Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru ( 1834 - 1931 AD ) was blessed with six children - Ammanni, Padmanabhachar,Tulasi,Kaveri, Krishnammal and Saraswathi. He was blessed with 27 grand children and his grandson D.V.Subbachar ( 1907 - 1993 ) was the youngest son of Saraswathi and Dindigul Venkatanarasimhachar.
Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru ( 1834 - 1931 AD ) was blessed with six children - Ammanni, Padmanabhachar, Tulasi, Kaveri, Krishnammal and Saraswathi. He was blessed with 27 grand children and his grandson D.V.Subbachar ( 1907 - 1993 ) was the youngest son of Saraswathi and Dindigul Venkatanarasimhachar. Subbachar lost his father when he was just six months of age and his mother passed away in less than one and a half years. He was brought by his periyamma (aunt ) Krishnammal.
" My father's aunt Krishnammal was married to an 8 year old boy at the age of 5 years and she lost him in just 1 year. She became a virgin widow even as a child. My grandfather Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru gave Rs. 2500 to each of his daughters and my grandmother Saraswathi had purchased a house ( Sathya Jewellery building ) on Raja Street with that money. Grandmother was expecting my father at that time and she wanted to retain the same for the child in her womb. In fact she had already been blessed with two boys - Venkatanatha Rao alias Appanna and Yadava Rao alias Yadavachar. The old house was a tiled roof structure and my father spent his childhood in the shade offered by the house.
He had been brought up in Srirangam under the guidance of Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru and completed his BA Physics from St.Josephs College in Trichy. Father got married to my mother Cauvery Ammal of Gobichettypalayam and the couple were blessed with 6 sons and 1 daughter. Only four of us T.S.Srinivasan, T.S.Sethumadhavan, myself and T.S.V.Krishnan survived.
Meanwhile my father was struggling for survival as a Government Assistant at the Udumalpet Taluk Office. It was at this time that the leading Auditor C.P.Hariachar asked him to give up his job and became an Auditor. C.P.Hariachar was none other than the son of my father's maternal uncle Advocate C.M.Padmanabhachar ( 1864 - 1919 ). C.P.Haricahar had told my father that Gandhi will get us freedom and therefore Indians will get a lot of opportunity because native commerce will expand. Therefore father quit his job, borrowed Rs.2000 from freedom fighter Kovai Subri and took up a house in Chennai in order to stay with my mother and 2 elder brothers while pursuing his RA ( Registered Accountant ) course. They lived in Sunkuwar Street in Triplicane. He used the books from Connemara library for reference and on clearing his programme he came to Coimbatore, " stated his son and Dwaita scholar , Advocate T.S.Raghavendran.
D.V.Subbachar began living in the house purchased by his mother on Raja Street while serving under his cousin C.P.Hariachar. He remodeled the house eventually and began his independent practice somewhere at the time of the second world war. He purchased an old house in Telugu Brahmin Street and moved into it after rebuilding the same in the year 1948. D.V.Subbachar was the auditor for R.K.Ramakrishnan Chettiar ( Founder - Central Studios ) and the jeweler P.A.Raju Chettiar from the fourth decade of the last century.
He had maintained the accounts of Ramakrishnan Chettiar quite well and he did so even after his passing away. On noticing the good work and acumen of D.V.Subbachar, Dr.R.K.Shanmukham Chetty ( who later went on to become the first finance minister on India ) invited him to become the Auditor for his family owned Vasantha Mills. He eventually came to be known as ' Vasantha Mills Auditor '.
" Later on G.K.Devarajulu appointed him as the auditor for Lakshmi Mills and he served the company for nearly 45 years. Father was also the First Auditor of Lakshmi Machine Works and the personal auditor for a number of important personages in Coimbatore.
The clients included G.Venkataswamy Naidu of Lakshmi Mills, R.K.Kandaswamy Chettiar, G.K.Sundaram, G.K.Govindaswamy, G.K.Rajagopal, B.Rangaswamy and family of Rajalakshmi Mills were his important clients. He was greatly respected by the officials and was a religious person all his life.
Father was an authority on Dwaita philosophy and he conversant in Sanskrit, English, Tamil, Kannada. He used to teach people Dwaita philosophy as elucidated by the great Saint Madhvacharya free of cost to a number of students everyday from our house in Telugu Brahmin Street. The students included Gopalakrishna Rao ( retired first class magistrate ), C.H.Raghottaman ( Suburban School ), Advocate V.R.Narasimhachar, Auditor Seshagiri and the four of us, " added T.S.Raghavendran who has written over 282 books connected with Dwaita philosophy.
The Kula Devata of the family is Lord Venkatachalapathy of Tirumala. D.V.Subbachar did not give preference for money and gave it to character building. This is best illustrated in an incident which took place in the year 1962. His Holiness Sathyapramodha Tirtha who headed the Uttaradi Mutt for fifty years had once queried Subbachar at Tirukoilur whether character was important or if is was money.
On hearing that character or good quality ( guna ) was important from Subbachar, a pleased pontiff wanted to know if Subbachar would accept the first daughter of his Purvashrama sister as his daughter in law. Subbachar consented and the marriage was fixed at Tirukoilur. His third son T.S.Raghavendran married Padma and both had not seen each other until their marriage. The wedding was celebrated for 5 days at Savita Hall in Coimbatore by D.V.Subbachar.
" My mother Cauvery Ammal was a devout lady and she passed away as a Dheergasumangali. She used to be very affectionate to everyone at home and she managed household very well. Mother managed her finances with aplomb and she was an embodiment of tolerance. In spite of her ill health, she used to get up early everyday by 4: 30 AM, have a bath and offer her prayers accompanied by sashtanga pradakshina namaskarams.
She used to place a vigraham of Lord Venkataramana, picture of Lord Hanuman, the book Nyaya Sudha by Jayatirtha and circumambulate while reciting the Venkatesha Stothram. Mother had done 100,000 plus such namaskarams by prostrating fully on the ground. She had given 108 Sumangali women pattu sarees and also distributed more than 100,000 pods of turmeric to Suvasini women in Srirangam, Erode, Dharapuram, Gobichettipalayam, Madurai, Tirupur and Coimbatore. Cooking was done by her as per tradition. Onion and garlic were never used for cooking, " stated T.S.Raghavendran while talking about his mother Cauvery Ammal.
D.V.Subbachar is also known for conducting the Aradhana of Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru at Srirangam. He used to invite pundits for the three days of the Aradhana and a lot of discussions and learning about the Brahmasutra used to take place at that time. Even scholars belonging to other schools of philosophy ( Advaita & Visishtadvaita ) would be present and the event was sponsored by D.V.Subbachar and family. This is the 88 th year of the Aradhana and the family of Subbachar have always had a priest to look after the shrine in Srirangam. The Aradhana had begun with the participation of C.P.Krishnamurthi for the first 10 years and it was later on continued by D.V.Subbachar and family.
The Auditor D.V.Subbachar was a noted scholar and has rendered a number of works in English and Sanskrit. His English book is titled : The Glories of the Pontiffs of Uttaradi Mutt while his Sanskrit books include Brahma Meemamsa Sastra Mahima, Dwitwadi Dharma Swaroopa Vichara, Veda Swaroopa Vichara and Guru Stothra Malika. Quite a few of his books are still available in the manuscript form and await publication. D.V.Subbachar continued to author books even during his later years. The legacy of D.V.Subbachar is found in the form of the auditing firm Subbachar & Srinivasan and also in the works of his son T.S.Raghavendran.
The eminent Auditor D.V.Subbachar had served Coimbatore during a time when the city was moving ahead as a leading centre for entrepreneurship.
" My father's aunt Krishnammal was married to an 8 year old boy at the age of 5 years and she lost him in just 1 year. She became a virgin widow even as a child. My grandfather Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru gave Rs. 2500 to each of his daughters and my grandmother Saraswathi had purchased a house ( Sathya Jewellery building ) on Raja Street with that money. Grandmother was expecting my father at that time and she wanted to retain the same for the child in her womb. In fact she had already been blessed with two boys - Venkatanatha Rao alias Appanna and Yadava Rao alias Yadavachar. The old house was a tiled roof structure and my father spent his childhood in the shade offered by the house.
He had been brought up in Srirangam under the guidance of Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru and completed his BA Physics from St.Josephs College in Trichy. Father got married to my mother Cauvery Ammal of Gobichettypalayam and the couple were blessed with 6 sons and 1 daughter. Only four of us T.S.Srinivasan, T.S.Sethumadhavan, myself and T.S.V.Krishnan survived.
Meanwhile my father was struggling for survival as a Government Assistant at the Udumalpet Taluk Office. It was at this time that the leading Auditor C.P.Hariachar asked him to give up his job and became an Auditor. C.P.Hariachar was none other than the son of my father's maternal uncle Advocate C.M.Padmanabhachar ( 1864 - 1919 ). C.P.Haricahar had told my father that Gandhi will get us freedom and therefore Indians will get a lot of opportunity because native commerce will expand. Therefore father quit his job, borrowed Rs.2000 from freedom fighter Kovai Subri and took up a house in Chennai in order to stay with my mother and 2 elder brothers while pursuing his RA ( Registered Accountant ) course. They lived in Sunkuwar Street in Triplicane. He used the books from Connemara library for reference and on clearing his programme he came to Coimbatore, " stated his son and Dwaita scholar , Advocate T.S.Raghavendran.
D.V.Subbachar began living in the house purchased by his mother on Raja Street while serving under his cousin C.P.Hariachar. He remodeled the house eventually and began his independent practice somewhere at the time of the second world war. He purchased an old house in Telugu Brahmin Street and moved into it after rebuilding the same in the year 1948. D.V.Subbachar was the auditor for R.K.Ramakrishnan Chettiar ( Founder - Central Studios ) and the jeweler P.A.Raju Chettiar from the fourth decade of the last century.
He had maintained the accounts of Ramakrishnan Chettiar quite well and he did so even after his passing away. On noticing the good work and acumen of D.V.Subbachar, Dr.R.K.Shanmukham Chetty ( who later went on to become the first finance minister on India ) invited him to become the Auditor for his family owned Vasantha Mills. He eventually came to be known as ' Vasantha Mills Auditor '.
" Later on G.K.Devarajulu appointed him as the auditor for Lakshmi Mills and he served the company for nearly 45 years. Father was also the First Auditor of Lakshmi Machine Works and the personal auditor for a number of important personages in Coimbatore.
The clients included G.Venkataswamy Naidu of Lakshmi Mills, R.K.Kandaswamy Chettiar, G.K.Sundaram, G.K.Govindaswamy, G.K.Rajagopal, B.Rangaswamy and family of Rajalakshmi Mills were his important clients. He was greatly respected by the officials and was a religious person all his life.
Father was an authority on Dwaita philosophy and he conversant in Sanskrit, English, Tamil, Kannada. He used to teach people Dwaita philosophy as elucidated by the great Saint Madhvacharya free of cost to a number of students everyday from our house in Telugu Brahmin Street. The students included Gopalakrishna Rao ( retired first class magistrate ), C.H.Raghottaman ( Suburban School ), Advocate V.R.Narasimhachar, Auditor Seshagiri and the four of us, " added T.S.Raghavendran who has written over 282 books connected with Dwaita philosophy.
The Kula Devata of the family is Lord Venkatachalapathy of Tirumala. D.V.Subbachar did not give preference for money and gave it to character building. This is best illustrated in an incident which took place in the year 1962. His Holiness Sathyapramodha Tirtha who headed the Uttaradi Mutt for fifty years had once queried Subbachar at Tirukoilur whether character was important or if is was money.
On hearing that character or good quality ( guna ) was important from Subbachar, a pleased pontiff wanted to know if Subbachar would accept the first daughter of his Purvashrama sister as his daughter in law. Subbachar consented and the marriage was fixed at Tirukoilur. His third son T.S.Raghavendran married Padma and both had not seen each other until their marriage. The wedding was celebrated for 5 days at Savita Hall in Coimbatore by D.V.Subbachar.
" My mother Cauvery Ammal was a devout lady and she passed away as a Dheergasumangali. She used to be very affectionate to everyone at home and she managed household very well. Mother managed her finances with aplomb and she was an embodiment of tolerance. In spite of her ill health, she used to get up early everyday by 4: 30 AM, have a bath and offer her prayers accompanied by sashtanga pradakshina namaskarams.
She used to place a vigraham of Lord Venkataramana, picture of Lord Hanuman, the book Nyaya Sudha by Jayatirtha and circumambulate while reciting the Venkatesha Stothram. Mother had done 100,000 plus such namaskarams by prostrating fully on the ground. She had given 108 Sumangali women pattu sarees and also distributed more than 100,000 pods of turmeric to Suvasini women in Srirangam, Erode, Dharapuram, Gobichettipalayam, Madurai, Tirupur and Coimbatore. Cooking was done by her as per tradition. Onion and garlic were never used for cooking, " stated T.S.Raghavendran while talking about his mother Cauvery Ammal.
D.V.Subbachar is also known for conducting the Aradhana of Saint Madhwanatha Sripadangalavaru at Srirangam. He used to invite pundits for the three days of the Aradhana and a lot of discussions and learning about the Brahmasutra used to take place at that time. Even scholars belonging to other schools of philosophy ( Advaita & Visishtadvaita ) would be present and the event was sponsored by D.V.Subbachar and family. This is the 88 th year of the Aradhana and the family of Subbachar have always had a priest to look after the shrine in Srirangam. The Aradhana had begun with the participation of C.P.Krishnamurthi for the first 10 years and it was later on continued by D.V.Subbachar and family.
The Auditor D.V.Subbachar was a noted scholar and has rendered a number of works in English and Sanskrit. His English book is titled : The Glories of the Pontiffs of Uttaradi Mutt while his Sanskrit books include Brahma Meemamsa Sastra Mahima, Dwitwadi Dharma Swaroopa Vichara, Veda Swaroopa Vichara and Guru Stothra Malika. Quite a few of his books are still available in the manuscript form and await publication. D.V.Subbachar continued to author books even during his later years. The legacy of D.V.Subbachar is found in the form of the auditing firm Subbachar & Srinivasan and also in the works of his son T.S.Raghavendran.
The eminent Auditor D.V.Subbachar had served Coimbatore during a time when the city was moving ahead as a leading centre for entrepreneurship.