Sungazers keep family tradition alive in Tamil Nadu
Devendran P belongs to a family of sungazers in Tamil Nadu who have kept alive the family tradition of daily studying the sun and making observations for over a century now Daily in the morning darkness he trudges to the solar observatory situated on the southern hill town of Kodaikanal nbsp Once inside he opens the windows of the dome by pulling a rope and with the help of a six inch telescope he photographs the sun and records its daily activity Devendran is of the opinion that the sun like other stars has a life of billion years and if we want to know about any small changes we need to have large amount of data R Ramesh a professor at the nbsp Indian Institute of Astrophysics that runs the observatory said that it has a key role in providing a continuous stream of data on the sun and
