Three Forgotten Historical Sisters of South Travancore [Kanyakumari Dist] Ms. Marial Sundaram Pillai, Ms.Sarah Gnanasundaram Pillai and Ms. Marthal Aaron .. Part A

Introduction ;   The Profiles of these three forgotten historical sisters of South Travancore namely  Ms. Marial Sundaram Pillai, Ms Sarah Gnanasundaram Pillai and Ms Marthal Aaron [Wife of Dr V.Aaron of Mylaudy- Crown Street Nagercoil ]  deserve  a revisit and review and  it is  unfortunate that the present generation do not have any reasonable  understanding about these great sisters and the contribution made by them and their forefathers to the religious, cultural. social and  educational progress of South Travancore [Kanyakumari district ]. The forgotten history of these three sisters definitely deserves some chapters in the social, religious, cultural  and educational history of Kanyakumari District.and Tamil Nadu. 

These Three Sisters' Birth and Parents ; It is said that each house in Osaravillai  village has a valuable history and in that historical Osaravilai village in Kanyakumari district  many decades ago  there lived a blessed Protestant Christian [LMS} couple  by name Mr Arulanantham and Ms Mariamuthu  , this lovely couple gave birth to three smart and cute daughters namely ;-[1] Ms. Marial Sundaram Pillai, [2] Ms Sarah Gnanasundaram Pillai, and [3] Ms. Marthal Aaron .I was told that Ms Mariamuthu's father was a grandson of Mylaudy Maharasan Vethamonickam .Now let us deal with the concise profiles of these three historical sisters. one by one. 

{1] Ms Marial Sundaram Pillai   :  Ms. Marial Arulanandam married  Dr Sundaram Pillai from a  famous village called Srivaikundam  in Tirunelveli district and he hailed from an orthodox Hindu family. During the last decades of nineteenth century and the early decades  twentieth century due to the influence of  Christian Missionaries like Rev C.T.E. Rhenius, many embraced protestant Christianity even from the orthodox Hindu communities; to cite a few namely Mr E. Muthiah Pillai, H.A krishna Pillai, Mr. T.A. Jothinayagam Pillai, Mr.W.E. Ganapathy Pillai , Mr Jesudasa kavirayar. Mr. A.S. Appasamy  Pillai  and many others . And following the footsteps of these pioneers Mr. Sundaram Pillai of Srivaikunam also embraced Protestant Christianity. and as said before  Mr Sundaram Pillai married Ms. Marial a daughter of Mr Arulanandam from Osaravilai village that lies near Mylaudy in  kanyakumari District .Mr Sundaram Pillai  studied a medical course and served as a medical doctor in the famous Catherine Booth Hospital in Nagercoil  for many years and settled in Victory lane, Vettoornimadam in Nagercoil  with his wife and children 

Ms Marial Sundarm Pillai and Dr. Sundaram Pillai Couple's Children  :  Ms Marial  Sundaram Pillai and Dr Sundaram Pillai couple gave birth to the following Children namely :- [1] Ms. Abranam Masillamani, [2] Ms Anbai David , [3] Mr Ebenezer Chellaih , [4] Mr Yesuretnam Dharmadhas, ,[5] Mr . Noble  [remained as a bachelor]. ,[6] Ms Sarah Bai [ died at and early age ], [7] Ms Devasitham , [8] Ms  Kreedam Deva Anbu [ Mr Deva Anbu was a a brother of the well known English Professor and Educationist late Prof, Arthur Davis, M.A]. and [9] Ms Retnam Arasu . 

Part B Will continue soon 

\By . P. Babu Manoharnan, M.A [ All rights are reserved, This Article will be enlarged, modified or corrected later if needed ].