Drawing inspiration from our Ancestors |
GREAT GRAND FATHERS of Chairman
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Established Pyndah Venkanna Ramakrishnayya Trust in 1834 for free boarding & lodging, for pilgrims at Draksharamam, Kotipalli & Bhadrachalam. 365 acres of fertile land and other assets donated to this trust make it self sufficient even today.
Constructed Ganapathi and Kalabhairava Alayams at Kakinada
Renovated Vishnu and Shiva Alayams in Kakinada |
Pyndah Venkanna
(18 - 1907)
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Contributed Rs 1,00,000/- in 1811 for the renovation of Lord Bheemeshwara temple at Draksharamam – one of the Pancharamas.
Ramakrishnaiah garu financed a choultry for Vedic learning at Kashi in the name of his wife,
Smt. Venkamma
In association with Sri Kandukuri Veereshalingam Pantulu they Encouraged and Financed widow re-marriages |
Pyndah Ramakrishnaiah
(1832 - 1886)
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GRAND FATHERS of Chairman
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Donated land for the Town Hall, the First Library “Literary Association”, and the Ladies Recreation Club
Also donated land for Kakinada Water works - the Reservoir, and the Koneru for Ramalingeshwara Agrahram (presently near Bala Tripura Sundari Temple)
Built a Vedic School at Kakinada with free meals for the students
Built the Science block at P.R.College
Donated land for the Municipal Girls High School at Kakinada
Setup an Ayurveda Hospital providing free treatment
Founded a Choultry for the Physically Challenged |
Pyndah Venkatachalapathi
(1865 -1932)
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Established Pyndah Chalamayya Choultry providing free boarding and lodging for poor students, and free food for the poor
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Pyndah Chalamayya
(1868 - 1940)
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FATHER & UNCLE of Chairman
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Donor for Pyndah Chalamayya St. Xaviers Convent School
Constructed “Pyndah Srinivasa Chalamayya Kalayana Mandapam” – the first one in Kakinada
Strong Spiritualist that organized several lectures by world renowned philosophers and Vedantic gurus. |
Pyndah Sreeramakrishnayya
(1904 -1984)
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Freedom fighter with close ties to Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Prakasam Pantulu, Potti Sriramulu and Bulusu Sambamurthy. They stayed at the family house.
Was Chairman of Kakinada Municipality, MLA of composite Madras State, MP in the first Rajya Sabha & MLC in AP Legislative Council
As a member of Rajya Sabha brought the first non-official resolution for a separate Andhra State |
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