Born to Tenneti Rama Murty and Subbamma, in the year 1914 she married Jagannadha Rao and moved to Berhampore. Born in a rich family and brought up as a pampered daughter of a Tahsildar, she had seen the ups and downs of life but lived a long and happy life. She had seen the grandchildren of her eldest son and the third son. Garimellas performed kanakaabhishekam (felicitations with golden flowers) to this grand old lady of the family when her grandchild was blessed with a child in 1992. She had seen 1000 full moondays sahasra chandra darsanam and Garimellas celebrated her 84th Birthday in the year 1997. She had seen the shasthipoorthi (completion of 60 years cycle ) of three sons and a daughter-in-law. She had seen 8 of her 17 grandchildren getting married.