Kuppuswamy Srinivasa Iyengar*, a clerical assistant (Gumastha) to a cloth merchant, was residing at
17, Sarangapani Sannidhi Street, in Kumbakonam, close to the River Cauvery.

  * Surprisingly no photograph of Ramanujan’s father, Kuppuswamy Srinivasa Iyengar, is available!