[1] His ancestors were natives of Lalgudi, Trichy District and one of the writers of the Manikodi era.

He spent his entire childhood and adolescent years in Ayyampettai village near Kanchipuram.

He worked for the Punjab National Bank for 30 years and settled down in Chennai after his retirement.

[1] La Sa Ra worked for three years as a typist in Vauhini Pictures, which then produced a series of landmark Telugu films like Vande Mataram, Sumangali, and Devata.

[2] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for Chintha nathi, a collection of autobiographical essays.