STORY OF SMT VIJAYA A CHILD WIDOW OF NADIURAM FAMILY AND KNOW TO ME
Story of Smt Vijaya a child widow of Nadipuram family known to me
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Sosale Samapathanna’s parents had I believe nearly 16 children. Except of sampathanna and his one younger sister and one younger brother all the others died. Sampathanna ‘s father was the first cousin of sahukar srirangachar. Among the second generation of ammanji family he was the senior most and sahukar srirangachar was next one..
Sampathanna was given in adoption to a family of kalalay which is near nanjangud.
This happened when sampathanna had lots of brothers and sisters. When almost all of them died except for sampathanna and his brother who was handicapped with one leg a bit crooked and one sister sampathanna was taken back. I do not know under what rules of the ancient script this was done. However sampathanna used to perform annual shraddha ceremony for the once adopted paents and his own parents.
His younger brother was married to the first wife’s daughter Vijaya of Ranganatha chkravarthy of sosale when both the boy and the girl were in their teens. Unfortunately the boy died even before the cosummation of the marriage and the girl had not yet attained puberty..
I do not know the reason but knew for sure that the girl did not have her hair removed even after attaining puberty. She never knew any of the realatives from the Nadipuram ammanji side, she was never invited for any functions . when ever any birth or death happened in the nadipuram ammanji family as is the custom she had to observe the “soothakam” or say pollution for the prescribed period. She never had seen the face or any nadipurams except for our parents and had not even been invited to the functions of any nadipurams still she had to observe the prescribed pollution period. In this her father and sampathanna were strict.
Every year sampathanna used to give her enough paddy for her use. This was more than sufficient for her. Unfortunately her father who had some property and lost it for reasons unknown to me had lots of children from his second wife and this quantity of paddy was not sufficient for their household and may be it was sufficient for a period of 3 months or so.. He used to pester sampathanna for more and more of paddy which sampathanna could not afford to give. Ranganatha chkravrthy used to shout from the house tops that he is not getting proper share for his daughter and this was a regular feature. He also used to say that he has sacrificed the life of his daughter for the nadipuram ammanji family and she is observing all the pollution period and still she is not treated fair. In fact sampathanna used to be not only fair but also was going out of way to help his brother's wife. Whatever sampathanna did this did not satisfy ranganatha chakravarthy and he used to shout at his daughter for no fault of her, vijaya led a pious life suitable for a widow always remaining within the house and not taking part in any function in her own fathers house. As she was not invited to any function of ammanji families her taking part did not arise.
When ever our mother used to visit sosale our mother used to spend some time with her and give her some money also for her use. Vijaya used to be updated on the families of nadipuram clan by our mother and this is the only way she knew about nadipuram clan,
After some years vijaya died and none of the nadipuram clan even bothered to visit ranganatha chkravarthy family to offer their condolences.
I have narrated this to show some weak armour of nadipuram clan and as a tribute to smt Vijaya. about whom nobody of nadipuram clan knows.
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Sosale Samapathanna’s parents had I believe nearly 16 children. Except of sampathanna and his one younger sister and one younger brother all the others died. Sampathanna ‘s father was the first cousin of sahukar srirangachar. Among the second generation of ammanji family he was the senior most and sahukar srirangachar was next one..
Sampathanna was given in adoption to a family of kalalay which is near nanjangud.
This happened when sampathanna had lots of brothers and sisters. When almost all of them died except for sampathanna and his brother who was handicapped with one leg a bit crooked and one sister sampathanna was taken back. I do not know under what rules of the ancient script this was done. However sampathanna used to perform annual shraddha ceremony for the once adopted paents and his own parents.
His younger brother was married to the first wife’s daughter Vijaya of Ranganatha chkravarthy of sosale when both the boy and the girl were in their teens. Unfortunately the boy died even before the cosummation of the marriage and the girl had not yet attained puberty..
I do not know the reason but knew for sure that the girl did not have her hair removed even after attaining puberty. She never knew any of the realatives from the Nadipuram ammanji side, she was never invited for any functions . when ever any birth or death happened in the nadipuram ammanji family as is the custom she had to observe the “soothakam” or say pollution for the prescribed period. She never had seen the face or any nadipurams except for our parents and had not even been invited to the functions of any nadipurams still she had to observe the prescribed pollution period. In this her father and sampathanna were strict.
Every year sampathanna used to give her enough paddy for her use. This was more than sufficient for her. Unfortunately her father who had some property and lost it for reasons unknown to me had lots of children from his second wife and this quantity of paddy was not sufficient for their household and may be it was sufficient for a period of 3 months or so.. He used to pester sampathanna for more and more of paddy which sampathanna could not afford to give. Ranganatha chkravrthy used to shout from the house tops that he is not getting proper share for his daughter and this was a regular feature. He also used to say that he has sacrificed the life of his daughter for the nadipuram ammanji family and she is observing all the pollution period and still she is not treated fair. In fact sampathanna used to be not only fair but also was going out of way to help his brother's wife. Whatever sampathanna did this did not satisfy ranganatha chakravarthy and he used to shout at his daughter for no fault of her, vijaya led a pious life suitable for a widow always remaining within the house and not taking part in any function in her own fathers house. As she was not invited to any function of ammanji families her taking part did not arise.
When ever our mother used to visit sosale our mother used to spend some time with her and give her some money also for her use. Vijaya used to be updated on the families of nadipuram clan by our mother and this is the only way she knew about nadipuram clan,
After some years vijaya died and none of the nadipuram clan even bothered to visit ranganatha chkravarthy family to offer their condolences.
I have narrated this to show some weak armour of nadipuram clan and as a tribute to smt Vijaya. about whom nobody of nadipuram clan knows.
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