Seetharamayya Panthulu
1876 - 1935
Advocate : Berhampore, Ganzam District, Orissa.

The elder son Seetharamayya Panthulu started his career as a vakil and later went to Madras University to take a Law degree in 1920. He later became a very successful criminal advocate at Berhampore whose photograph still adorns the Bar Association Hall at Berhampore. The legend has it that his was the first Ford car in Ganzam district which he imported from London in or about 1930. It is said that when this man returned from court in the evening , his pocket was full of coins which he emptied into the saree of his wife. They never touched the coins which fell on the floor. The servants and the little ones in the family took those coins. His wife was a very simple and affectionate lady. He had two sons and two daughters. Both his sons were advocates.