- Son of Late Varghese Pothen and Late Mariyamma
- After english education, he took up career in teaching and joined St. Josephs' Girls High School, Changanacherry.
- He took active interest in traditional ayurvedic treatment and treatment for eye diseases
- He died in an young age in 1930 when he was 35 years old and while his only son was an infant
- Thereafter his wife Mariyamma got remarried leaving the baby with his grand parents
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