Sunday, June 21, 2026

Chinni Paati - Part 3 - nannu kanna talli

 I had planned to complete posting multiple sets of photos from my mother's marriage all the way until last year, but as usual, procrastinated, and only 2 sets are complete. I will post the remaining photos I have soon, starting in Part 4.

With today being our wedding anniversary (June 21, both in India as well as the US), Father's Day, and tomorrow being the start of 4 days of the maasikams etc, I decided to start a new post (this one) that I hope to continue/complete shortly. 

It was a great blessing to have been a son to such a mother. For now, I will simply post the immortal lines of Tyagaraja Svaamigal, who sang on His Mother at Thiruvaiyaaru as

nannu kanna talli nA bhAgyamA !
O Mother who bore me! O My Fortune! 

No other words can capture that blessing more succinctly. I will post some more memories of my mother, as told be several relatives hopefully in a few hours