Picture below: Our Grandpa - Vallipuram MANICKAM - Funeral - Nallur Sri Lanka. Year ???. Appa (Suntharamoorthy), Baby Maamy, Kokuvil Maamy and behind Kokuvil Maama, "Appachi" - Grandma - Vaalaiachi, Children - Thurai Machchaan, Peria Machaal. Others not sure???
Brief Description: This "Group Picture" on Top of the page may be taken around 1943 somewhere in Colombo suburbs. Presumably, an association where most of our relatives and friends were either members or participants. They were Post Masters, Railway Station Masters, Government Officers, and so on. The original picture was framed and kept at one of our relative's house Mr & Mrs. Nagendra in Negombo, Sri Lanka.
1st Row standing from left to Right - 1 - 7 - Names not known?, 8 - Sambanthar Maama, 9 - 10 - Names not known?, 11 - Anandasundaram (ex- Survey Dept, Colombo, Sri Lanka), 12 - 16 - Names not known?, 17 - Thurai Maama - Paramanathan, 18 - 30 - Names not known? 31 - Nagendra (Ex - Income Tax Dept Colombo - Sri Lanka), 32 - 38 - Names not known?
2nd Row standing from left to right - 1 - 12 - Names not known? 13 - Our "Appa" - Suntharamoorthy (Ex-Post Master - GPO - Colombo, Sri Lanka), 14 - 18 - Names not known?, 19 - Sethu Maama (ex-Police Officer, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka), 20 - Name not known?, 21 - Arumugam Maama (Govt. Officer, Colombo, Sri Lanka), 22 - 37 - Names not known?
2rd Row Ladies sitting - 1 - 3 - Names not known?, 4 - Mrs Sambanthar (w/o Sambanthar Maama in Row 1 No 8 Nallur, Sri Lanka), 5 - 6 - Names not known?, 7 - Our "Amma" (Mrs Yogeswary Suntharamoorthy w/o Suntharamoorthy in Row 2 No 13), 8 - 22 - Names not known.
Last Row - Children sitting - No names are known to us.