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Sri. K.C. Narayana was the third child for his
parents. He had two elder brothers, three younger
sisters and an younger brother. His grand father was
the head of the family and a widowed sister of his
wielded power in the house in all matters and her
instructions were followed to letter. There were
strict restrictions on all matters from those
related to morning ablutions to going to the bed at
a fixed time. Being a family of considerable
reputation in secular and religious circles the
discipline enforced is strict and non compliance was
not tolerated by her.
Since there were no private
schools those days he studied as did his brothers
and sisters in schools run by the Municipality of
Tirupati till the elementary level and later on
moved into the school run by the Devasthanams of
Tirupati called Devastham Hindu High school which
were then under the control of a religious head
called Mahant. After Independence of India the
control of school was taken by the
Tirupati Tirumala
Devasthanams and was called S.V.High school.
From
the days of his primary school he has been
influenced by the poverty of many students and made
it a habit to be of help to them in whatever manner
he could. He is not a very intelligent person in any
sense of the term but essentially a person who had
prowess in many areas of life from childhood. He had
an uncanny ability to understand the problems of
others and loved helping them. In this process he
would plead before his teachers and Head Masters as
well as their parents and see some solution is
worked out. Some of his primary school friends
continue to be his close friends after 6 decades of
life.
Though he is born as a Brahmin his friends
were from all castes and religions. His capacity to
understand others and excel in games and studies has
made him a person known among not only his
classmates but is a person well known in classes 3
to 4 levels above and below. The induction into
realm of noble qualities to be practiced in life
thus has been his fortune and he fortified himself
in the values of service, co operation and sacrifice
from his childhood.
His classmate in the primary
school level a girl named Pootana who was different
he understood was due to her poor grasping faculty
and odd movements of the limbs. Though she is
elderly in the class no one would care for her as
she was no game for games or studies. But Sri K.C.
Narayana was always kind to her and helped her come to the
school by going to her house and pick her up. The
problems she had it was understood by him was due to
physical and mental disendowments and this was the
reason that he later worked for the physically and
mentally less endowed persons and helped many in
their rehabilitation through the Government
organizations with which he was associated. Among
many persons who were identified as needing help is
Mohamed Yacoob Basha and the association that
started with him in about 8th year continues till
date.
He is of a very inquisitive and probing by
nature and had prowess in understanding and tackling
situations. His studies started with Aksharabhyasa
done by a famous Sanskrit scholar Sudarshana Chari.
His interest in the study of Sanskrit continued till
he entered the University for Post-graduate Studies.
He was good at drawing, painting, and used to sing
too. He also participated and enacted several roles
in dramas during his schooling/college days. He was
a regular contributor to the school magazines and
his first essay was in Sanskrit while he was
studying 7th standard. His first participation in
the oratorical contest was in his 9th class in which
he was given the 1st prize. He started playing for
his School and got a prestigious Gregory Cup in the
tournament in his 9th class by his playing through
the entire innings remaining not out. This made him
popular among students in the school. His interest
in Cricket continued through the period of his
education representing the College and University in
many tournaments. |
