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Photo shows B.K.Sheshayya standing at the far right. One standing on the left is unidentifiable. Seated are, left to right, Venkataramanayya(I1451), Gundu Rao Bekal, and B.P.Seetharam Shankara. Date, context and place are not known. Could this be a school photo where the four were classmates, colleagues? Why is Gundu Rao in the attire that he is? Who is the one standing on the left?

Two persons who can be idetified are B.P.Seetharam Shankara standing at the center and Gundu Rao Bekal seated second from left. This needs verification and vetting by people who are related or are close to them. Identification of the rest is also needed. People who can help, please come forward. Note: One more person has been identified, thanks to Jayanth Bekal. And that is Belegadde Appayya, reputed Kannada author and playwright, seated third from left. Who are the others? Again, can this photo be dated?

Ananda Rao, wife Sanjeevi and extended family. Seated from left: Sudhasini, Prapulla, Ravikala, Ananda Rao, Sanjeevi, Indumathi. The one on the right extreme unknown. Standing first row from left: Raghuvir, Padmanabh, (possibly) Parthasarathy, (possibly) Chandramohan. The next standing is unidentifiable. Right extreme standing is Sanjeevi (Ananda Master's sister), and to her right is Nagesh. Those in the second row standing - unidentifiable. The child with Sudhasini is Santhosh, and with Prapulla is Raja. The children seated on the ground from left: unknown, Ahalya, Gayathri and Praveen. Date and place unknown. Anyone can help us identify and add to the data?

Shridhara and His Extended Family Shridhara as a two year old child in his mother's (standing left extreme) arms. Others in the photo seated (from left): Parameshwaramma, great grand mother of Shridhar and grand mother of G.K.Bekal, Venkamma, Shridhara's grand mother and G.K.Bekal's mother, Purusha Niak (Venkamma's husband), Subraya, grand father of Yadhavi, Lakshmi (Subraya's wife and cousin sister of G.K.Bekal), Thangamma, mother-in-law of of G.K.Bekal, Thangamma's husband (name unknown), Venkamma, Subraya's daughter. Standing (from left): Shridhar as two year old child in mother Chandravathi's arms, Sulochana (Shridhara's mother-in-law), Vaman (G.K. Bekal's brother), B.P.Sunder (G.K.Bekal's cousin brother), G.K.Bekal, Ramachandra, Upendra (both distant relations of G.K.Bekal, and an unidentified person. Seated on the ground: unidentified (died early), Ramanath (G.K.Bekal's younger brother), Parvathi (Vishwanath's wife and G.K.Bekal's sister), two others unidentified. Photo taken about year 1933, probably at Pallikere, Kerala State, India.