Echayan married Sosakutty (Sosamma Ipe), second daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A.I.Ipe of the Areckal family at Nattakom, Kottayam, when he was 18 and Amma was 16 years old. They had a wonderful life together for many years. Amma was born on 23 April 1911 - Medam 10 (Pathamudhayam) in the Malayalam Era 1086 under Avitam Nakshathram. She was a well-groomed young lady from the town of Kottayam. Kothala Village seemed a bit of a drag for her when she first arrived. Very soon, she adjusted to the village life and became very popular there. Amma had some formal training in classical music and both Echayan and Amma enjoyed singing. She had a harmonium. She generally sat down cross-legged on the floor and sang classical music as well as light music. Sometime those "kacheries" were of a competitive nature where even the older children participated. When we lived at Kottayam, Amma used to arrange picnic parties at Kothala where many of our relatives came and stayed with us in the countryside for a weekend or at vacation time. This made a strong bond between our cousins from both sides of the family. Such a relationship is still very strong among the older first cousins. |
| Blissful Life with his dearest |
| To see a letter written by Amma circa year 1955, Please Click Here |
| Amma taught us many bible stories by singing them to us. I am the one who sang this song about Jonah. Please take a listen to by Clicking Here. |
| This song about a Choo Choo Train. Please click here for that song sung for you by Thampimon. |
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