THE SONS OF NAGALINGAM..

The picture of Mr. V.N. Kathirgamer JP.,PJK., AMN and Mr. V.N.V Pillai. Mr. V.N.V Pillai is the elder brother of Mr. V.N.K and stayed in Penang. Therefore he's known as "Penang Uncle" among the sons and daughters of Mr. V.N.K. A very kind person that smile all the times. He too is a soft spoken person and love to talks about politics and current issues. He's indeed our favorite uncle...!! May their souls rest in peace as brothers. 

THE LOVING FAMILY OF MR.V.N.K

 

The loving and happy family of Mr & Mrs V.N. Kathirgamer JP.,PJK., AMP. Taken in the family house in Bruas Perak. Address : 31, Main Road, Bruas, Perak.

Standing the front row from the left is Murugesa Pillai (Muru/Malaysia/Nazrin), Nagalingam (Naga/Lingam), Pathmini Devi (Mani) and Tamby Pillai (K.T Pillai/Tambi).

Standing the back row from the left: Mr.V.N. Kathirgamer (JP/Kambo), Kamal Devi (Devi), Mdm Leong Eng Neh and Sithambaram Pillai (Pillai/ S.Pillai).

FIRST GRANDSON & GRANDAUGHTER

ESAN - FIRST GRANDSON OF MR. V.N.K

SHEREENA - FIRST GRANDAUGHTER OF MR. V.N.K

Mr. & Mrs. V.N. KATHIRGAMER PJK JP AMP

OUR BELOVED PARENTS

MR. V.N KATHIRGAMER PJK JP AMP &

MDM LEONG ENG NEH

Other Building of Mr. V.N.K

This partial wooden and brick house was build by the late Mr.V.N.K for the sole purpose of renting it out to those who needs them..especailly SMRS teachers. There is an about 5 of this houses which was rented to many teachers of SMRS including others Cikgu Adnan, Cikgu Amminuddin, Mr.Sohan Singh, Cikgu Abbas and others. These houses comes in various sizes and two of which is seen in this picture. The first house seen in this picture is the biggest and cikgu abbas had rented it before. The second house is much smaller ( there is 3 units of this house) and teacher like Mr. Sohan and Cikgu Aminuddin had stayed in it.

But latter on this houses is no longer rented out to the teachers becoz brick house are being built near by ( the opposite of this houses). Only one of the three unit of the second house was latter stayed by Mr.V.N.K's mandor (estate supervisor) named RAJU. But after a few years it was left empty when Raju pass away due to heart attack.

Now these house are still there and some of it is still being used as workshops as shown below. This is the nearest house to SMRS (just beside the school compound). This house was once rented to cikgu adnan.

Summary :-

1. House type stayed by cikgu Adnan - 1 unit
2. House type stayed by cikgu Abbas - 1 unit
3. House type stayed by Raju/Sohan/Lailatu - 3 units.
So...total building belongs to the late Mr.V.N.K is 5 units.

THE FORMER RESIDENT OF VNK

THE RESIDENT OF V.N.K

This was formally the resident of the late Mr. Kathirgamer AMN, PJK ,JP. It’s located some 100 meters from the Bruas secondary school Sek Men Raja Shahriman.  Formally the house was surrounded with rubber and fruits tress such as rambutan, durian, star fruit, mango, coconut and etc. There were also flower plants planted by the late Mr. V.N.K for his family to enjoy.

The main building (A) was added with 2 new building (B) both on the right and left of the original house.  The left wing building was made as an office of Mr. V.N.K. It also has a bedroom attached to the main bathroom.  Where else the right wing (B) was build latter as a complete stand alone house with dining hall, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. But this building has an access to the main building.

The original building (main building) was built with solid bricks but the second floor (up stairs) flooring is made of solid meranti woods. This main building has walls of an about 1 ½ feet thickness. The house has hardly any hair line cracks ! The main building is where the family enjoys most of their time together. The lower ground houses the spacious main hall, dining hall, staircase, dry kitchen, bathroom and an attached wooden building for the wet kitchen. This wooden building was made to store 3 big clay made kitchen stove. During that period of time (in the late 50’s and 60's) no gas stove is available so the used of wood (kayu api) is the way of cooking meals.Beside having the kitchen, the wooden building has other rooms for stores (2 of them) and an early office of Mr.V.N.K.  This wooden building is no longer standing tall has it has being brought down by the new owner.

The once PALACE of Mr. V.N.K was finally sold to a Chinese gentlemen from Sitiawan, Perak. Now this legacy of Mr. V.N.K has being made as a storage area for vegetables.As for the family of Mr. V.N.K, they had finally shifted to Ipoh in the year 1980