K Sivaramakrishnan, shopkeeper
K Sivaramakrishnan aka Ramesh, the man who sat behind the famous window shop in Mylapore known as the ‘Jannal Kadai’, died on July 5, 2020 from Covid in Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
For a shop with no name or a sign board, the blue window and the man behind it selling hot bajjis, bondas and tiffin, for over 25 years, organically gained a legendary status among Chennai residents, reported The News Minute.
Located across the Kapaleeswarar temple in Ponnambala Vadhyar street in Mylapore, the window is part of a house overlooking the main entrance of the temple, from where the man would parcel his snacks and hand them over through the grille.
The 58-year-old was a constant behind the window and a familiar face for hundreds of Mylapore&rsquo...