Jewels of Triplicane - Shri TR Kuppuswamy Iyengar turns 101 !

At Edgbaston, Ben Stokes set a record for the fastest Test half-century by an England batter as his side won the third match of their series against West Indies by 10 wickets. Captain Stokes reached the mark in 24 balls, beating Ian Botham's 28-ball fifty from 1981 against India in Delhi.  Needing  82 to secure a 3-0 series clean sweep, Stokes finished on 57 not out, with nine fours and two sixes, as England raced to their target in 7.2 overs.  The fastest in Mens Cricket is  21 balls   by  Misbah-ul-Haq against Australia in 2014. 

In 1999, the world was preparing for the New Year's party of a lifetime. The year number in the Gregorian calendar was about to tick over to 2000, supposedly ushering in not only the 21st century but also the 3rd millennium CE. However, the party was held one year too early—it should have been on January 1, 2001. 

A saeculum is a length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a person or, equivalently, the complete renewal of a human population.  A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred. Century is sometimes abbreviated as c.   A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years.   

Today 29.7.2024  is Barani nakshathiram in the month of Aadi in Krothi Tamil varusham  .. .. a day of great significance.  This morning had the fortune of receiving the blessings of a Centenarian !  ‘Sri T.R. Kuppuswamy Iyengar’ – a scholar, philanthropist, great human being living at South Mada Street, very close to the divine aboard of Sri Parthasarathi Perumal. 

Sri T.R. Kuppuswamy Iyengar was born on 25.7.1924. Today he has completed a perfect 100 and enters 101.    He completed B.A. (Hons) in Mathematics, was an alumnus of St. Josephs College, Trichy, worked in and retired as Accounts Officer, Accountant General Office.  A man well versed in Ubhaya vedantham and interested in Sanskrit studies, he has patronized our sampradhayam in great measure.  He has written and published 6 books in Tamil highlighting interesting aspects of our sampradhayam.

He comes in the sishya lineage of  Cholasimhapuram Doddayachaaryar (Sri U. Ve. Kovil Kanthadai Chandamarutham Yoga Nrusimhan  Swamy, is our varthamana swami).  His wife Tmt. Susheela  hailed  from ancestral village of Dusi Mamandur.  Sri Kuppuswamy Iyengar is the principal donor for the Ramanuja koodam that stands now in front of Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal temple at Dusi Mamandur, having donated land and major amount for its construction.  He has donated for the corpus fund of SYMA too.

Shri T.R. Kuppuswamy Iyengar enters 101 this day ..  it was grand celebration by his family with Veda arulicheyal goshti, followed by thatheeyarathanai .. Pray our Emperuman for his long health, good health and prosperity to his family members and thank him immensely for the support he has given for all of us.  

Here are some photos taken by me this morning - Pranams to the great person individually, from Srinivas YoungMens’ Association and the people of Dusi Mamandur. 

With regards and respects – Srinivasan Sampathkumar
29.7.2024