Abdul Kalam had three close friends in school – Ramanandha Shastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. Ramanandha Shastry inherited priesthood from his father in Rameswaram temple; Aravindan had setup a business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims and Sivaprakasan was a catering contractor for the Southern Railways.

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