User:Vbvidya/Kapavarapu Family

Kapavarapu Family originated from kapavaram, a village near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.(details recorded from Mr.Kutumba Rao era) .The name "kapavaram" came to the village after the shiva temple named "kaparadeeswara swami" originated in kapavaram. This temple can be still found there.

In early 1800's Mr.Ramayya married his cousin from Turlapati family Maha lakshmi and started family with their son Mr.Purushottam. Purushottam later got married to his cousin from Turlapati family Yashoda. In last part of 1800"s to early period of 1900's 'Mr.Purushottam' and Yashoda lived in kapavaram, village in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The assumption here is that the family before Mr.Purushottam ie., Mr. Ramayya and his ancestors are believed to have lived in "kapavaram" village due to which the family name of kapavarapu is added to the family.

Mr.Purushottam and Mrs.Yashoda had a son named Mr.Kutumba Rao who later married his cousin from Turlapati family Subbamma. Mr.Kutumba Rao is known to be a farmer with a field of 2.5 acres in kapavaram. He also established a hut school in the village where kids from kapavaram & nearby villages also to study.This school was later undertaken by the Government of which shifted to a different location, into a concrete building.

In Kapavaram, Mr.Kutumba Rao and Subbamma had a family with 3 sons 1.Ramachandra Rao (Wife Nancharamma) 2. Venkata Ranga Rao (wife Sarojini) 3.Krishna Murthy (wife Sarada)

Mr. Ramachandra Rao married his cousin from Turlapati family - Nancharamma and had 7 sons and 1 daughter making the total count of kids to 8.

He worked as a Manager in a rice mill.He was a very systematic, organized and disciplined individual.The couple moved to vijayawada, Andhrapradesh.

Mr. Ramachandra Rao and Mrs.Nancharamma had 7 sons and 1 daughter making the total count of kids to 8.

They built their own house in Satyanarayana puram, vijayawada - by making their own bricks, designing and constructing it all with their own hands.

The following is the list of their kids and grandkids

First son named Hanumantha rao married Rama devi and have 3 children 1.Venkatesh ( married to Manjula, have 2 kids a.Pratyusha b.Pratham) 2. Madhavi(married to Krishna Kumar have 2 kids a.Kaushik b.Alekhya) and 3. Rajeev(married to Kalyana Deepthi, have 2 kids a.Rhea b.Aishani)

Third son name Purushottam Azad. He worked in Indian Army, died at a very young age in a Delhi road accident.

Fourth son named Rajendra Prasad married Vijaya bharati and have 2 kids 1.Anand Kumar(married to Sandhya, have 2 kids a.Abhiram b. Arjun) 2. Vidyadhari(married to Vulapalli Bhaskara Kiran, have 3 kids a. Maurya Naag b. Srivats c.Sravya Rathna)



Their Daughter(the 5th kid) named Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit married Turlapati Sri Ramachandra Murthy (cousin from Turlapati family) and have 1.Radha(married to, have a kid a.Viraj) 2.Srinivas Shekhar(married to Sirisha, have a kid a.Siddhika)

Sixth kid (son) named Prabhakar married Prabhavati and have a daughter 1. Nirmala(married to Raghu, have 2 kids a.Siddhanth b.Vedanth)

Seventh kid(son) named Sudhakar married Lakshmi and have 2 kids     1.Sowmya(married to Balu, have a kid a.Chandrark) 2.Apuroop(unmarried)

Eighth kid (son) named Venu gopal married Sudha and have 2 kids 1. Nikhil(Unmarried) and 2.Neeharika(Unmarried)

Mr.Venkata Ranga Rao, the Second son of Mr.Kutumba Rao, married Sarojini. They had no kids. Mr. Ranga Rao started working as a Government School Teacher in kapavaram who later shifted to many places due to government posting transfers, finally believed to have settled in Vijayawada.

Mr.Krishna Murthy, the Third son of Mr.Kutumba Rao, married Sarada. He also worked as a manager in a Mill. The couple had 6 daughters. 1.Subbalakshmi (late) 2.Seshu 3.Nagamani 4.Vijaya Lakshmi 5.Sulochana 6.Dhana Lakshmi

He settled down with his family in Mandavalli, a village in Andhra Pradesh.

Special observations about Kapavarapu Family.

1. They have 7 generations of marriages between cousins, 6 of which are listed below a. Ramayya and Maha Lakshmi b. Purushottam and Yashoda c. Kutumba Rao and Subbamma d. RamaChandar Rao and Nancharamma e. Hanumantha Rao  and Rama devi e. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Sri Ramachandra Murthy

2. Mr. Ramachandra Rao was a patriot who named his 3 children after the famous political personalities in India, namely a. Purushottam Azad b. Rajendra Prasad C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

3. Different from orthodontic restrictive marriage beliefs of that period, Mr.Ramachandar Rao took initiative and helped a widow remarry and regain respect in society.

4. Mr.Ramachandra Rao had always treated daughters and grand daughters of the family with respect and equal to men in the family. Not only did he ensure to distribute his Property equally between them but also ensured to contribute to the marriages/family functions, including that of his brothers and their children. He wrote a will in such a way that he could provide financial support for such family events even after his death.