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The fire within and success beyond – Founder of the Original Narayana Pearls, K.V.Narayana

Original Narayana Pearls was established by Kotte Venkat Narayan in the year 1996. Hailing from a small village Ongol,Prakasam District,Andhra Pradesh, K.V.Narayana became the link to the broken family tradition. Dropping out of education just after the demise of his father, he did varied jobs including farming to support his family. Being youngest in the family of 7 did not spare him from toiling hard.

Marriage came as early as 21 for K.V.Narayana giving him an independent identity. Trading pearls in year ’84 making a small profit he invested the same later into business. The stone of original Narayana pearls was laid in the year ’86 at Hyderabad by K.V.Narayana along with his elder brother. This continued till 1991, during which K.V.Narayana went about hosting jewellery exhibitions around the country when his brother took care of the shop.

He later found a prospective future in Chennai and gave in to the instinct of launching himself in Chennai in the Kasi Arcade. This became the very first branch of Narayana Pearls at Chennai.

With time his relationship with his elder brother soured and strained. This lead to the split of the Jewellery shops in the year 1996. The chain under K.V.Narayana became Original Narayana Pearls, carving a niche for itself. He decided to give a face lift to the chain of shops and launched the Original Narayana at Sudha’s Paradise in the year 1995. The customisation of Jewellery and the customer services became the household name of the organisation.

Later K.V.Narayana took up to education and read the works of J.Krishnamoorthy and Vivekananda whom he claims played a major role in shaping his character. Playing a major role in shaping his life, K.V.Narayana attributes his character building to the two.

He then started seeing huge success in his business launching his second showroom in Chennai at Shakthi Plaza in the year 2000. Rift in the family however seemed to grow with time when his brother’s family continued the business under the same name and places.

The launch of Kundan jewellery and temple jewellery saw a sea of change in their business as they re-wrote the trend of adorning pure gold for auspicious occasions. With the changing trend, where people were more willing to invest in Temple, Kundan, Antique jewellery for marriages saw the positive growth of Original Narayana Pearls. This was when K.V.Narayana went about to reach to varied set of audiences pushing aside gender bars with the opening of their next showroom at Adyar in the year 2002. They also brought about the silver jewellery for the men-folk also.

Hardwork and Sincerity had always been the motto of K.V.Narayana. People started to see the genuineness and the standard of jewellery at the Original Narayana Pearls to keep returning to their favourite place for purchase. The sheer love for jewellery helped K.V.Narayana to keep up with change and define the pulse of the audience which became a rage. Operating under the same name, his family in business were posing rivals to him. It never deterred his spirit as he let the jewellery take over the differences and portray the class written all over them. The next two showrooms came about within a span of two years at Anna Nagar (2004) and at #75 PondyBazaar (2005) respectively. The Trademark of the organization met with some trouble in the year 2006 with his elder brother’s family. The dispute made Narayana Pearls as Original Narayana Pearls to establish the change.

Stepping out from the den of fashion and antique jewellery, Original Narayana Pearls started their unique Gold collection in the year 2011. They became the fore-runners again, for their exclusive gold mesh jewellery.

K.V.Narayana also pursues his passion in real-estate business. A systematic follower of Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Yoga, he believes that good health is the foremost tool to succeed. His love for art forms includes his interest in music and theatre. He can play instruments tabla and Flute. The passion for acting again drove him to have a few on-stage, serials and movies under his belt. 30 successful odd business years and still counting, he is now supported by his sons also.