Sri R Venkatraman Ghanapatigal (Ghanapati) born in 1946 to the pious couple Late Sri D.H. Ranganatha Iyer and Late Srimathi Meenakshi Ammal, Sri Venkatrama Ghanapatigal was the second of 5 children. The family hails from the hamlet Dalapathisamudram in Nanguneri tehsil of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, about 40 kilometers from