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The
Calamur Viravalli
family, inclusive of closely intermarried "merged" lines (e.g.
Chetpet
,
Pennathur
) was one of the two preeminent Brahmin dynasties in the
Madras Presidency
who dominated the
Mylapore clique
, alongside the
Vembaukum family
.
[1]
They were originally
Vadama
Iyers
from
Kalambur
and nearby hamlets in
North Arcot
, who traced their ancestry to
Appayya Dikshita
, and before that,
Deshastha movements
from the North.
[2]
They were traditionally by hereditary profession renowned Sanskritists,
[3]
as with Anantharama, father of patriarch
C. V. Runganada Sastri
, Anantharama's father, and Anantharama's father's father,
[4]
but rapidly adapted to the practice and administration of
law
and English-style
governance
, with many Calamurs coming to rank among India's most celebrated lawyers, jurists, administrators, and statesmen.
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Intercaste adoptions by the clan were, in general, unsuccessful, as in the case of the
Raja of Panagal
, who was fostered with and raised by
C. V. Sundara Sastri
, only to adopt diametrically opposed politics, and become the central figure of then-inchoate
Anti-Brahminism
and
Dravidianism
. The traditional votive engagement with Sanskrit did not dissipate; 'younger' members were known to be able to fluently communicate in written and spoken Sanskrit, and Sundara Sastri composed the late
Mahakavya
:
Sundarar?m?ya?a,
with the unfinished
Sat?vilasita
,
while Bh?rat?k???at?rtha authored the Stotra-Bh?rat?-Ka??hah?ra? and C. Sundararamamurthy wrote the
Ras?sv?da-tara?gi??
,
a commentary on the
Rasani?yandini
of his great-grandfather, Paruthiyur Krishna Sastrigal.
[3]
Many members were academics, either as their primary occupation, or in conjunction with other work.
Members
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- The Hon.
C. V. Runganada Sastri
First Indian judge in the colonial era, polyglot, celebrated social reformer in the Madras Presidency
- Professor
C. Chandrasekhara Sastri
B.A
.
FMU
founding principal of the Maharaja's College at Vizianagaram as an undergraduate and graduate institution
- C. V. Sundara Sastri
composer of
Sundarar?m?ya?a
and
Sat?vilasita
- Sir
Panapakkam Anandacharlu
CIE
President of the Indian National Congress
- Judge C. R. Pattabhirama Iyer
Mylapore Clique leader
- Dewan Bahadur Justice Sir
C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri
Leader of the Bar as a Vakil; youngest-ever judge; Justice of the High Court; Chief Justice;
Rowlatt Committee
member
- Dewan Bahadur Justice
C. V. Viswanatha Sastri
Justice of the High Court
- His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Saraswati
Bharati Krishna Tirtha
Ji Maharaj
Pontiff of Dwaraka Math, Supreme Pontiff at Govardhwana Math at Puri
- Vicitracitta
C. Sivaramamurti
M.A
.
Ph.D
.
FRAS
Campbell Gold Medal
- C. Sundararamamurti
composer of
Ras?sv?da-tara?gi??
- Calamur Mahadevan
FNA
FASc
FNASc
FNI
FISC
FGS
F.Pb.S
D.Sc
Principal and Professor of Geology at Andhra University
- N. Subrahmanyam
FRGS
FISC
Chair of Modern Geography at the College at Saidapet, President of the Indian Science Congress
- Dewan Bahadur
V. N. Viswanatha Rao
CIE
Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Law; Collector of Tinnevelly, Collector of Tanjore
- V. N. Srinivasa Rao
- Dewan Bahadur Sachivottama Sir
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
KCIE
KCSI
D.Litt
Advocate-General; Law Minister, Home Minister and Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Madras Presidency; Law Minister, Commerce Minister, Communications Minister of All India + Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council; Diwan of Travancore
- C. R. Pattabhiraman
M.P.
,
Minister for Industries; Law Minister of the Republic of India
- Ambassador-Secretary
C. V. Ranganathan
Joint Foreign Secretary, Ambassador to Hong Kong, Ethiopia, the USSR, China, and France
- Chairman-Secretary M. R. Srinivasan
FNAE
FIE
Ph.D
.
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; Secretary of Atomic Energy; Founder-Chairman of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Planning Commission
- Professor Sharada Srinivasan
FRAS
FAAAS
Ph.D
.
Professor at the National Institute for Advanced Studies
- S. Chinny Krishna
FIE
FIChemE
Founder, Blue Cross of India; Vice-Chairman, Animal Welfare Board of India; Chairman Emeritus, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
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