** Hema (given name Hemalatha) was born on May 4, 1949 at Teruzhundur in Tamilnadu India. She was the eldest of 5 daughters born to mother Rukamani ammal and father Sivasailam Ayyar

** Her childhood years were in a beautiful hill resort area of Kodaikanal in Tamilnadu where her father worked

** She got married to Swaminathan on May 7, 1975 at Tanjore , Tamilnadu India
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Here is the photo of the last rose of the season from a rose plant (and only one in the plant) I put in for Hema on our wedding anniversary day of 2002..