Fortunately, the responsibility of looking after the children, who were quite young, was taken over by Bhageerathi Amma's elder sister, Janaki Amma (34), the childless widow of C. Raja Raja Varma, younger brother of the famous artist, Raja Ravi Varma, and himself a well-known artist and penman.
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She was a fount of inspiration for C.V. being well-versed in Malayalam epics, Ramayanam, Mahabharatham and Bhagavatham and also in the Puranas and folk lore.
The University Ordinance has provided for the institution of Chairs in the names of Swathi Thirunal, Raja Ravi Varma, Kumaran Asan, C. V. Raman Pillai and Hermann Gundert.
Raman | Raman spectroscopy | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Susheela Raman | C. V. Raman | Changampuzha Krishna Pillai | V. Surendran Pillai | Sarangapani Raman | Pillai | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | Palani Subramaniam Pillai | N. R. Pillai | Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai | S. Ramachandran Pillai | Raman Research Institute | Raman Mehrzad | Raman Bedi | Rajan Pillai | P. Govinda Pillai | Dakshinamurthy Pillai | C. V. Raman Pillai | C. R. Pattabhi Raman | C. Muthiah Pillai | B. Raman |