2nd September,2014
Idyammal Bellie Gowder
Mom, you would have been 104 years today and we would have celebrated your birthday in style.
Your children and grand children would have called from all over the world to wish you Happy Birthday – a daughter from Kundey Kettchigatti, another daughter from Chennai/Madras, grand son from South Africa, a grand daughter from Ooty, a grandson from Bangalore, a grand daughter from Australia, another grand daughter from New Delhi….. and from many other places
Your sons and daughters in law would have celebrated the day with you along with a Birthday Cake brought in by another grand daughter from Coonoor and her son/your great grandson would have bowed his head and said,’Somee hethey, harachu’. You would hold him and blessed him as you would have blessed us all, ‘Somee, harachava kottu, sogava kottu , hoppa edey bappa edey ella olliththay aagali’ / Oh Almighty, give them health and happiness and , let there be only good things wherever they go‘.
You would have in typical style said with a smile ” ennu aesu kalaththa ebbadhu – how long you want me to live?“
And, suddenly one night, you chose to leave us WITHOUT REALLY SAYING ‘Hoyittu Bannu – good bye!’
You were everything for us in all those glorious 99 years and 10 months when you were ‘here’. Your blessings still guard and guide us in all our endevours.
We miss you , Mom / Hethey
Elle idhale’yu engava harachu
[Bless us all from wherever you are]
 Idyammal Bellie Gowder |
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| Born | September 02, 1912 Hubbathalai, The Nilgiris |
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| Died | July 13, 2011 (aged 99 years 10 months) |
| Parents | Rao Bahadue HJ Bellie Gowder and Nanji Hethe |
| Sister of | Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder |
| Spouse | B.K.Bellie Gowder [Bearhatti] |
[A pencil sketch of Mom by son JP in 1968 while she was reading an issue of Femina]
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