The Nallur Kandasamy Kovil.
And eight times because Kandasamy.
Left: Kandasamy sitting on his porch, perhaps recalling times past.
Despite the exodus that followed,“there were still about 50 families here six years ago,” says Kandasamy.
We cooked food right here, for all of them,” says Kandasamy, pointing to the now lonely kitchen.
Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy(born 1984)
is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
But Kandasamy was determined“to spend my last days
in the same room where my wife Veeralakshmi passed away two decades ago.”.
I don't have major expenses anyway,” says Kandasamy, who visits Sekkarakkudi on that scooter to make his modest
purchase of groceries every two or three days.
Five years ago,
when his second son got married and left, Kandasamy became the lone resident of this village in Srivaikuntam taluk of
Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu.
When Kandasamy discovered that 65-year-old Luban Kumar,
the director of the home, also resided in the same building with his family, he got suspicious and initiated an inquiry.
Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE(17 October 1892-
5 May 1953) was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India's first finance minister from 1947 to 1949.
The hotel, ideally placed a few yards away from the Nallur Kandasamy Kovil and in close proximity to the business town,
is the perfect place for worshipers, tourists and business travelers who wish to experience a true taste of Jaffna.