From the archive record
Daughter of the Bathini Goud family performs religious rituals for the male members of the family before they start their journey to Doodhbowli carrying with them the ingredients required for making of fish medicine. Fortunately, for the last 170 years the Goud family of Hyderabad has been offering an amazing cure based on 'the wisdom of the sacred sages of ancient India.' Mr. Veeranna Goud used to distribute a pot of "TODDY" along with white bread to the labourers who had been working hard, making them quench their thirst and also creating merriment in their hearts. He was kind, generous and charitable by nature; he practiced charity by giving to the poor free of cost, a part of what was sold. In the year 1845, a holy man happened to meet Mr. Veeranna Goud. That holy man was impressed wit