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a Hindu,Tamil,Indian Entrepreneur from Chennai! engineering,wildlife,carnatic music,bharatanatyam,sanskrit, heritage.Well, honoured to be followed by Modiji 😁

Sep 27, 2020, 5 tweets

What are the very traditional names you've heard in your family that are pretty rare now.
Among woman in my family : brahmarambika, lopamudra, kanakavalli, kuntalamba (pronounced as kuntaḷāmbā ).
Men : mahadevan or ramakrishnan has stuck on till my generation too.

@entropied this might interest you.

The below replies just brought out most beautiful names ppl had decades back. @vvaayu

Forgot to add Tripurasundari. Have many "sundari maamis" in the extended family

Ive seen few names like among woman like Kamalakshi, varija, aryaamba among my know circles. All post 80s girls.

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