KALLIDAIKURICHI---NAMES:-
There are
many interesting names associated with Kallidaikurichi. These names are very
interesting and certainly make you nostalgic when you hear them being sounded
in close friends circle. These names more over are used all over officially and
unofficially without any inhibition. Some names are primarily used to
differentiate between two persons with the same name to avoid confusion, some
emerged out of affection for the individual, some emerged due to circumstances
and location where people were residing etc.
KIMOO MAMA:- Kimo mama is an interesting name and
this is to address a person by name Krishna Murthy who was working as village
Karnam or Village officer. He had no children and was fond of all the children in
his street & town.
BROKER CHIDAMBHARAM IYER:- One
of the most perspicacious personalities of his generation. He was everywhere
and every time. He was involved in real estate, grains like Paddy etc.,
textiles and what not. Wherever there was an opportunity to bring two parties
together Broker was there to get his brokerage and vanish looking for the next
deal !
KOTI NANA:- Narayanan is an interesting and nice
sounding name. In Kallikadikurichi unfortunately the name would be immediately
mutated into NANA.” Koti” in Thirunelveli district’s Tamil means “mad”. I do
not think there is any need to elaborate this name further.
PICHANDI:- Pitchandi was a very common name and we used
to think that the name was to represent Lord Shiva as he was known to be
begging for living as per old legends. But in this case the name is given to a
child which survived after the death of many of his siblings or survived after
a serious health complications etc.
MOOKANDI:- Mookandi is a name given to someone with a prominent nose!
There were a couple of Mookandis whom I knew and one was a bank manager.
AMBI :- Ambi is a common way of addressing a
young Brahmin Boy in Kallidaikurichi. But sometime this name can get stuck and
the boy may be addressed as Ambi even when turned 80 !
KOMA:- Gomathi is a very common name and the
same is linked to Parvathi wife of lord Shiva. However who has got the time and
energy to call someone with such a full name. So Gomathi became “ Koma” in short.
Nothing to get confused with "Coma"! This
Koma can have prefix like “North”, “South”, “East” or “West” depending on the
location where the person lived.
KAMU:- The name Kamakshi a beautiful name of Parvati,
Shiva’s consort. This got twisted and turned into Kamu.
KICHHA:- The
name Krishna gets twisted and mutated into Kitcha. There are many Kitchas in
one street so identify them they may be called as MUYAL KITCHA…one who had
rabbits as pet as Muyal in Tamil Means Rabbit. Mudukku Kitcha one who resides
near the entrance of the street is called so and so on.
KULATHU MANI:- This is a very common name in Kallidaikurichi.
CHATHU :- The very nice name of Mahavishu Sahasranamam
got turned into Chathu.
VICHA…VICHU:- Viswanathan is a unique name and the same
undergoes various transformation and a few of them are Vicha and Vichu !!
ISHTA:- All friends are called “Ishta”. Ishta
meaning “dear”.
There are
some more names which are used very discreetly and cannot be typed and
published !!
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