Thursday, November 21, 2024

cousins who are in united states and india know our family as of 2024

Know about our family as of 2024. Know Our Cousins and Mom's Cousins.

our Cousins Adhokshaja and Abhirama 6th and 10 graders
August 4, 2024 First day to school Allen Tx
 

OUR MATERNAL SIDE

My mom has one older sister, Chaitra Rao. Aunt Chaitra Rao and family have been living in Allen, Texas since 2009. She has two sons, Abhirama who is 15 years old and Adhokshaja who is 11 years old. Abhirama and Adhokshaja are presently studying in Allen, Texas


Our Maternal Grand father - Suresh Hulikunti Rao 
Prerana, Gayathri, Vidushmath and Suresh Hulikunti Rao
Mysore Palace June 23, 2024.


OUR PATERNAL SIDE

My dad has one older brother and one younger sister. Uncle, Raghu Srikantarao and family have been living in California since 2019. He has two daughters aged 16 and 13 years respectively.

Aunt, Kavita and family have been staying in Mysore since 2020. She has two sons aged 10 and 6 years respectively. 


Our Paternal Grand father - Srikantarao (demised on October 3, 2024)
Raghu Srikantarao's Home Bangalore July 14, 2024
Gayathri, Prerana, Vivardhini, Srikantarao, Vidushmath, Suresh Hulikunti Rao



NEAR RELATIVES (check pictures at the end of this page)

My Mom has 8 cousins from the paternal side and 8 cousins from the maternal side. 


MOM's PATERNAL SIDE COUSINS 8 - family-wise

  1. Dr.Nagendra Sethumadhav (Arjun) and family are stationed in Austin, Tx. He has two sons who are aged about 16 years and 12 years respectively. Dr.Ullas Sethumadhav is  working as a Professor in British University, Dubai
  2. Chetan Gopinath and family are living in San Diego, California. He has two daughters aged 8 and 4 years respectively. Deepak Gopinath is living with his wife in New York after completing his MS in 2019 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
  3. Anil Praneshrao and family are living in Bangalore. He has two sons. His older son, Vikram aged 21 years is joining the University of California in December 2024 to do MS. His younger son, Vishal is 19 years old and is studying final year B.Tech in Bangalore. Anjana Praneshrao and family are living in Bangalore. She has a daughter and son (twins), Vrunda and Varun, aged 21 years. Both joined Iova university in December 2023 to do the final year B.Tech and continue studies in MS. 
  4. Dr.Rohit D Vallam is living in Bangalore. He has one son aged 3 years. Preethi D Vallam and her husband are living in Bangalore. 


Mom's Cousins paternal side
L to R Vishal, Abhirama, Vikram, Viva, Vidu, Adhokshaja and V.Vallam
At Gopi's home Bangalore June 13, 2024



our mom's cousins (paternal side) in Mysore January 1, 2022
Sudheendra, Anjana, Vrunda, Varun, Suresh, Gayathri
 Vrunda Varun got admission in Iova University in 2023 for final year B.Tech+MS


Mom's cousins paternal side -  Grandfather Suresh Hulikunti Rao
Mom's cousins are Anil, Rohit, Anjana and Preethi
Standing: Abhirama, Vishal, Vikram, Jayashree Anil, Chandrika Gopi, Vivardhini, 
Sudha Pranesh, Pushpa Dwarakanath, zz Rohit
Sitting Middle: Anil Praneshrao, Suresh Hulikunti Rao, Rohith D Vallam, 
Dwarakanath Vallam, zz Vallam, Adhokshaja, Vadi, 
Gopinath H, Vidushmath, Praneshrao
Sitting Lower: Prerana, Chaitra, Gayathri, Anjana Praneshrao, Preethi Vallam
Gopi Home Bangalore June 13, 2024 


Mom's paternal side

Grandfather Suresh Hulikunti Rao's brothers/sisters

Dr.Sethumadhava Rao - older brother

Gopinath H - older brother

Badarinath H - older brother (demised on November 24, 2017)

Sudha Pranesh - older sister

Pushpa Dwarakanath - older sister


Mom's maternal side

Grandmother Gayathri T Venkatesh's sisters

Usha Gurudath - older sister

Vani Anand Gautham - younger sister

Meera Subramanya - younger sister

Rupa Mohan - younger sister

Shubha Balu - younger sister


MOM's MATERNAL SIDE COUSINS 8 - family-wise

  1. Vinay Gurudath is employed in Lisbon, Portugal. He is living in Krakow, Poland. He has two daughters aged 8 and 4 years respectively. Vikram Gurudath is doing business in Bangalore.
  2. Prajith Gautam is employed as a software engineer in Bangalore. He is getting married in February 2025. Pranitha Gautam is an engineer and lives in Germany. She has one daughter.
  3. Siri Subramanya lives in Bangalore. She has one son.
  4. Yogeesha is a student and joined first year B.E in Bangalore.
  5. Vaishnavi Balu is working as a software engineer in Bangalore. She got married in 2022. Vrushank Balu is a student and is studying in first year BE in Bangalore.


Mom and her cousin Siri with her son Samyak and husband Aditya
maternal side cousin  Kengeri June 14,2024




Mom's Cousins maternal side cousin is Siri
Our Great grandmother, Leelavathi Home Kengeri June 13,2024
Gayathri's sister Usha, Viva, Suresh, Vidu, Gayathri, Leelavathi, Adhokshaja, 
Cousin Siri with her son SamyakVadi, Prerana, Abhirama, 
Siri's husband Aditya and Siri's mother Meera



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Cousin Vikram got admission for MS in California
He is joining in the last week of December 2024



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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Halloween and Deepavali fall on the same day in 2024

 

our Halloween Day
Viva as Jasmin girl and me as Astronaut



Akshi as monkey Raami didn't wear Halloween dress this year

Aunt Chaitra Rao as Minnie Mouse in Dallas Tx



Deepavali at Dallas October 31, 2024

Tulsi Puja at Dallas November 13, 2024


Aunt Chaitra Rao birthday November 9, 2024

Uncle Vadi prepared this PP presentation on aunt's birthday celebrated in Dallas on November 10, 2924

CLICK --->  CHAITRA's 40 FACTS 


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Saturday, October 26, 2024

we visited dallas to attend dhanvantri homa in Allen Tx

We visited Dallas to attend Dhanvantri Homa in aunt Chaitra and Uncle Vadi's home in Allen, Tx


Akshi welcoming us at Dallas Love Field airport  October 18, 2024 




keeping ready of gifts


Doddu and Dodda (aunt and uncle) October 20, 2024


Homa October 20, 2024


Homa in Progress October 20, 2024


Aarati October 20, 2024


Pray God to give health and happiness October 20, 2024


sister Viva's seva (offer of prayers to God) October 20, 2024

after Dhanvantri Homa it's bhajan time October 20, 2024


sumptuous meals October 20, 2024


aunt's friends who assisted in preparation of food October 20, 2024


with Abhirama, Adhokshaja, Aniruddha and his wife



 reading October 23, 2024

sleeping



We also visited mom and aunt's many friends in Dallas

this is Chaitra Sridhar

This is Sheela's home


This is Vijay's home

mom and aunt October 25, 2024 Dallas Tx





We volunteered in the Learning Cube Academy pre-school run by Veena aunt in Dallas. My mom was a student in Veena's father's school in Hassan, India during 1995 to 1998.

this is Veena's school




Homa in Aunt's friend home October 19, 2024


I got a gift from my cousin Akshi

I got Abhirama's shirt of 2014 And Akshi too had used 
Abhirama wearing the yellow shirt in 2014


sister Viva singing in Doddu's music room Allen Tx October 24, 2024



Doddu gave her hospital dress to Viva Allen Tx October 24, 2024


bye bye Dallas October 26, 2024




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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

paternal grandfather is no more

Srikantarao, my grandpa from dad's side, was demised today in Mysore. He was in good health even when had visited his home in Bangalore on June 14, 2024 during our visit to India. He was diagnosed with 'shingles' and his health got complicated with many other medical disorders. Mom had readied all the dolls to celebrate a 10 day Dasara festival today, but alas we aren't celebrating any festival for a period of one year from today as per our custom. Here are some of our latest pictures with my paternal grandpa.


Srikantarao Home Bangalore June 14,2024


Two grandfathers together
Ajji, mom, me, grandpa srikantarao, vidu and naana 

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Saturday, September 28, 2024

cousins visit to salt lake city and visit to las vegas with cousins

My cousins Abhirama and Adhokshaja visited us on September 28, 2024 and stayed with us for a week. We had a wonderful time. We all went to Las Vegas. We visited Zion Canyon. We played golf. These are some of our activities.


Welcome Raami and Akshi




 





Welcome to our Home























Visit to Zion National Park 






































































Bye bye Raami and Akshi





Las Vegas in a nutshell 



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