Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Sumant Srivathsan]

Sure.

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:40 PM Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:

> Thanks, guys.
>
> Sumant / Venkat / Udhay -- do you mind if I pass your email IDs on to this
> person at the NYT? Her name is Jaime Lowe, and she may contact you to ask
> more, and to possibly set up something like a shoot, if the details
> intrigue her enough.
>
> Best,
> Samanth
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Sumant Srivathsan 
> wrote:
>
> > My family is pretty widely distributed across the globe, but most of them
> > make their way to Kozhumadai (a short drive from Thoothukudi), where the
> > family deity resides, whenever they visit India. Those living in India
> > usually make an annual visit. It's a trip I make once a decade or
> > thereabouts, but my mother goes every year. Our extended family is quite
> > large, and recently an uncle in Thoothukudi undertook a fundraising drive
> > to rebuild parts of the temple structure around the deity, which is a
> > Saastha, and has existed as a stone without shelter for decades.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:52 AM Samanth Subramanian <
> wordpsm...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
> > > families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
> > > place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
> > > vacation, almost.
> > >
> > > Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
> > > much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Best
> > > Samanth
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> http://samanth.blogspot.com
>

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Samanth Subramanian]

Thanks, guys.

Sumant / Venkat / Udhay -- do you mind if I pass your email IDs on to this
person at the NYT? Her name is Jaime Lowe, and she may contact you to ask
more, and to possibly set up something like a shoot, if the details
intrigue her enough.

Best,
Samanth

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Sumant Srivathsan 
wrote:

> My family is pretty widely distributed across the globe, but most of them
> make their way to Kozhumadai (a short drive from Thoothukudi), where the
> family deity resides, whenever they visit India. Those living in India
> usually make an annual visit. It's a trip I make once a decade or
> thereabouts, but my mother goes every year. Our extended family is quite
> large, and recently an uncle in Thoothukudi undertook a fundraising drive
> to rebuild parts of the temple structure around the deity, which is a
> Saastha, and has existed as a stone without shelter for decades.
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:52 AM Samanth Subramanian 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
> > families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
> > place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
> > vacation, almost.
> >
> > Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
> > much appreciated.
> >
> > Best
> > Samanth
> >
>



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Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Sounds just like the one we have near kalakad in tirunelveli district 

--srs

> On 01-Jun-2017, at 2:47 PM, Sumant Srivathsan  wrote:
> 
> Our extended family is quite
> large, and recently an uncle in Thoothukudi undertook a fundraising drive
> to rebuild parts of the temple structure around the deity, which is a
> Saastha, and has existed as a stone without shelter for decades.

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Sumant Srivathsan]

My family is pretty widely distributed across the globe, but most of them
make their way to Kozhumadai (a short drive from Thoothukudi), where the
family deity resides, whenever they visit India. Those living in India
usually make an annual visit. It's a trip I make once a decade or
thereabouts, but my mother goes every year. Our extended family is quite
large, and recently an uncle in Thoothukudi undertook a fundraising drive
to rebuild parts of the temple structure around the deity, which is a
Saastha, and has existed as a stone without shelter for decades.

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:52 AM Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:

> Hello:
>
> A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
> families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
> place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
> vacation, almost.
>
> Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
> much appreciated.
>
> Best
> Samanth
>

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Venkat]

My mom goads me to go to Varagur (near Tanjavur) every year. She does go 
religiously, but I find some reason or the other to not go. It's way to 
hot for a Bangalorean to bear. :-)


Venkat

On 01/06/17 11:56 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:


A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
vacation, almost.

Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
much appreciated.


​My mom used to chivvy us to go to a temple in Karungulam (near
Tirunelveli) which is supposedly the home of a family deity. My wife has
now taken this upon herself. I rarely go.

Udhay​



--

Cheers,
Venkat

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:


> Interesting. How often does she go, Udhay? Does she go by herself, or is
> there an assortment of relatives that travels as well?


​Once a year typically. Usually with mom, although I am not sure if my mom
is up to this going forward.​

​Udhay​
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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

There's also Uday's fine old story of stopping at a hotel to get a drink on on 
of those trips ..

--srs

> On 01-Jun-2017, at 1:00 PM, Samanth Subramanian  wrote:
> 
> Interesting. How often does she go, Udhay? Does she go by herself, or is 
> there an assortment of relatives that travels as well?

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Samanth Subramanian]

Interesting. How often does she go, Udhay? Does she go by herself, or is there 
an assortment of relatives that travels as well?

> On Jun 1, 2017, at 07:26, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Samanth Subramanian 
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
>> families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
>> place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
>> vacation, almost.
>> 
>> Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
>> much appreciated.
> 
> 
> ​My mom used to chivvy us to go to a temple in Karungulam (near
> Tirunelveli) which is supposedly the home of a family deity. My wife has
> now taken this upon herself. I rarely go.
> 
> Udhay​
> 
> -- 
> 
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

My wife likewise umm.. convinces me to take the family to Shirdi once a year or 
so.  And there’s the usual family deity thing as well, to somewhere like 80 km 
from Udhay’s Karungulam.  [Karunkulam on google maps, thanks to a similarly 
named town somewhere near Thanjavur being called Karungulam]

On 01/06/17, 11:56 AM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" 
 wrote:

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:

>
> A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
> families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
> place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
> vacation, almost.
>
> Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
> much appreciated.


​My mom used to chivvy us to go to a temple in Karungulam (near
Tirunelveli) which is supposedly the home of a family deity. My wife has
now taken this upon herself. I rarely go.

Udhay​

-- 

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Any leads?

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Samanth Subramanian 
wrote:

>
> A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for
> families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular
> place as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family
> vacation, almost.
>
> Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be
> much appreciated.


​My mom used to chivvy us to go to a temple in Karungulam (near
Tirunelveli) which is supposedly the home of a family deity. My wife has
now taken this upon herself. I rarely go.

Udhay​

-- 

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Any leads?

[Samanth Subramanian]

Hello:

A friend in the US is working on a photo feature, and she's looking for 
families in India (nuclear or joint) that go repeatedly to a particular place 
as an act of pilgrimage -- that consider this a kind of family vacation, 
almost. 

Would anyone know of any such families? Any contacts or leads would be much 
appreciated.

Best
Samanth