Adjacent to the house Dionysia is a new structure built of stone (Krishnashila – a stone used to built sculptures of Gods) which is believed to be housing this great man’s soul. The monument was built one year after his death in 1995 November 14.
Initiated by my Uncle VijayaRaghavan, it took 6 stone workers from kodakara , chalakkudy led by Mr. Basanth Kumar (a very popular mural artist) over a period of 3 months to complete the work. I still remember the huge blocks of solid rock being brought to home in big trucks. It was amazing watching them work. Even moving the stone pieces to even an inch was a mammoth task. The work was completed days before his first death anniversary. The structure has two faces on the elevated stone piece, a happy and sad face on the front and back side respectively which depicts a theater itself.
This is the 14th year of his demise and repeatedly over these years we come together mourn and pray in silence at his monument for the person whom we owe for what we are today. On the day, the structure is decorated with flowers, a lamp is lit and we pray in silence at 1.10pm (the time of his death). And at evening, the entire structure is lit up in earthen lamps. I always have felt rejuvenated by this act and have always made it a point to be here on this day without fail.
In front of the stone block is written (originally in Malayalam – written by my grandfather himself and has been published in various of his books)
“What a great surprise, is it the world that created me or is it me, that who created a world out of me. The answer to these unanswered questions will be written on my death will”
A truly relevant quote of anytime which everyone needs to question and answer himself. But for him, it was a world which he had created with a strong heart and a determined soul.
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