Google CEO Sundar Pichai's ancestral home in Chennai city of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu was sold. The property, which is located in Chennai's Ashok Nagar residential area, was bought by Tamil cinema actor and producer C Manikandan from Pichai's father. Manikandan, who is a real estate developer himself, said that around 300 homes have been built and delivered by him.

Manikandan was in search of a property to purchase and the moment he got the information that a house is up for sale and it is the same house where Pichai was once born and raised, he changed his city in 1989 to study engineering in IIT Kharagpur. "Sundar Pichai has made our country proud, and buying the house where he lived will be a proud achievement of my life," said Manikandan. He immediately took the decision to buy the property. However, it took time to finalise the deal. Manikandan waited for four months since Sundar Pichai's father RS Pichai was in the United States at that time. He added that he was awestruck by the humility of Sundar Pichai's parents.

"Sundar's mother made a filter coffee herself, and his father offered me the documents right at the first meeting. I was spellbound by their humble approach," Manikandan said. Manikandan added that Sundar Pichai’s father insisted on not using Sundar Pichai’s name to expedite (fasten) the transfer process of the property. "In fact, his father waited for hours at the registration office and paid all necessary taxes before handing over the documents to me," he added.

Manikandan mentioned that the entire property was demolished by Pichai's father, who bore the expenses himself, and handed over the plot for development.Sundar's father broke down for a few minutes while handing over the documents. In December, Sundarr Pichai had visited Chennai and handed cash and some household items to the security guards. "He also took photographs with his family members on the balcony,” said the neighbor.

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