Karnatakam(1)--DKJ(addendum)

as promised(thanks to rohit) two kuttikadhai or anecdotes about DKJ
During his younger days, DKJ was in Kancheepuram...he had 3 children and barely managed 2 make ends meet... he also did not get too many opportunities to sing... so he came over to madras... in madras, he stayed in one of the mada streets near kapali kovil in mylaporehere he started earning by taking music classes... he had many many sishyas and used 2 take class full time... it was only in the last 10 yrs of his life that he became famous and earned a lot of money... the irony is that he used 2 like drinking cold water, but but could not do so in his younger days as he had no refrigerator in his houseduring the days he started earning he bought a fridge but could not drink cold water as he had throat problems and he used 2 regret that a lot :)


he was a heart patient... but he was fond of "ver kadalai"(roasted peanuts)... he always used 2 eat it and continued even after doctors advised him against that... on the day he passed away also, he was taking class for his sishyas and was eating "ver kadalai" when he got a sudden fatal heart attack... even 2day, his sons and daughter dread the sight of ver kadalai which they feel caused their father's death... and j.vaidyanathan recollects till date that he was the one who used to go and buy "ver kadalai" for his father who insisted that he wanted it