering, Military –army & naval cadres, Migrations to other countries for new jobs.
C.S.Ravindranath retired as Asst.Gen.Manager – Finance of H.M.T.Ltd., Bangalore, Dr.Narahari is doing a medical research at Kasaragodu especially to cure phylaria, C.S.Ramadas retired from ONGC. C.V.Manjunath & C.N.Poornima joined LIC of India, N.K.Jayaprakash Narayan has Das Electricals at Sakleshpur, S.K.Anand of Master Plannery, Puttur has been doing innovative works in the field of Civil Constructions, C.J.Sunil is a National Institute of Designs, Ahmedabad qualified furniture designer in Bangalore, Ashok Ramaiya Cukkemane retired from Income Tax Dept. has his own Hotel/Catering firm at Mumbai, C.C.Ramachandra retired from Vijaya Bank has taken up Hotel Management at USA. , C.L.Ramesh retired as a Brigedier of Indian Army, Suresh Ramaiya Cukkemane retired from Indian Navy is at Abu Dhabi, Arun Kumar Ramaiya Cukkemane is a Manager in Emirates Air Lines at Sharjah.

9: IT & BPO, Pharmacy, Ayurvedic Doctors, Business Administration, Research, and Diamonds - Diamantaire.
We have many Engineers in IT & BPO industry; C.R.Rakesh is at Dr.Reddy’s Labs, Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. C.R.Nalini Sharma is at Vamadapadavu, Bantwal taluk, Dr. Sowmya is at Ishwara Mangala near Puttur, C.R.Vinay- an MBA is Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Director of Customercentria at Mumbai, C.R.Anitha an MBA is at Adelaide, Australia, Dr.Abhishek Cukkemane is doing research in Physics at Juelich, Germany, Anup Ashok Kumar Cukkemane – qualified in Diamond grading and assorting has his own firm in Mumbai – a Diamantaire.

Bangalore                                                                                  
14 Dec. 2008.

Saravu Ram Bhat  a lawyer by profession has also made name as a poet and an agriculturist. He writes his poems under the pen name "Saurabha" - ಸೌರಭ.  His son S.Vijayashankar has picked up literary writing from him.

Wing Commander S K Ramachandra Bhat is the first Air Force Fighter Pilot from our family.   He joined the British Royal Airforce in 1946.   Met  with a road accident in Bangalore and died in 1960.    His son Jyothi Kiran Bhat, a helicopter pilot,  retired from  the Indian Air Force as Wing Commander.   

01/01/2014

S.K.Ramachandra Bhat is one of the rare Veterinarian in our family,  presently working as Director of Karnataka Milk Federation, Dharawad.

18/06/2015

C.V.Shankar, Madikeri (1930 - 2015) was a Sports Coach.   He trained many local players  in Hockey and Cricket games. His twin borther C.V.Sadashiva was a good Hockey player in this days.  He played for Mercara Wanderers team. 

12/09/2015

C.V.Narayana Rao ( brother of C.V.Srinivasa, Sadashiva and Shankar) was Personnel Manager at M/s. Binny Ltd. Bangalore.   Binny Mills were one of the leading cotton cloth manufacturers of the 20th century in India.

25/01/2016

KAKOTUPARAMBU

KAKOTUPARAMBU

Geographical Location: Kakotuparambu is a junction place in Nalkeri Village, Virajpet taluk, Kodagu District. This place is about 8 KM to the north of Virajpet on the Virajpet – Madikeri Road. Madikeri is about 24 KM from Kakotuparambu. The Cauvery River flows at Bethri on the border of the Nalkeri village at about 3 KM from this place.
Nalkeri village is comprised of 4 hamlets - they are: Mugooru, Thonooru, Pandimadu and Hemmadu. Kakotuparambu is at the meeting place of Mugooru and Thonooru.

Importance of the Place: Kakotuparambu derives its name from the Sri Kalabhairava Temple (Kakotu in local language means Kalabhairava) and the adjoining Parambu i.e. grassy hillock. This place is famous for the annual festival of the Sri Kalabhairava, which is being celebrated in the month of December every year. This place has developed into the Village Head Quarters with Gram Panchayath Office, Primary and Higher Secondary Schools, Co-op Bank, Grain Bank, a branch of Vijaya Bank, Telephone Exchange, Rural Health Center, Veterinary Clinic, Coorg Coffee Growers Coop Society, shops and rice hulling mill etc.
Kakotuparambu is famous for the marriage ‘match making’. The three-day annual festival of the deity makes an ideal place for the young persons to see each other.
The place is famous among the sports persons also. The Kodava families of the district have annual Hockey Tournament among each other’s and the cup is known by their family name. The local Mandetira family had conducted the Hockey Tournament in 2007.
The Primary School at Kakotuparambu is more than a Century Old.

The Temple and the festival: I would like to narrate a story of the temple.
Story: Once upon a time Kalabhairava and Chamundi were passing through this place and they were very thirsty and tired. Chamundi asked Kalabhairava to look for any house where they can quench their thirst and take rest. Kalabhairava set out in search. Chamundi was waiting for his return at the same place. In the mean time Kalabhairava had reached a Brahmin’s house and was treated well there. He was so impressed by the treatment that he forgot Chamundi and had his food and rest. On realizing his mistake he went back to find Chamundi very furious. She in a fit of anger chased him to punish for the negligence. Chamundi Terey and the Utsava moorthy of Kalabhairava annually enact the chasing and running respectively during the annual festival.
The temple complex consists of the Temple of Kalabhairava and the Temple for Mandhaka – Parvathi (some say Mandhaka is the sister Akkamma of Lord Kalabhairava). The two are separated by the place of Martha Terey under the Jackfruit tree. The annual festival falls on Dhanurshankramana Day every year, i.e. between 14th and 16th of December.

One can find some interesting clippings in the YOUTUBE site on Kakotuparambu.

CUKKEMANE

Genesis: Cukkemane: A few centuries ago Brahmin family of Gowthama Gothra from Sagara taluk in Shimoga (Shivamogga) district in Karnataka migrated to the hamlet “Saravu” in Kodapadavu village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada. At a particular period in history there was no male child to continue the family. The then family members went to Lord Kukke Subramanya to bless them with a male heir. They brought to their home a “Shivalinga” from the Kukke Subramanya temple for daily worshipping. They also sought the blessings of Lord “Lakshmi Narasimha” at the same temple complex with the assurance that “He” will be the “Kula Devaru” henceforth. They had a male heir and the family continued. The descendents of this family identified themselves as belonging to “Cukkemane”.
The present house located at the said original place of our family in Saravu, situated in a beautiful valley of Coconut, Arecanut and Cashew nut groves, was built around 1866 A.D. This ‘moola mane’ is a spacious and beautiful one.
I think there are about 8 to 10 families residing around that place.